diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index 1e97de5696..3190feddf4 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -477,8 +477,6 @@ kernel_do_install() {
 	install -m 0644 .config ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/config-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 	install -m 0644 vmlinux ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/vmlinux-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 	[ -e Module.symvers ] && install -m 0644 Module.symvers ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/Module.symvers-${KERNEL_VERSION}
-	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d
-	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d
 }
 
 # Must be ran no earlier than after do_kernel_checkout or else Makefile won't be in ${S}/Makefile