diff --git a/make_mirror.sh b/make_mirror.sh
index a65ddb6..8bc4517 100755
--- a/make_mirror.sh
+++ b/make_mirror.sh
@@ -361,16 +361,18 @@ END
 	done
 done
 
-# now replace the minihttpd config with one that serves the new repository
-# create a temporary directory because "copy-in" cannot rename the file
-tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-cat << END > "$tmpdir/mini-httpd"
+if [ "$HAVE_QEMU" = "yes" ]; then
+	# now replace the minihttpd config with one that serves the new repository
+	# create a temporary directory because "copy-in" cannot rename the file
+	tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+	cat << END > "$tmpdir/mini-httpd"
 START=1
 DAEMON_OPTS="-h 127.0.0.1 -p 80 -u nobody -dd /mnt/cache -i /var/run/mini-httpd.pid -T UTF-8"
 END
-guestfish -a "$newcachedir/debian-unstable.qcow" -i copy-in "$tmpdir/mini-httpd" /etc/default
-rm "$tmpdir/mini-httpd"
-rmdir "$tmpdir"
+	guestfish -a "$newcachedir/debian-unstable.qcow" -i copy-in "$tmpdir/mini-httpd" /etc/default
+	rm "$tmpdir/mini-httpd"
+	rmdir "$tmpdir"
+fi
 
 # delete possibly leftover symlink
 if [ -e ./shared/cache.tmp ]; then