diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh b/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh
index f14db805a..deceacc21 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@ termux_get_repo_files() {
 	# Not needed for on-device builds.
 	[ "$TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD" = "true" ] && return
 
-	# Ensure folders present (but not $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR, it will be created in build)
-	mkdir -p "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR" \
-		 "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR-$TERMUX_ARCH" \
-		 "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR-all" \
-		 "$TERMUX_DEBDIR" \
-		 "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR" \
-		 "$TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR" \
-		 "$TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR" \
-		 "$TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR" \
-		 "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR" \
-		 $TERMUX_PREFIX/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,tmp,include}
-
 	if [ "$TERMUX_INSTALL_DEPS" = true ]; then
 		if [ "$TERMUX_NO_CLEAN" = false ]; then
 			# Remove all previously extracted/built files from $TERMUX_PREFIX: