diff --git a/deps/buildcore/base.mk b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
index 83392380..0941ff26 100644
--- a/deps/buildcore/base.mk
+++ b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ endif
 .PHONY: conan
 conan:
 	${ENV_RUN} ${PYBB} conan-install ${PROJECT_NAME}
-	#@mkdir -p .conanbuild && cd .conanbuild && conan install ../ --build=missing -pr=${PROJECT_NAME}
 endif # USE_VCPKG ###############################################
 
 .PHONY: configure-xcode
diff --git a/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py b/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
index 12f64f76..16d0b05a 100755
--- a/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
+++ b/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ def cat(paths: str) -> int:
 
 
 def mkdir(path: str) -> int:
-    if not os.path.exists(path) and os.path.isdir(path):
-        os.mkdir(path)
-    return 0
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(path)
+        except:
+            return 1
+        return 0
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        return 0
+    return 1
 
 
 # this exists because Windows is utterly incapable of providing a proper rm -rf