diff --git a/api/savedata/update.go b/api/savedata/update.go
index 1048ca5..8bbac9f 100644
--- a/api/savedata/update.go
+++ b/api/savedata/update.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package savedata
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
@@ -37,12 +36,6 @@ func Update(uuid []byte, slot int, save any) error {
 		log.Print("failed to update account last activity")
 	}
 
-	// ideally should have been done at account creation
-	err = os.MkdirAll(fmt.Sprintf("userdata/%x", uuid), 0755)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create userdata folder: %s", err))
-	}
-
 	switch save := save.(type) {
 	case defs.SystemSaveData: // System
 		if save.TrainerId == 0 && save.SecretId == 0 {