diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index d77493b..fd19815 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 ^\.vscode$
 ^\.claude$
 ^CLAUDE.md$
+^w-build$
+^w-install$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7526f87..0cdc162 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 .Rhistory
 .RData
 .Ruserdata
-/build/
-/install/
+/w-build/
+/w-install/
 /docs/
 /revdep/
 /.claude/
diff --git a/cleanup b/cleanup
index 58dfa7b..abb582c 100755
--- a/cleanup
+++ b/cleanup
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-rm -rf src/Makevars build install
+rm -rf src/Makevars w-build w-install
diff --git a/cleanup.win b/cleanup.win
index b2e64d2..9c75dc1 100755
--- a/cleanup.win
+++ b/cleanup.win
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rm -rf src/Makevars build install
+rm -rf src/Makevars w-build w-install
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 40f71a5..dda384a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ fi
 if [ $compile_fswatch -eq 1 ]; then
   echo "Compiling 'libfswatch' from source ..."
   detect_cmake
-  cmake -S src/fswatch -B build \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install \
+  cmake -S src/fswatch -B w-build \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=w-install \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=1 \
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ if [ $compile_fswatch -eq 1 ]; then
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=NEVER \
     -DBUILD_LIBS_ONLY=1 \
     -DUSE_NLS=0
-  cmake --build build --target install
-  rm -rf build
+  cmake --build w-build --target install
+  rm -rf w-build
 fi
 
 # Set flags for bundled library
-if [ -d "install/lib" ]; then
-  PKG_CFLAGS="-I../install/include $PKG_CFLAGS"
-  PKG_LIBS="../install/lib/libfswatch.a $PKG_LIBS"
+if [ -d "w-install/lib" ]; then
+  PKG_CFLAGS="-I../w-install/include $PKG_CFLAGS"
+  PKG_LIBS="../w-install/lib/libfswatch.a $PKG_LIBS"
 fi
 
 # Write to Makevars
diff --git a/configure.ucrt b/configure.ucrt
index 26950fb..89cbfca 100755
--- a/configure.ucrt
+++ b/configure.ucrt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ LDFLAGS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config LDFLAGS`
 export CC CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
 
 echo "Compiling 'libfswatch' from source ..."
-cmake -S src/fswatch -B build -G "Unix Makefiles" \
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install \
+cmake -S src/fswatch -B w-build -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=w-install \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
   -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=1 \
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ cmake -S src/fswatch -B build -G "Unix Makefiles" \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=NEVER \
   -DBUILD_LIBS_ONLY=1 \
   -DUSE_NLS=0
-cmake --build build --target install
-rm -rf build
+cmake --build w-build --target install
+rm -rf w-build
 
 # Success
 exit 0
diff --git a/configure.win b/configure.win
index 01cb830..12ac227 100755
--- a/configure.win
+++ b/configure.win
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ for ARCH in x64 i386; do
     export CC CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
 
     echo "Compiling 'libfswatch' from source for ${ARCH} ..."
-    cmake -S src/fswatch -B build -G "Unix Makefiles" \
-      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install/${ARCH} \
+    cmake -S src/fswatch -B w-build -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=w-install/${ARCH} \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
       -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=1 \
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ for ARCH in x64 i386; do
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=NEVER \
       -DBUILD_LIBS_ONLY=1 \
       -DUSE_NLS=0
-    cmake --build build --target install
-    rm -rf build
+    cmake --build w-build --target install
+    rm -rf w-build
 
   else
   echo "Note: ${ARCH} not installed, skipping ..."
diff --git a/src/Makevars.in b/src/Makevars.in
index 7f3a2f4..7530c82 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.in
+++ b/src/Makevars.in
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ PKG_LIBS = @libs@
 SOURCES = init.c watcher.c
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o)
 
-.PHONY: all clean-archives clean
+.PHONY: all cleanup clean
 
-all: clean-archives
+all: cleanup
 
-clean-archives: $(SHLIB)
-	@rm -f ../install/lib/*.a
+cleanup: $(SHLIB)
+	@rm -rf ../w-install
 
 $(SHLIB): $(OBJECTS)
 
diff --git a/src/Makevars.ucrt b/src/Makevars.ucrt
index 5facada..8ab10a1 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.ucrt
+++ b/src/Makevars.ucrt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-PKG_CFLAGS = -I../install/include $(C_VISIBILITY)
-PKG_LIBS = ../install/lib/libfswatch.a -pthread
+PKG_CFLAGS = -I../w-install/include $(C_VISIBILITY)
+PKG_LIBS = ../w-install/lib/libfswatch.a -pthread
 
 SOURCES = init.c watcher.c
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o)
 
-.PHONY: all clean-archives clean
+.PHONY: all cleaup clean
 
-all: clean-archives
+all: cleanup
 
-clean-archives: $(SHLIB)
-	@rm -f ../install/lib/*.a
+cleanup: $(SHLIB)
+	@rm -rf ../w-install
 
 $(SHLIB): $(OBJECTS)
 
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
index d59ec4f..b1dd878 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.win
+++ b/src/Makevars.win
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-PKG_CFLAGS = -I../install${R_ARCH}/include $(C_VISIBILITY)
-PKG_LIBS = ../install${R_ARCH}/lib/libfswatch.a -pthread -lstdc++fs
+PKG_CFLAGS = -I../w-install${R_ARCH}/include $(C_VISIBILITY)
+PKG_LIBS = ../w-install${R_ARCH}/lib/libfswatch.a -pthread -lstdc++fs
 
 SOURCES = init.c watcher.c
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o)
 
-.PHONY: all clean-archives clean
+.PHONY: all cleanup clean
 
-all: clean-archives
+all: cleanup
 
-clean-archives: $(SHLIB)
-	@rm -f ../install${R_ARCH}/lib/*.a
+cleanup: $(SHLIB)
+	@rm -rf ../w-install${R_ARCH}
 
 $(SHLIB): $(OBJECTS)