diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml
index ad7edbef..16dc9651 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r prereq.txt
       - name: Pre-test setup
         run: |
-          mkdir -p .
           curl -o ./train-images-idx3-ubyte.gz https://ossci-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/mnist/train-images-idx3-ubyte.gz
           curl -o ./train-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz https://ossci-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/mnist/train-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz
           curl -o ./t10k-images-idx3-ubyte.gz https://ossci-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/mnist/t10k-images-idx3-ubyte.gz