diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
index 93a1b13a81d..b7415388531 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ in
       ''
         # Various log/runtime directories.
 
-        mkdir -m 0755 -p /run/nix/current-load # for distributed builds
-        mkdir -m 0700 -p /run/nix/remote-stores
-
         mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/log
 
         touch /var/log/wtmp /var/log/lastlog # must exist