diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
index 9e98ab03531..701d8d84000 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ rm /var/lib/dhcp/*
 # Make sure Udev doesn't block our network
 echo "cleaning up udev rules"
 rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
-mkdir /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
 rm -rf /dev/.udev/
 rm /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules
 
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate64/cleanup.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate64/cleanup.sh
index 9e98ab03531..701d8d84000 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate64/cleanup.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate64/cleanup.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ rm /var/lib/dhcp/*
 # Make sure Udev doesn't block our network
 echo "cleaning up udev rules"
 rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
-mkdir /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
 rm -rf /dev/.udev/
 rm /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules