diff --git a/pd/src/pd.tk b/pd/src/pd.tk
index b1b4bcb817494fd96788b9992acdb0bbfc0d828a..c9d47e2eb4885560777895d711469f349bf91db1 100644
--- a/pd/src/pd.tk
+++ b/pd/src/pd.tk
@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@ proc bgerror {message} {
 }     
 
 # make sure the user folder for installing externals exists
-catch {
-	if { ! [file exists $externalsdir] && [file exists [file dirname $externalsdir]] } {
-		puts stderr "Creating folder for user-installed externals: \n\t$externalsdir"
-		file mkdir $externalsdir
-	}
-}
+#catch {
+#	if { ! [file exists $externalsdir] && [file exists [file dirname $externalsdir]] } {
+#		puts stderr "Creating folder for user-installed externals: \n\t$externalsdir"
+#		file mkdir $externalsdir
+#	}
+#}
 
 
 # namespace for general-purpose functions