diff --git a/SIL.WritingSystems.Tests/SldrTests.cs b/SIL.WritingSystems.Tests/SldrTests.cs
index 14da73fe1..62b91d22d 100644
--- a/SIL.WritingSystems.Tests/SldrTests.cs
+++ b/SIL.WritingSystems.Tests/SldrTests.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ private class TestEnvironment : IDisposable
 			public TestEnvironment(bool sldrOffline = true, DateTime? embeddedAllTagsTime = null)
 			{
 				var sldrCachePath = Sldr.SldrCachePath;
-				Directory.CreateDirectory(sldrCachePath);
-
 				Sldr.Cleanup();
 				if (embeddedAllTagsTime == null)
 					Sldr.Initialize(sldrOffline, sldrCachePath);