--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
if not os.path.exists(path):
os.mkdir(path)
os.mkdir(self.path)
- os.mkdir(self.join("data"))
else:
raise repo.RepoError(_("repository %s not found") % path)
elif create: