diff --git a/config/backports/common b/config/backports/common
index dd9876a7025236f11ec173378f881a98459f5ac8..5c488fffb614cb253e75c32cbeacc6da4ece8a53 100644
--- a/config/backports/common
+++ b/config/backports/common
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ function wbtrigger() {
 # used by cron.dinstall *and* cron.unchecked.
 function make_buildd_dir () {
     dak manage-build-queues -a
-
-    for dist in $(ls -1 ${incoming}/dists/); do
-        cd ${incoming}/dists/${dist}
-        mkdir -p tree/${STAMP}
-        cp -al ${incoming}/dists/${dist}/buildd/. tree/${STAMP}/
-        ln -sfT tree/${STAMP} ${incoming}/dists/${dist}/current
-        find ./tree -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name "${STAMP}" -type d -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -rf
-    done
-
 }
 
 # Do the unchecked processing, in case we have files.
diff --git a/config/debian/common b/config/debian/common
index 4d7ad846fc7d03c9b90b46e3844555cfa786a44f..1d04fd23238b0e83b16577bba4e6fec0c19120cc 100644
--- a/config/debian/common
+++ b/config/debian/common
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@ function wbtrigger() {
 # used by cron.dinstall *and* cron.unchecked.
 function make_buildd_dir () {
     dak manage-build-queues -a
-
-    for dist in $(ls -1 ${incoming}/dists/); do
-        # Skip project trace directory
-        if [ "${dist}x" = "projectx" ]; then continue; fi
-        cd ${incoming}/dists/${dist}
-        mkdir -p tree/${STAMP}
-        cp -al ${incoming}/dists/${dist}/buildd/. tree/${STAMP}/
-        ln -sfT tree/${STAMP} ${incoming}/dists/${dist}/current
-        find ./tree -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name "${STAMP}" -type d -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -rf
-    done
-
 }
 
 # Process (oldstable)-proposed-updates "NEW" queue