diff --git a/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container b/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container
index 13f8215..9bd1a27 100755
--- a/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container
+++ b/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ else # default guess
 fi
 
 [ -S $host_pulse ] || die "PulseAudio UNIX socket not found"
-mkdir $container_xdg_runtime/pulse
 
 # Default username (assume `user` always has the same uid as the host user)
 run_as=user