diff --git a/cassandane/Cassandane/Instance.pm b/cassandane/Cassandane/Instance.pm
index d7bd06ba43..ad74b0ccb2 100644
--- a/cassandane/Cassandane/Instance.pm
+++ b/cassandane/Cassandane/Instance.pm
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ sub _build_skeleton
         'conf',
         'conf/certs',
         'conf/cores',
-        'conf/db',
         'conf/sieve',
         'conf/socket',
         'conf/proc',