diff --git a/pooler/Dockerfile b/pooler/Dockerfile
index 2f29a4c26..31e81d568 100644
--- a/pooler/Dockerfile
+++ b/pooler/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ WORKDIR /bin
 RUN ln -s ../usr/bin/rst2man.py rst2man
 
 WORKDIR /src
-RUN mkdir /pgbouncer
 RUN git submodule init
 RUN git submodule update
 RUN ./autogen.sh