diff --git a/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/FileStore.js b/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/FileStore.js
index eb4a6ab153..a0639f27bb 100644
--- a/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/FileStore.js
+++ b/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/FileStore.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class FileStore<T> {
 
   constructor(options: Options) {
     this._root = options.root;
-    this._createDirs();
   }
 
   async get(key: Buffer): Promise<?T> {
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ class FileStore<T> {
 
   clear() {
     this._removeDirs();
-    this._createDirs();
   }
 
   _getFilePath(key: Buffer): string {
@@ -83,14 +81,6 @@ class FileStore<T> {
     );
   }
 
-  _createDirs() {
-    for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-      fs.mkdirSync(path.join(this._root, ('0' + i.toString(16)).slice(-2)), {
-        recursive: true,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
   _removeDirs() {
     for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
       fs.rmSync(path.join(this._root, ('0' + i.toString(16)).slice(-2)), {
diff --git a/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/__tests__/FileStore-test.js b/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/__tests__/FileStore-test.js
index 610a67e600..968f2a34c7 100644
--- a/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/__tests__/FileStore-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro-cache/src/stores/__tests__/FileStore-test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const {dirname} = require('path');
+
 describe('FileStore', () => {
   let FileStore;
   let fs;
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ describe('FileStore', () => {
     const fileStore = new FileStore({root: '/root'});
     const cache = Buffer.from([0xfa, 0xce, 0xb0, 0x0c]);
     const filePath = fileStore._getFilePath(cache);
-
+    fs.mkdirSync(dirname(filePath), {recursive: true});
     fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '');
     expect(await fileStore.get(cache)).toEqual(null);
   });