diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c8ee42fd..610401ca 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -414,15 +414,6 @@ install_data(
   'proto/proto.install',
   install_dir : join_paths(DATAROOTDIR, 'pacman'))
 
-foreach path : [
-	join_paths(LOCALSTATEDIR, 'lib/pacman/'),
-	join_paths(LOCALSTATEDIR, 'cache/pacman/pkg/'),
-	join_paths(DATAROOTDIR, 'makepkg-template/'),
-	join_paths(DATAROOTDIR, 'libalpm/hooks/'),
-	]
-	meson.add_install_script('sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p "$DESTDIR/@0@"'.format(path))
-endforeach
-
 TEST_ENV = environment()
 TEST_ENV.set('PMTEST_SCRIPTLIB_DIR', join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'scripts/library/'))
 TEST_ENV.set('PMTEST_LIBMAKEPKG_DIR', join_paths(meson.project_build_root(), 'scripts/libmakepkg/'))