diff --git a/scripts/bitwarden.ps1 b/scripts/bitwarden.ps1
index 9cabc7931a..134213de6a 100644
--- a/scripts/bitwarden.ps1
+++ b/scripts/bitwarden.ps1
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ $githubBaseUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitwarden/core/master"
 # Functions
 
 function Download-Self {
-    if(!(Test-Path -Path $scriptsDir)) {
-        New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $scriptsDir | Out-Null
-    }
     Invoke-RestMethod -OutFile $scriptPath -Uri "${githubBaseUrl}/scripts/bitwarden.ps1"
 }
 
@@ -128,7 +125,6 @@ elseif($stop) {
     Invoke-Expression "$scriptsDir\run.ps1 -stop -outputDir $output -dockerDir $dockerDir"
 }
 elseif($updateself) {
-    Check-Output-Dir-Exists
     Download-Self
     echo "Updated self."
 }
diff --git a/scripts/bitwarden.sh b/scripts/bitwarden.sh
index 4be95b5143..16dd6ec769 100755
--- a/scripts/bitwarden.sh
+++ b/scripts/bitwarden.sh
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ GITHUB_BASE_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitwarden/core/master"
 # Functions
 
 function downloadSelf() {
-    if [ ! -d "$SCRIPTS_DIR" ]
-    then
-        mkdir $SCRIPTS_DIR
-    fi
     curl -s -o $SCRIPT_PATH $GITHUB_BASE_URL/scripts/bitwarden.sh
     chmod u+x $SCRIPT_PATH
 }
@@ -142,7 +138,6 @@ then
     $SCRIPTS_DIR/run.sh stop $OUTPUT $DOCKER_DIR
 elif [ "$1" == "updateself" ]
 then
-    checkOutputDirExists
     downloadSelf
     echo "Updated self."
 else