diff --git a/installer/install.bat b/installer/install.bat
index 5853512edc..508c9ced4f 100644
--- a/installer/install.bat
+++ b/installer/install.bat
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ call conda activate invokeai
 @rem preload the models
 call python scripts\preload_models.py
 
-@rem make the models dir
-mkdir models\ldm\stable-diffusion-v1
-
 @rem tell the user their next steps
 echo.
 echo "You can now start generating images by double-clicking the 'invoke.bat' file (inside this folder)
diff --git a/installer/install.sh b/installer/install.sh
index 83eff3513f..ea576ddda9 100755
--- a/installer/install.sh
+++ b/installer/install.sh
@@ -107,8 +107,5 @@ conda activate invokeai
 # preload the models
 python scripts/preload_models.py
 
-# make the models dir
-mkdir models/ldm/stable-diffusion-v1
-
 # tell the user their next steps
 echo "You can now start generating images by running invoke.sh (inside this folder), using ./invoke.sh"