diff --git a/lib/sdk-installer.js b/lib/sdk-installer.js
index fe7f51385..21f355728 100644
--- a/lib/sdk-installer.js
+++ b/lib/sdk-installer.js
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ function installAndroidSdk(apiLevel, target, arch, channelId, emulatorBuild, ndk
             // add paths for commandline-tools and platform-tools
             core.addPath(`${cmdlineToolsPath}/latest:${cmdlineToolsPath}/latest/bin:${process.env.ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools`);
             // set standard AVD path
-            yield io.mkdirP(`${process.env.HOME}/.android/avd`);
             core.exportVariable('ANDROID_AVD_HOME', `${process.env.HOME}/.android/avd`);
             // accept all Android SDK licenses
             yield exec.exec(`sh -c \\"yes | sdkmanager --licenses > /dev/null"`);
diff --git a/src/sdk-installer.ts b/src/sdk-installer.ts
index f87028a6f..fa0ee16fa 100644
--- a/src/sdk-installer.ts
+++ b/src/sdk-installer.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export async function installAndroidSdk(apiLevel: string, target: string, arch:
     core.addPath(`${cmdlineToolsPath}/latest:${cmdlineToolsPath}/latest/bin:${process.env.ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools`);
 
     // set standard AVD path
-    await io.mkdirP(`${process.env.HOME}/.android/avd`);
     core.exportVariable('ANDROID_AVD_HOME', `${process.env.HOME}/.android/avd`);
 
     // accept all Android SDK licenses