diff --git a/rtc_tools/testing/setup_apprtc.py b/rtc_tools/testing/setup_apprtc.py
index 749ed254c8..2b463e004d 100755
--- a/rtc_tools/testing/setup_apprtc.py
+++ b/rtc_tools/testing/setup_apprtc.py
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ def main(argv):
 
   output_dir = os.path.abspath(argv[1])
 
-  if not os.path.exists(output_dir):
-    os.makedirs(output_dir)
-
   download_apprtc_path = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'download_apprtc.py')
   utils.RunSubprocessWithRetry([sys.executable, download_apprtc_path,
                                 output_dir])