diff --git a/test/litest.c b/test/litest.c
index 021e19f1..41b0927e 100644
--- a/test/litest.c
+++ b/test/litest.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <check.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <libgen.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -1072,32 +1071,20 @@ litest_install_model_quirks(struct list *created_files_list)
 	list_insert(created_files_list, &file->link);
 }
 
-static inline void
-mkdir_p(const char *dir)
-{
-	char *path = strdup(dir),
-	     *parent = dirname(path);
-
-	if (streq(parent, "/")) {
-		int rc = mkdir(dir, 0755);
-
-		if (rc == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
-			litest_abort_msg("Failed to create directory %s (%s)\n",
-					 dir,
-					 strerror(errno));
-		}
-	} else {
-		mkdir_p(path);
-	}
-
-	free(path);
-}
-
 static void
 litest_init_udev_rules(struct list *created_files)
 {
-	mkdir_p(UDEV_RULES_D);
-	mkdir_p(UDEV_HWDB_D);
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = mkdir(UDEV_RULES_D, 0755);
+	if (rc == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
+		litest_abort_msg("Failed to create udev rules directory (%s)\n",
+				 strerror(errno));
+
+	rc = mkdir(UDEV_HWDB_D, 0755);
+	if (rc == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
+		litest_abort_msg("Failed to create udev hwdb directory (%s)\n",
+				 strerror(errno));
 
 	litest_install_model_quirks(created_files);
 	litest_init_all_device_udev_rules(created_files);