diff --git a/src/bioregistry/constants.py b/src/bioregistry/constants.py
index 342920fb8..7cea45ef8 100644
--- a/src/bioregistry/constants.py
+++ b/src/bioregistry/constants.py
@@ -83,17 +83,14 @@
 BENCHMARKS = EXPORT_DIRECTORY.joinpath("benchmarks")
 
 URI_PARSING = BENCHMARKS.joinpath("uri_parsing")
-URI_PARSING.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
 URI_PARSING_DATA_PATH = URI_PARSING.joinpath("data.tsv")
 URI_PARSING_SVG_PATH = URI_PARSING.joinpath("results.svg")
 
 CURIE_PARSING = BENCHMARKS.joinpath("curie_parsing")
-CURIE_PARSING.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
 CURIE_PARSING_DATA_PATH = CURIE_PARSING.joinpath("data.tsv")
 CURIE_PARSING_SVG_PATH = CURIE_PARSING.joinpath("results.svg")
 
 CURIE_VALIDATION = BENCHMARKS.joinpath("curie_validation")
-CURIE_VALIDATION.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
 CURIE_VALIDATION_DATA_PATH = CURIE_VALIDATION.joinpath("data.tsv")
 CURIE_VALIDATION_SVG_PATH = CURIE_VALIDATION.joinpath("results.svg")