diff --git a/resources/out/readme.txt b/resources/out/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8861a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/out/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This file is here to create this output directory when the source is pulled from git.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xmltest.cpp b/xmltest.cpp
index b6ad3b3..57a8d17 100644
--- a/xmltest.cpp
+++ b/xmltest.cpp
@@ -338,16 +338,6 @@ int main( int argc, const char ** argv )
 	}
 	fclose( fp );
 
-#if 0
-#if defined WIN32
-	if ( !CreateDirectory( L"resources\\out", NULL ) && GetLastError() != ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS ) {
-#else
-		if ( mkdir( "resources/out", S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP ) == -1 && errno != EEXIST ) {
-#endif
-		printf( "Unable to create directory 'resources/out': %s\n", strerror( errno ) );
-		exit( 1 );
-	}
-#endif
 	XMLTest( "Example-1", 0, example_1() );
 	XMLTest( "Example-2", 0, example_2() );
 	XMLTest( "Example-3", 0, example_3() );