diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index ee21d76456..6cb4794756 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ ADDON_PLUGIN_DIR="$ADDON_DIR/plugin"
 chmod a+x $ADDON_DIR/bin/*
 
 ADDON_CACHE_DIR="$ADDON_HOME/cache"
-if [ ! -f "$ADDON_CACHE_DIR" ]; then
-  mkdir -p $ADDON_CACHE_DIR
-fi
+mkdir -p $ADDON_CACHE_DIR
 
 VDR_ARG="-g /tmp --no-kbd"
 if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
@@ -137,15 +135,11 @@ fi
 if [ "$ENABLE_RESTFULAPI" == "true" ] ; then
   RESTFULAPI_ARGS="--ip $RESTFULAPI_IP --port $RESTFULAPI_PORT"
   if [ ! -z "$RESTFULAPI_EPGIMAGES" ]; then
-    if [ ! -f "$RESTFULAPI_EPGIMAGES" ]; then
-      mkdir -p "$RESTFULAPI_EPGIMAGES"
-    fi
+    mkdir -p "$RESTFULAPI_EPGIMAGES"
     RESTFULAPI_ARGS="$RESTFULAPI_ARGS --epgimages=\"$RESTFULAPI_EPGIMAGES\""
   fi
   if [ ! -z "$RESTFULAPI_CHANNELLOGOS" ]; then
-    if [ ! -f "$RESTFULAPI_CHANNELLOGOS" ]; then
-      mkdir -p "$RESTFULAPI_CHANNELLOGOS"
-    fi
+    mkdir -p "$RESTFULAPI_CHANNELLOGOS"
     RESTFULAPI_ARGS="$RESTFULAPI_ARGS --channellogos=\"$RESTFULAPI_CHANNELLOGOS\""
   fi
   VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P 'restfulapi $RESTFULAPI_ARGS'"