--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -188,17 +188,16 @@ ifdef MOZ_CRASHREPORTER
 	$(PYTHON) $(topsrcdir)/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/symbolstore.py \
 	  $(MAKE_SYM_STORE_ARGS)                                          \
 	  $(foreach dir,$(SYM_STORE_SOURCE_DIRS),-s $(dir))               \
 	  $(DUMP_SYMS_BIN)                                                \
 	  $(DIST)/crashreporter-symbols                                   \
 	  $(MAKE_SYM_STORE_PATH) >                                        \
 	  $(DIST)/crashreporter-symbols/$(SYMBOL_INDEX_NAME)
 	echo packing symbols
-	mkdir -p $(topsrcdir)/../$(BUILDID)
 	cd $(DIST)/crashreporter-symbols && \
           zip -r9D ../"$(SYMBOL_ARCHIVE_BASENAME).zip" .
 endif # MOZ_CRASHREPORTER
 
 uploadsymbols:
 ifdef MOZ_CRASHREPORTER
 	$(SHELL) $(topsrcdir)/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/upload_symbols.sh "$(DIST)/$(SYMBOL_ARCHIVE_BASENAME).zip"
 endif