diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 830317bb2f..89941f4849 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -389,18 +389,18 @@ $(UI_BUILD_FLAG_FILE):
 	$(PYTHON) tools/scripts/compilemessages.py
 	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui --loglevel warn run compile-strings
 	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui --loglevel warn run build
-	mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/public/static/css
-	mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/public/static/js
-	mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/public/static/media
-	cp -r awx/ui/build/static/css/* /var/lib/awx/public/static/css
-	cp -r awx/ui/build/static/js/* /var/lib/awx/public/static/js
-	cp -r awx/ui/build/static/media/* /var/lib/awx/public/static/media
 	touch $@
 
 ui-release: $(UI_BUILD_FLAG_FILE)
 
 ui-devel: awx/ui/node_modules
 	@$(MAKE) -B $(UI_BUILD_FLAG_FILE)
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/public/static/css
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/public/static/js
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/public/static/media
+	cp -r awx/ui/build/static/css/* /var/lib/awx/public/static/css
+	cp -r awx/ui/build/static/js/* /var/lib/awx/public/static/js
+	cp -r awx/ui/build/static/media/* /var/lib/awx/public/static/media
 
 ui-devel-instrumented: awx/ui/node_modules
 	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui --loglevel warn run start-instrumented