diff --git a/toolbox/Android.mk b/toolbox/Android.mk
index 47ad250..73e1ea4 100644
--- a/toolbox/Android.mk
+++ b/toolbox/Android.mk
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
     log \
     ls \
     lsof \
-    mkdir \
     mount \
     nandread \
     netstat \
diff --git a/toolbox/mkdir.c b/toolbox/mkdir.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 398d350..0000000
--- a/toolbox/mkdir.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/limits.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-static int usage()
-{
-    fprintf(stderr,"mkdir [OPTION] <target>\n");
-    fprintf(stderr,"    --help           display usage and exit\n");
-    fprintf(stderr,"    -p, --parents    create parent directories as needed\n");
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int mkdir_main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    int ret;
-    if(argc < 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
-        return usage();
-    }
-
-    int recursive = (strcmp(argv[1], "-p") == 0 ||
-                     strcmp(argv[1], "--parents") == 0) ? 1 : 0;
-
-    if(recursive && argc < 3) {
-        // -p specified without a path
-        return usage();
-    }
-
-    if(recursive) {
-        argc--;
-        argv++;
-    }
-
-    char currpath[PATH_MAX], *pathpiece;
-    struct stat st;
-
-    while(argc > 1) {
-        argc--;
-        argv++;
-        if(recursive) {
-            // reset path
-            strcpy(currpath, "");
-            // create the pieces of the path along the way
-            pathpiece = strtok(argv[0], "/");
-            if(argv[0][0] == '/') {
-                // prepend / if needed
-                strcat(currpath, "/");
-            }
-            while(pathpiece != NULL) {
-                if(strlen(currpath) + strlen(pathpiece) + 2/*NUL and slash*/ > PATH_MAX) {
-                    fprintf(stderr, "Invalid path specified: too long\n");
-                    return 1;
-                }
-                strcat(currpath, pathpiece);
-                strcat(currpath, "/");
-                if(stat(currpath, &st) != 0) {
-                    ret = mkdir(currpath, 0777);
-                    if(ret < 0) {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "mkdir failed for %s, %s\n", currpath, strerror(errno));
-                        return ret;
-                    }
-                }
-                pathpiece = strtok(NULL, "/");
-            }
-        } else {
-            ret = mkdir(argv[0], 0777);
-            if(ret < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "mkdir failed for %s, %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
-                return ret;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    return 0;
-}