diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/maven/HtmlSanityCheckMojo.java b/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/maven/HtmlSanityCheckMojo.java
index 6d059d8f..51642033 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/maven/HtmlSanityCheckMojo.java
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/maven/HtmlSanityCheckMojo.java
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public class HtmlSanityCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
         logBuildParameter();
 
-// Setup configuration
+        // Setup configuration
         Configuration myConfig = setupConfiguration();
 
-// Check if configuration is valid
+        // Check if configuration is valid
         try {
             myConfig.validate();
             // Create output directories
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
                 );
                 throw new MojoExecutionException(failureMsg);
             }
-            if (junitResultsDir != null) {
-                junitResultsDir.mkdirs();
-                if (!junitResultsDir.isDirectory() || !junitResultsDir.canWrite()) {
-                    throw new MojoExecutionException("Cannot write to JUnit results directory.");
-                }
-            }
         } catch (MisconfigurationException e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException(e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -146,7 +140,7 @@ protected Configuration setupConfiguration() {
         if (httpSuccessCodes != null && !httpSuccessCodes.isEmpty()) {
             result.overrideHttpSuccessCodes(httpSuccessCodes);
         }
-        if (httpErrorCodes != null &&  !httpErrorCodes.isEmpty()) {
+        if (httpErrorCodes != null && !httpErrorCodes.isEmpty()) {
             result.overrideHttpErrorCodes(httpErrorCodes);
         }
         if (httpErrorCodes != null && !httpWarningCodes.isEmpty()) {