diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index ca6d7bc..b4daa95 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -147,11 +147,6 @@ int main(const int argc, char **argv) {
 		ret = cptree(argv[i], argv[argc - 1]);
 
 	else {
-		if (mkdir(argv[argc - 1], 0777) < 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "cp: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-			return 1;
-		}
-
 		for (; i < argc - 1; i++) {
 			char *new_path = make_path(argv[argc - 1], basename(argv[i]));
 			if (new_path == NULL)