diff --git a/xen.spec b/xen.spec
index 88caacf..886af2f 100644
--- a/xen.spec
+++ b/xen.spec
@@ -880,7 +880,6 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/xen/xend-db/domain
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/xen/xend-db/migrate
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/xen/xend-db/vnet
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/log/xen
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/run/xenstored
 ln -s /var/lib/xen/images $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/xen/images
 # Bootloader
 install -m755 %SOURCE8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/xen/boot/
@@ -998,7 +997,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/python%{pyver}/site-packages/xen/remus
 %dir /var/lib/xen/xend-db/vnet
 %dir /var/lib/xenstored
 %dir /var/log/xen
-%dir /var/run/xenstored
 /etc/init.d/xend
 /etc/init.d/xendomains
 %config /etc/logrotate.d/xen