diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/build_sandbox.sh b/lib/yashchiki/build_sandbox.sh
index 5444ce5fb774ba173548c983d2f39cc47e85f53c..f524a71f901e3f8af540b7aad964d1aaf9ab6d09 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/build_sandbox.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/build_sandbox.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ unset LC_NUMERIC
 unset LC_TIME
 unset LC_MESSAGES
 
-# check if host-user-owned temp folder for spack build exists
-if [ ! -d "${JOB_TMP_SPACK}" ]; then
-    echo "${JOB_TMP_SPACK} should exist, aborting!" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # make job temp folder writable for all users (i.e., spack)
 chmod 777 "${JOB_TMP_SPACK}"