diff --git a/demo/apps/webapi/NxDotnet.Test.Webapi.csproj b/demo/apps/webapi/NxDotnet.Test.Webapi.csproj
index 7e997117..7a2b77bb 100644
--- a/demo/apps/webapi/NxDotnet.Test.Webapi.csproj
+++ b/demo/apps/webapi/NxDotnet.Test.Webapi.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/demo/apps/webapi/Program.cs b/demo/apps/webapi/Program.cs
index 16dcb223..d2b07bba 100644
--- a/demo/apps/webapi/Program.cs
+++ b/demo/apps/webapi/Program.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Add services to the container.
 
 builder.Services.AddControllers();
-// Learn more about configuring Swagger/OpenAPI at https://aka.ms/aspnetcore/swashbuckle
+// Learn more about configuring Swagger at https://aka.ms/aspnetcore/swashbuckle
 builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
 
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
 if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
-{
-  app.UseSwagger();
+{
+  app.UseSwagger();
   app.UseSwaggerUI();
 }
 
diff --git a/demo/libs/csharp-models/NxDotnet.Demo.Libs.CsharpModels.csproj b/demo/libs/csharp-models/NxDotnet.Demo.Libs.CsharpModels.csproj
index bafd05b1..4658cbfe 100644
--- a/demo/libs/csharp-models/NxDotnet.Demo.Libs.CsharpModels.csproj
+++ b/demo/libs/csharp-models/NxDotnet.Demo.Libs.CsharpModels.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ca480f0d..00000000
--- a/global.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sdk": {
-    "rollForward": "latestMinor",
-    "version": "6.0.400"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/executors/build/executor.ts b/packages/core/src/executors/build/executor.ts
index e410583d..9a3a2604 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/executors/build/executor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/executors/build/executor.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-import { ExecutorContext, workspaceRoot } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import {
+  ExecutorContext,
+  ProjectConfiguration,
+  workspaceRoot,
+} from '@nrwl/devkit';
 
-import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { rmSync, statSync } from 'fs';
+import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 
 import { DotNetClient, dotnetFactory } from '@nx-dotnet/dotnet';
 import {
   getExecutedProjectConfiguration,
   getProjectFileForNxProject,
+  inlineNxTokens,
 } from '@nx-dotnet/utils';
 
 import { BuildExecutorSchema } from './schema';
@@ -16,6 +22,8 @@ export default async function runExecutor(
   dotnetClient: DotNetClient = new DotNetClient(dotnetFactory()),
 ) {
   const nxProjectConfiguration = getExecutedProjectConfiguration(context);
+  removeOldArtifacts(context, nxProjectConfiguration);
+
   dotnetClient.cwd = resolve(workspaceRoot, nxProjectConfiguration.root);
   dotnetClient.printSdkVersion();
   const projectFilePath = resolve(
@@ -35,3 +43,46 @@ export default async function runExecutor(
     success: true,
   };
 }
+
+function removeOldArtifacts(
+  context: ExecutorContext,
+  projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration,
+) {
+  const outputs = context.target?.outputs?.map((output) =>
+    join(context.root, inlineNxTokens(output, projectConfiguration)),
+  );
+  if (
+    !outputs &&
+    Object.values(context.nxJsonConfiguration?.tasksRunnerOptions ?? {}).some(
+      (runnerOptions) =>
+        runnerOptions.options?.cacheableOperations?.includes(
+          context.targetName,
+        ),
+    )
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(`[nx-dotnet] ${context.projectGraph}:${context.targetName} is cacheable, but has no outputs listed. 
+
+This will result in cache hits not retrieving build artifacts, only terminal outputs.
+
+See: https://nx.dev/reference/project-configuration#outputs`);
+  }
+  for (const output of outputs || []) {
+    if (
+      // No reason to clear build intermediates, just makes the resulting build command slower.
+      !output.includes('intermediates') &&
+      !output.endsWith('obj') &&
+      // Prevent exceptions from trying to rmdirSync(globPattern)
+      getStatsOrNull(output)?.isDirectory()
+    ) {
+      rmSync(output, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function getStatsOrNull(f: string) {
+  try {
+    return statSync(f);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/generators/utils/get-path-to-startup-assembly.ts b/packages/core/src/generators/utils/get-path-to-startup-assembly.ts
index 91be9f9e..c4a3b0f3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/generators/utils/get-path-to-startup-assembly.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/generators/utils/get-path-to-startup-assembly.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export function buildStartupAssemblyPath(
     /(?:\.csproj|\.vbproj|\.fsproj)$/,
     '.dll',
   );
-  const foundDll = sync(`**/${dllName}`, { cwd: outputDirectory })[0];
-  if (!foundDll) {
+  const matchingDlls = sync(`**/${dllName}`, { cwd: outputDirectory });
+  if (!matchingDlls.length) {
     throw new Error(
       `[nx-dotnet] Unable to locate ${dllName} in ${relative(
         workspaceRoot,
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@ export function buildStartupAssemblyPath(
       )}`,
     );
   }
-  return joinPathFragments(
-    outputDirectory,
-    sync(`**/${dllName}`, { cwd: outputDirectory })[0],
-  );
+  if (matchingDlls.length > 1) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `[nx-dotnet] Located multiple matching dlls for ${projectName}.
+
+You may need to clean old build artifacts from your outputs, or manually
+specify the path to the output assembly within ${project.root}/project.json.`,
+    );
+  }
+  return joinPathFragments(outputDirectory, matchingDlls[0]);
 }
 
 function findBuildTarget(
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/utility-functions/workspace.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/utility-functions/workspace.ts
index 272cec31..37ac991f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/utility-functions/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/utility-functions/workspace.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { NX_PREFIX } from 'nx/src/utils/logger';
 import { dirname, isAbsolute, relative, resolve } from 'path';
 import { XmlDocument, XmlElement } from 'xmldoc';
 
@@ -135,3 +136,16 @@ export function getProjectFilesForProject(
 function normalizePath(p: string): string {
   return nxNormalizePath(p).split('\\').join('/');
 }
+
+export function inlineNxTokens(value: string, project: ProjectConfiguration) {
+  if (value.startsWith('{workspaceRoot}/')) {
+    value = value.replace(/^\{workspaceRoot\}\//, '');
+  }
+  if (value.includes('{workspaceRoot}')) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `${NX_PREFIX} The {workspaceRoot} token is only valid at the beginning of an output.`,
+    );
+  }
+  value = value.replace('{projectRoot}', project.root);
+  return value.replace('{projectName}', project.name as string);
+}