diff --git a/srcpkgs/textadept/template b/srcpkgs/textadept/template
index 405af9460de..6078875b1d8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/textadept/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/textadept/template
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ do_install() {
 
 	# Binaries in /usr/share/textadept are not allowed
 	# So we relocate to /usr/lib/textadept
-	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/"
 	mv "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/textadept" "${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/textadept"
 	ln -sf "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept" "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/textadept"
 	ln -sf "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept-curses" \