diff --git a/core/core-editor.el b/core/core-editor.el
index b120f62e5..909829556 100644
--- a/core/core-editor.el
+++ b/core/core-editor.el
@@ -72,19 +72,6 @@ possible."
 ;; warning as it will redirect you to the existing buffer anyway.
 (setq find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings t)
 
-;; Create missing directories when we open a file that doesn't exist under a
-;; directory tree that may not exist.
-(add-hook! 'find-file-not-found-functions
-  (defun doom-create-missing-directories-h ()
-    "Automatically create missing directories when creating new files."
-    (unless (file-remote-p buffer-file-name)
-      (let ((parent-directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name)))
-        (and (not (file-directory-p parent-directory))
-             (y-or-n-p (format "Directory `%s' does not exist! Create it?"
-                               parent-directory))
-             (progn (make-directory parent-directory 'parents)
-                    t))))))
-
 ;; Don't generate backups or lockfiles. While auto-save maintains a copy so long
 ;; as a buffer is unsaved, backups create copies once, when the file is first
 ;; written, and never again until it is killed and reopened. This is better