diff --git a/include/vendor.sh b/include/vendor.sh
index 7154b7ea..6faec9ab 100755
--- a/include/vendor.sh
+++ b/include/vendor.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ extract_intel_me()
 	e "$_me" f && return 0
 
 	sdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-	[ -z "$sdir" ] && return 0
 	mkdir -p "$sdir" || $err "extract_intel_me: !mkdir -p \"$sdir\""
 
 	set +u +e