diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 6771c5fde..f00479ece 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -736,7 +736,6 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/apex/active 0755 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/backup 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/decompressed 0755 root system encryption=Require
-    mkdir /data/apex/hashtree 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/sessions 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/app-staging 0751 system system encryption=DeleteIfNecessary
     mkdir /data/apex/ota_reserved 0700 root system encryption=Require