diff --git a/internal/file/file.go b/internal/file/file.go
index 974dabc2..c6e95849 100644
--- a/internal/file/file.go
+++ b/internal/file/file.go
@@ -117,13 +117,9 @@ func TrimFileExtension(fileName string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSuffix(fileName, filepath.Ext(fileName))
 }
 
-// WriteFile writes content to a temporary file and moves it to path with all
-// parent directories created.
+// WriteFile writes content to a temporary file and moves it to path.
 // If path already exists and is a file, WriteFile overwrites it.
 func WriteFile(path string, content []byte) (writeErr error) {
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0700); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", tempFileNamePrefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp file: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/file/file_test.go b/internal/file/file_test.go
index 4e007e88..306a0a5b 100644
--- a/internal/file/file_test.go
+++ b/internal/file/file_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func TestCopyToDir(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
 		data := []byte("data")
 		filename := filepath.Join(tempDir, "a", "file.txt")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filename), 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if err := WriteFile(filename, data); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ func TestCopyToDir(t *testing.T) {
 		destDir := t.TempDir()
 		data := []byte("data")
 		filename := filepath.Join(tempDir, "a", "file.txt")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filename), 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if err := WriteFile(filename, data); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -78,6 +84,9 @@ func TestCopyToDir(t *testing.T) {
 		data := []byte("data")
 		// prepare file
 		filename := filepath.Join(tempDir, "a", "file.txt")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filename), 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if err := WriteFile(filename, data); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -101,6 +110,9 @@ func TestCopyToDir(t *testing.T) {
 		data := []byte("data")
 		// prepare file
 		filename := filepath.Join(tempDir, "a", "file.txt")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filename), 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if err := WriteFile(filename, data); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -124,6 +136,9 @@ func TestCopyToDir(t *testing.T) {
 		data := []byte("data")
 		// prepare file
 		filename := filepath.Join(tempDir, "a", "file.txt")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filename), 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if err := WriteFile(filename, data); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -141,6 +156,9 @@ func TestCopyToDir(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
 		data := []byte("data")
 		filename := filepath.Join(tempDir, "a", "file.txt")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filename), 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if err := WriteFile(filename, data); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}