diff --git a/rattail/commands/core.py b/rattail/commands/core.py
index d37df5e6e75be74c6bbe54c0b74a6ad31a94b955..77823e5a6d339254bb1e23e4ce3a4a8ec34c023b 100644
--- a/rattail/commands/core.py
+++ b/rattail/commands/core.py
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ class MakeAppDir(Subcommand):
         if args.user:
             import pwd
             pwdata = pwd.getpwnam(args.user)
-        for name in ['batch', 'data', 'log', 'sessions', 'work']:
+        for name in ['data', 'log', 'sessions', 'work']:
             path = os.path.join(app_path, name)
             if not os.path.exists(path):
                 os.mkdir(path)