diff --git a/nyx/page_cache.c b/nyx/page_cache.c
index 1827c186a9..55689316c8 100644
--- a/nyx/page_cache.c
+++ b/nyx/page_cache.c
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 
 #define UNMAPPED_PAGE 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL
 
-static void page_cache_unlock(page_cache_t* self);
-static void page_cache_lock(page_cache_t* self);
-
 #ifndef STANDALONE_DECODER
 static bool reload_addresses(page_cache_t* self){
 #else
@@ -43,8 +40,6 @@ bool reload_addresses(page_cache_t* self){
 	if(self_offset != self->num_pages*PAGE_CACHE_ADDR_LINE_SIZE){
 		//fprintf(stderr, "Reloading files ...\n");
 
-		page_cache_lock(self); // don't read while someone else is writing?
-
 		lseek(self->fd_address_file, self->num_pages*PAGE_CACHE_ADDR_LINE_SIZE, SEEK_SET);
 		offset = self->num_pages;
 		while(read(self->fd_address_file, &value, PAGE_CACHE_ADDR_LINE_SIZE)){
@@ -84,8 +79,6 @@ bool reload_addresses(page_cache_t* self){
 		munmap(self->page_data, self->num_pages*PAGE_SIZE);
 		self->num_pages = self_offset/PAGE_CACHE_ADDR_LINE_SIZE;
 		self->page_data = mmap(NULL, (self->num_pages)*PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, self->fd_page_file, 0);
-				
-		page_cache_unlock(self);
 
 		return true;
 	}