diff --git a/daemon/src/rtorrent.conf b/daemon/src/rtorrent.conf
index 5b6c22158a6949431c36f979122c7dad7188356f..e1fd03e0bebcd1d4bf2f8259254ee0bd2eca90c2 100644
--- a/daemon/src/rtorrent.conf
+++ b/daemon/src/rtorrent.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ method.insert = cfg.download, private|const|string, /data/
 method.insert = cfg.tmp,      private|const|string, /tmp/
 method.insert = cfg.logfile,  private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.tmp),"rtorrent.log")
 method.insert = cfg.session,  private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.tmp),".session/")
-fs.mkdir = (cat,(cfg.session))
 
 # Listening port for incoming peer traffic
 network.port_range.set = 50000-50000