diff --git a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
index b08577c47c6732635a781ad5645b0e1112a7edb3..ab17f2fe7077b7b616a62c8360f1e399e251dda1 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
   dest_dir="$REMOTE_PARENT_DIR/${DEST_DIR_NAME}-bin"
   echo "Copying release tarballs to $dest_dir"
   # Put to new directory:
-  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir
+  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir || true
   LFTP mput -O $dest_dir 'spark-*'
   LFTP mput -O $dest_dir 'pyspark-*'
   LFTP mput -O $dest_dir 'SparkR_*'
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
   LFTP "rm -r -f $REMOTE_PARENT_DIR/latest || exit 0"
   LFTP mv $dest_dir "$REMOTE_PARENT_DIR/latest"
   # Re-upload a second time and leave the files in the timestamped upload directory:
-  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir
+  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir || true
   LFTP mput -O $dest_dir 'spark-*'
   LFTP mput -O $dest_dir 'pyspark-*'
   LFTP mput -O $dest_dir 'SparkR_*'
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ if [[ "$1" == "docs" ]]; then
   PRODUCTION=1 RELEASE_VERSION="$SPARK_VERSION" jekyll build
   echo "Copying release documentation to $dest_dir"
   # Put to new directory:
-  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir
+  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir || true
   LFTP mirror -R _site $dest_dir
   # Delete /latest directory and rename new upload to /latest
   LFTP "rm -r -f $REMOTE_PARENT_DIR/latest || exit 0"
   LFTP mv $dest_dir "$REMOTE_PARENT_DIR/latest"
   # Re-upload a second time and leave the files in the timestamped upload directory:
-  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir
+  LFTP mkdir -p $dest_dir || true
   LFTP mirror -R _site $dest_dir
   cd ..
   exit 0
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 47eab98e0f7b3cc1f7597042e32fc070b9368ebb..f50035435e26bfe3841c93adb1be52c66d5a4b1c 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ try:
                   'pyspark.ml',
                   'pyspark.ml.linalg',
                   'pyspark.ml.param',
-                  'pyspark.ml.stat',
                   'pyspark.sql',
                   'pyspark.streaming',
                   'pyspark.bin',