diff --git a/mxstartup2mxvipcfg b/mxstartup2mxvipcfg
index 358b24b..f5497f6 100755
--- a/mxstartup2mxvipcfg
+++ b/mxstartup2mxvipcfg
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ LINE: foreach(@lines) {
   next LINE unless(defined $match);
   
   my @ips = split /\s*[,; ]\s*/,$ip;
-  
-  unless( -d $rundir) {
-      mkdir $rundir, 700 or warn "can't create dir: $rundir: $!";
-  }
-    
   my $pip = parse_ips(@ips);
   print_ips_cfg($pip);