diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index 32f69fc5b..358edd024 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ bool cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(const char* path)
       return false;
       }
     }
-  if(!cmSystemTools::FileExists(path))
-    {
-    return false;
-    }
   return true;
 }