diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3f6c97bcfaf1f1be87cb3e4a89192658e819553b..45f3ffd06c7db42545c37dd4eb9d48f11b07f58e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ endif
 
 	@# debian and ubuntu: everywhere
 	@/bin/echo -e "with-gettext-base=true" >> $(CURDIR)/override.properties
-	@#mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/core/java/build
+	@mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/core/java/build
 	ln -sf /usr/share/java/libintl.jar $(CURDIR)/core/java/build/libintl.jar
 
 	@# debian and ubuntu: everywhere
 	@/bin/echo -e "with-libgetopt-java=true" >> $(CURDIR)/override.properties
-	@#mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/core/java/build
+	@mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/core/java/build
 	ln -sf /usr/share/java/gnu-getopt.jar $(CURDIR)/core/java/build/gnu-getopt.jar
 
 	TZ=UTC JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF8 ant preppkg-unix javadoc