diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
index 48fc884..5a3e264 100644
--- a/tests/tests.yml
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
     - testsuite_pre:
         dir: .
         # boom test suite requires LV to exist on the system. We create one in case there is not one...
-        # boom requires /boot/boom/hosts directory to exist on the host. Is this a bug or feature?
         run: |
           set -xv;
           rm -rf testsuite &>/dev/null;
-          mkdir -p /boot/boom/hosts;
           if [[ ! -b /dev/boomvg/root ]]; then dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/shm/boompv bs=1M count=128 && PV=$(losetup --show -f /dev/shm/boompv) && vgcreate boomvg $PV && lvcreate -n root -L32M boomvg; fi
     - testsuite:
         # to run the testsuite against installed python modules, we should run