diff --git a/tests/deploy.TestCase b/tests/deploy.TestCase
index 811c61a6..bbc09852 100755
--- a/tests/deploy.TestCase
+++ b/tests/deploy.TestCase
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class DeployTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_update_serverwebroot_in_index_only_mode(self):
         os.chdir(self.testdir)
         repo = Path('repo')
-        repo.mkdir(parents=True)
+        repo.mkdir()
         fake_apk = repo / 'fake.apk'
         with fake_apk.open('w') as fp:
             fp.write('not an APK, but has the right filename')