diff --git a/waflib/Node.py b/waflib/Node.py
index 59381360..d8473fb0 100644
--- a/waflib/Node.py
+++ b/waflib/Node.py
@@ -731,8 +731,6 @@ class Node(object):
 		self = self.get_src()
 		node = self.find_node(lst)
 		if node:
-			if not os.path.isfile(node.abspath()):
-				node.parent.mkdir()
 			return node
 		node = self.get_bld().make_node(lst)
 		node.parent.mkdir()