diff --git a/auto/install b/auto/install
index d884487..dccc411 100644
--- a/auto/install
+++ b/auto/install
@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@ install:	build $NGX_INSTALL_PERL_MODULES
 		|| cp conf/nginx.conf '\$(DESTDIR)$NGX_CONF_PATH'
 	cp conf/nginx.conf '\$(DESTDIR)$NGX_CONF_PREFIX/nginx.conf.default'
 
-	test -d '\$(DESTDIR)`dirname "$NGX_PID_PATH"`' \\
-		|| mkdir -p '\$(DESTDIR)`dirname "$NGX_PID_PATH"`'
-
-	test -d '\$(DESTDIR)`dirname "$NGX_HTTP_LOG_PATH"`' \\
-		|| mkdir -p '\$(DESTDIR)`dirname "$NGX_HTTP_LOG_PATH"`'
-
 	test -d '\$(DESTDIR)$NGX_PREFIX/html' \\
 		|| cp -R $NGX_HTML '\$(DESTDIR)$NGX_PREFIX'
 END
@@ -161,9 +155,6 @@ END
 
 if test -n "$NGX_ERROR_LOG_PATH"; then
     cat << END                                                >> $NGX_MAKEFILE
-
-	test -d '\$(DESTDIR)`dirname "$NGX_ERROR_LOG_PATH"`' \\
-		|| mkdir -p '\$(DESTDIR)`dirname "$NGX_ERROR_LOG_PATH"`'
 END
 
 fi