diff --git a/devel/mothballer.py b/devel/mothballer.py
index 135034b..19bd46d 100755
--- a/devel/mothballer.py
+++ b/devel/mothballer.py
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ def build_category(categorydir, outdir):
     mothball = package(categoryname, categorydir, category_seed)
     shutil.copyfileobj(mothball, zipfileraw)
     zipfileraw.close()
-    zipfiledir = os.path.dirname(zipfilename)
-    if not os.path.exists(zipfiledir):
-        os.makedirs(zipfiledir)
     shutil.move(zipfileraw.name, zipfilename)