diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 58817644cff..7a9974d0d75 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ task :update_style, :theme do |t, args|
   end
   mv "sass", "sass.old"
   puts "## Moved styles into sass.old/"
-  mkdir_p "sass"
   cp_r "#{themes_dir}/"+theme+"/sass/", "sass"
   cp_r "sass.old/custom/.", "sass/custom"
   puts "## Updated Sass ##"