diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
index 80019d52f4f..14c30a30812 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   checkPhase = "make test";
 
   preInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/{man/man1,bin,lib,include}
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib,include}
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {