diff --git a/doc/developers/release_checklist b/doc/developers/release_checklist
index 341b4166..e6857a0a 100644
--- a/doc/developers/release_checklist
+++ b/doc/developers/release_checklist
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Release steps:
   svn copy http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk \
       http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/tags/V2-x-x \
       -m "Create tag 'V2-x-x'."
-- Remove empty directories (e.g. rmdir `find . -type d`)
 - Remove 'SVN' related files/directories (e.g. rm -fR `find . -name .svn`)
 - Rename i2c and lm_sensors2 to i2c-#.#.# and lm_sensors-#.#.#
 - Tar it up and post it (sign it)