diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/installer/windows/wizard/setup/dialogs.c b/toolkit/mozapps/installer/windows/wizard/setup/dialogs.c
index 2e967c63d922..8e819d8779b2 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/installer/windows/wizard/setup/dialogs.c
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/installer/windows/wizard/setup/dialogs.c
@@ -1951,7 +1951,6 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK DlgProcInstalling(HWND hDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LONG lPar
 BOOL InstallFiles(HWND hDlg)
 {
   HRESULT err;
-  char szDestPath[MAX_PATH];
 
   // Clean up old versions of GRE previously installed.
   // These GREs should only be fully uninstalled if they were only
@@ -2004,9 +2003,6 @@ BOOL InstallFiles(HWND hDlg)
     // PRE_SMARTUPDATE process file manipulation functions
     ProcessFileOpsForAll(T_PRE_SMARTUPDATE);
 
-    lstrcat(szDestPath, "uninstall\\");
-    CreateDirectoriesAll(szDestPath, ADD_TO_UNINSTALL_LOG);
-
     //XXXben TODO - process this return result!
     err = SmartUpdateJars(hDlg);
   }