diff --git a/tools/tool-env/install-git-hooks.js b/tools/tool-env/install-git-hooks.js
index adc596f41e..1fb75573c2 100644
--- a/tools/tool-env/install-git-hooks.js
+++ b/tools/tool-env/install-git-hooks.js
@@ -32,16 +32,14 @@ const METEOR_HOOK_SUFFIX = '.meteor-hook';
 const METEOR_HOOK_LINE_REGEX = /.*meteor-hook.*/;
 
 export default function installGitHooks() {
-  // ensure the hooks folder is present
-  files.mkdir_p(hookDestination);
+
+  if (!files.exists(hookDestination)) {
+    // Don't do anything if the hook destination does not exist, eg.,
+    // we are not running from a git clone.
+    return;
+  }
 
   allPossibleHooks.map((hookName) => {
-    if (!files.exists(hookDestination)) {
-      // Don't do anything if the hook destination does not exist, eg.,
-      // we are not running from a git clone.
-      return;
-    }
-
     const hookFile = files.pathJoin(hookDestination, hookName);
     const sourceFile = files.pathJoin(hookSource, hookName);
     const meteorHookFile = hookFile + METEOR_HOOK_SUFFIX;