diff --git a/scripts/build_static_deps.sh b/scripts/build_static_deps.sh
index a61c52e..736e6ba 100755
--- a/scripts/build_static_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_static_deps.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ BUILD_DEST="${REPO_DIR}/build/lib"
 
 git submodule update --init
 
+if ${MAKE} -C "${ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR}" --dry-run static_lib | grep -q 'Nothing to be done'; then
+  echo "RocksDb static libraries already built. Skipping build."
+  exit 0
+else
+  ${REPO_DIR}/scripts/clean_build_artifacts.sh
+  echo "Building RocksDb static libraries."
+fi
+
 export DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1
 
 export ROCKSDB_DISABLE_SNAPPY=1
diff --git a/scripts/clean_build_artifacts.sh b/scripts/clean_build_artifacts.sh
index 52f6d24..5fcf68a 100755
--- a/scripts/clean_build_artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/clean_build_artifacts.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/..
 
+echo "Cleaning up RocksDb build artifacts."
+
 rm -rf build
-make -C vendor/rocksdb clean
+make -C vendor/rocksdb clean --no-print-directory > /dev/null
 
-git submodule foreach --recursive git clean -fdx
+git submodule foreach --recursive git clean -fdx > /dev/null