diff --git a/src/variations/.keep b/src/variations/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index b82a7b9ec..d79975195 100755
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ function getVariationEntries() {
 	const variationsDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'src', 'variations');
 	const entries = {};
 
+	if ( ! fs.existsSync(variationsDir) ) {
+		return entries;
+	}
+
 	const variationDirs = fs.readdirSync(variationsDir);
 	for (const variation of variationDirs) {
 		const variationPath = path.join(variationsDir, variation);