diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5f32d71..4d7c39a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ mod network;
 static WORKSPACE: &str = "/home/rocker";
 static USER_NAME: &str = "rocker";
 static INFO_FILE: &str = "info.toml";
-static LOCK_FILE: &str = ".lock";
 static mut STACK: [u8; 1024*1024*1] = [0; 1024*1024*1];
 static CLONE_FLAG: i32 = 0b1101100000000100000000000000000;  // CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_NEWNET;
 
@@ -120,16 +119,6 @@ fn extend_image(image_name: &String) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     }
 }
 
-fn init_container_lock<P: AsRef<Path>>(container_work_path:P) -> Result<i32> {
-    use nix::sys::stat::Mode;
-    use nix::fcntl::{OFlag, open};
-    let lock_path = container_work_path.as_ref().join(LOCK_FILE);
-    let lock_path_str = lock_path.as_os_str();
-    let oflag = OFlag::O_RDWR | OFlag::O_CREAT;
-    let mode = Mode::empty();
-    println!("{lock_path_str:?}");
-    Ok(open(lock_path_str, oflag, mode)?)
-}
 
 fn init_container_overlay<P: AsRef<Path>>(volume_path: P, upper_path: P, merged_path: P) -> Result<()> {
     let lower_dir = volume_path.as_ref().to_string_lossy().to_string();
@@ -424,7 +413,6 @@ fn run_container(_container_id: &String, cmd: &String, args: &RockerArgs, volume
         create_dir(&container_merged_path, true)?;
 
         let _cb = || {
-            init_container_lock(&container_work_path).unwrap();
             init_container_overlay(volume_path, &container_upper_path, &container_merged_path).unwrap();
             if let Some(custom_volume) = &args.volume {
                 init_container_custom_volume(&container_merged_path, custom_volume).unwrap();
@@ -514,7 +502,6 @@ fn save_container_info(args: &RockerArgs, container_id: &String, pid: i32) -> Re
 fn get_container_info(container_id: &str) -> Result<ContainerInfo> {
     let container_work_path = Path::new(WORKSPACE).join("containers").join(container_id);
     let container_info_path = container_work_path.join(INFO_FILE);
-    let lock_path = container_work_path.join(LOCK_FILE);
     let info_str = fs::read_to_string(container_info_path)?;
     let mut container_info: ContainerInfo = toml::from_str(&info_str)?;