diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
index 68ba89e8d4..7765574ad6 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ HashedObject::pointer HashedObjectStore::retrieve(const uint256& hash)
 {
 	HashedObject::pointer obj;
 	{
-		ScopedLock sl(theApp->getHashNodeDB()->getDBLock());
 		obj = mCache.fetch(hash);
 		if (obj)
 		{