diff --git a/proving/windows-wsl2/prove-block.sh b/proving/windows-wsl2/prove-block.sh
index a76d8a9e..22f31e18 100755
--- a/proving/windows-wsl2/prove-block.sh
+++ b/proving/windows-wsl2/prove-block.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DEST"
 rsync -a --delete --exclude target "$HERE/package/" "$DEST/" 2>/dev/null || cp -r "$HERE/package/." "$DEST/"
 # Re-stamp every copied source: rsync keeps the Mac's dates and cargo rebuilds by mtime, so a file older than the last build
 # here would be taken as unchanged (the stale-build class, 4 and 5 October 2026).
-find "$DEST" -path "$DEST/*/target" -prune -o -type f -exec touch {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+find "$DEST" -name target -prune -o -type f -exec touch {} + 2>/dev/null || true
 cd "$DEST/proving/igneum-prove"
 echo "building (first time: 10 to 30 minutes, approximate; both guests are compiled by cargo-prove inside the host build)"
 if ! cargo build --release -p igneum-prove-host --features igneum-prove-host/cuda 2>&1 | tail -3; then
diff --git a/proving/windows-wsl2/setup-wsl.sh b/proving/windows-wsl2/setup-wsl.sh
index a57a2584..7d2103bc 100755
--- a/proving/windows-wsl2/setup-wsl.sh
+++ b/proving/windows-wsl2/setup-wsl.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DEST"
 rsync -a --delete --exclude target "$HERE/package/" "$DEST/" 2>/dev/null || cp -r "$HERE/package/." "$DEST/"
 # Re-stamp every copied source: rsync keeps the Mac's dates and cargo rebuilds by mtime, so a file older than the last build
 # here would be taken as unchanged (the stale-build class, 4 and 5 October 2026).
-find "$DEST" -path "$DEST/*/target" -prune -o -type f -exec touch {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+find "$DEST" -name target -prune -o -type f -exec touch {} + 2>/dev/null || true
 cd "$DEST/proving/igneum-prove"
 # The guest is built by host/build.rs through cargo-prove; the host links sp1-sdk with the cuda feature.
 cargo build --release -p igneum-prove-export -p igneum-prove-host --features igneum-prove-host/cuda 2>&1 | tail -5