diff --git a/recipes-core/images/includes/image-preprocessing.inc b/recipes-core/images/includes/image-preprocessing.inc
index 86477b5..83d773c 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/includes/image-preprocessing.inc
+++ b/recipes-core/images/includes/image-preprocessing.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ moveRPMDatabase() {
 
 dnsmasqlease() {
  cd ${WORKDIR}/rootfs
- mkdir -p var/lib/misc
  echo "d /var/lib/misc 0755 - - -" > etc/tmpfiles.d/dnsmasq-leasesdir.conf
  cd -
 }