diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs
index dc9a3bcb6..c80559e24 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ fn rename_app(bin_path: &Path, product_name: Option<&str>) -> crate::Result<Path
       .join(&product_name)
       .with_extension(bin_path.extension().unwrap_or_default());
 
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(product_path.parent().unwrap())?;
-
     rename(&bin_path, &product_path).with_context(|| {
       format!(
         "failed to rename `{}` to `{}`",