diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
index 2972635ca..f76a8f766 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
 
 my $cmdname = "liteimg";
 my $statedir = ".statelite";
-my $lddir = ".sllocal";
 my $verbose = "0";
 sub handled_commands {
 	return {
@@ -558,12 +557,6 @@ sub liteMe {
         xCAT::Utils->runcmd("mkdir -p $rootimg_dir/$statedir/tmpfs", 0, 1);
     }
 
-    # ceate the dir for local disk mount point
-    unless (-d "$rootimg_dir/$lddir") {
-        $callback->({info=>["creating $rootimg_dir/$lddir"]});
-        xCAT::Utils->runcmd("mkdir -p $rootimg_dir/$lddir", 0, 1);
-    }
-
     foreach my $line (keys %{$hashNewRef}) {
         liteItem($rootimg_dir, $line, 0, $callback);
         if($hashNewRef->{$line}) { # there're children