diff --git a/ksvnupdater/PKGBUILD b/ksvnupdater/PKGBUILD
index 0fe89a110..dd5b92397 100644
--- a/ksvnupdater/PKGBUILD
+++ b/ksvnupdater/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sha512sums=('f13493183751c880da9640df8ba978ab00e6ac858072094482d3ce858159d8d7c44
 
 build() {
   cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  mkdir build && cd build
+  cd build
   cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
   make clean
   make