diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a14384bae7d3a1a77095c575b6ed2b36707854a4..002568c8857de0559a666ecdd220e14896dffe14 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ FOREACH(lib ${libs})
   INSTALL(TARGETS ${lib} DESTINATION lib/plugin)
   # build python submodule
   STRING(REPLACE - _ PYTHON_LIBRARY_NAME ${lib})
-  FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY dynamic_graph/sot/dyninv/${PYTHON_LIBRARY_NAME})
   DYNAMIC_GRAPH_PYTHON_MODULE("sot/dyninv/${PYTHON_LIBRARY_NAME}"
     ${lib}
     sot-dyninv-${PYTHON_LIBRARY_NAME}-wrap