diff --git a/packages/nethack4.rb b/packages/nethack4.rb
index c282fe560596f27a97120b1055bb80a7ac2ed070..8ef7a0b9a2150c03518accf57c88cacf02d7e5e9 100644
--- a/packages/nethack4.rb
+++ b/packages/nethack4.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class Nethack4 < Package
   
   def self.install
     target=CREW_BREW_DIR+"nethack4-4.3-beta2/build"
-    system "mkdir -p " + target
     Dir.chdir target  do
       #install in destdir so package manager can keep track
       system "/usr/local/bin/perl ../aimake --install-only -i #{CREW_DEST_DIR}/usr/local/ --directory-layout=prefix --without=gui"