diff --git a/configs/example/gem5_library/checkpoints/simpoints-se-checkpoint.py b/configs/example/gem5_library/checkpoints/simpoints-se-checkpoint.py
index b5eb7e9912..5787bf4bfc 100644
--- a/configs/example/gem5_library/checkpoints/simpoints-se-checkpoint.py
+++ b/configs/example/gem5_library/checkpoints/simpoints-se-checkpoint.py
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ board.set_se_simpoint_workload(
 )
 
 dir = Path(args.checkpoint_path)
-dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
 simulator = Simulator(
     board=board,