diff --git a/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly b/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly
index a8934188..4721bc95 100644
--- a/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly
+++ b/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ ${maven.webserver.conf.dir}/conf/httpd.conf
           <!-- Create common directories and copy configuration files -->
           <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.webserver.dir}/logs"/>
           <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.webserver.dir}/conf"/>
-          <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.webserver.root}"/>
         </j:if>
 
         <!-- copy any user configuration files w/ filtering by forcing copy -->