diff --git a/src/tools/pathTools.cpp b/src/tools/pathTools.cpp
index a082e33a..ae11dcd0 100644
--- a/src/tools/pathTools.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/pathTools.cpp
@@ -320,16 +320,6 @@ bool kiwix::fileReadable(const std::string& path)
 #endif
 }
 
-bool makeDirectory(const std::string& path)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  int status = _wmkdir(Utf8ToWide(path).c_str());
-#else
-  int status = mkdir(path.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
-#endif
-  return status == 0;
-}
-
 std::string makeTmpDirectory()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/src/tools/pathTools.h b/src/tools/pathTools.h
index 82c2a867..0dc4286b 100644
--- a/src/tools/pathTools.h
+++ b/src/tools/pathTools.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ std::wstring Utf8ToWide(const std::string& str);
 
 unsigned int getFileSize(const std::string& path);
 std::string getFileSizeAsString(const std::string& path);
-bool makeDirectory(const std::string& path);
 std::string makeTmpDirectory();
 bool copyFile(const std::string& sourcePath, const std::string& destPath);
 bool writeTextFile(const std::string& path, const std::string& content);