diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/development.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/development.py
index 1d854836a62f0aff17883d030a059a2e9283903f..9fe0618c97b97d45c6a7d00107d7f0bcb358bf5f 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/development.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/development.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def checkout(ctx, names, use_https, subfolder):
 
     # create the subfolder directory
     if subfolder:
-        os.path.makedirs(subfolder, exist_ok=True)
+        os.makedirs(subfolder, exist_ok=True)
 
     for name in names: