diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template
index 7070f807ccd..62c2793dcd1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ Add_dependency run zlib--devel
 
 do_install()
 {
-	vmkdir usr/include
-	vmkdir usr/lib
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template
index a72b9f8adc4..4a9c2db81d3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ Add_dependency run zlib
 
 do_install()
 {
-	vmkdir usr/lib
 	vmove "usr/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so*" usr/lib
 }