diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_9.2.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_9.2.bb
index b9fa5cde87..31293e48f9 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_9.2.bb
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_9.2.bb
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ do_install_append() {
         install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/hiawatha.service ${D}/${systemd_unitdir}/system
     fi
 
-    rmdir "${D}${localstatedir}/run"
     rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "${D}${localstatedir}"
 }