You can't and unfortunately will never be able to. This is a decision made by Linus Torvald himself. He knows what's good for us.

There is a rant out there somewhere I read once. 

I found *[Re: Empty directories..][1]*, but maybe there is another one.

You have to live with the workarounds...unfortunately.


  [1]: http://markmail.org/message/4eqjxx73opiswfis