diff --git a/src/vaults/VaultOps.ts b/src/vaults/VaultOps.ts
index 1aeee3168..93d735e89 100644
--- a/src/vaults/VaultOps.ts
+++ b/src/vaults/VaultOps.ts
@@ -173,41 +173,7 @@ async function deleteSecret(
  * Adds an empty directory to the root of the vault.
  * i.e. mkdir("folder", { recursive = false }) creates the "<vaultDir>/folder" directory
  */
-async function mkdir(
-  vault: Vault,
-  dirPath: string,
-  fileOptions?: FileOptions,
-  logger?: Logger,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const recursive = fileOptions?.recursive ?? false;
-
-  await vault.writeF(async (efs) => {
-    try {
-      await efs.mkdir(dirPath, fileOptions);
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (e.code === 'ENOENT' && !recursive) {
-        throw new vaultsErrors.ErrorVaultsRecursive(
-          `could not create directory '${dirPath}' without recursive option`,
-          { cause: e },
-        );
-      }
-      if (e.code === 'EEXIST') {
-        throw new vaultsErrors.ErrorSecretsSecretDefined(
-          `${dirPath} already exists`,
-          { cause: e },
-        );
-      }
-      throw e;
-    }
-    logger?.info(`Created secret directory at '${dirPath}'`);
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Adds an empty directory to the root of the vault.
- * i.e. mkdir("folder", { recursive = false }) creates the "<vaultDir>/folder" directory
- */
-async function* makeDirectories(
+async function* mkdir(
   vault: Vault,
   dirPaths: Array<string>,
   fileOptions?: FileOptions,
@@ -328,7 +294,6 @@ export {
   statSecret,
   deleteSecret,
   mkdir,
-  makeDirectories,
   addSecretDirectory,
   listSecrets,
   writeSecret,