diff --git a/src/ripple/common/TaggedCache.h b/src/ripple/common/TaggedCache.h
index f25e11579..bb725ab87 100644
--- a/src/ripple/common/TaggedCache.h
+++ b/src/ripple/common/TaggedCache.h
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ public:
 
         if (cit == m_cache.end ())
         {
-            m_cache.insert (cache_pair (key, Entry (m_clock.now(), data)));
+            m_cache.emplace (std::piecewise_construct,
+                std::forward_as_tuple(key),
+                std::forward_as_tuple(m_clock.now(), data));
             ++m_cache_count;
             return false;
         }
@@ -526,7 +528,6 @@ private:
         void touch (clock_type::time_point const& now) { last_access = now; }
     };
 
-    typedef std::pair <key_type, Entry> cache_pair;
     typedef hardened_hash_map <key_type, Entry, Hash, KeyEqual> cache_type;
     typedef typename cache_type::iterator cache_iterator;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp b/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
index a6b729d2d..6792a0714 100644
--- a/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 
 namespace ripple {
 
-LedgerBase::LedgerBase ()
-{
-}
-
 Ledger::Ledger (const RippleAddress& masterID, std::uint64_t startAmount)
     : mTotCoins (startAmount)
     , mLedgerSeq (1) // First Ledger
@@ -1162,8 +1158,6 @@ Json::Value Ledger::getJson (int options)
     bool const bFull (options & LEDGER_JSON_FULL);
     bool const bExpand (options & LEDGER_JSON_EXPAND);
 
-    ScopedLockType sl (mLock);
-
     // DEPRECATED
     ledger[jss::seqNum]
             = beast::lexicalCastThrow <std::string> (mLedgerSeq);
diff --git a/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.h b/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.h
index 776dc0a50..023b667a3 100644
--- a/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.h
+++ b/src/ripple/module/app/ledger/Ledger.h
@@ -46,20 +46,6 @@ enum LedgerStateParms
 
 class SqliteStatement;
 
-class LedgerBase
-{
-protected:
-    LedgerBase ();
-
-    // VFALCO TODO eliminate the need for friends
-    friend class TransactionEngine;
-    friend class Transactor;
-
-    typedef RippleRecursiveMutex LockType;
-    typedef std::lock_guard <LockType> ScopedLockType;
-    LockType mLock;
-};
-
 // VFALCO TODO figure out exactly how this thing works.
 //         It seems like some ledger database is stored as a global, static in the
 //         class. But then what is the meaning of a Ledger object? Is this
@@ -73,7 +59,6 @@ protected:
 */
 class Ledger
     : public std::enable_shared_from_this <Ledger>
-    , public LedgerBase
     , public CountedObject <Ledger>
     , public beast::Uncopyable
 {
diff --git a/src/ripple/module/app/transactors/Transactor.cpp b/src/ripple/module/app/transactors/Transactor.cpp
index b6b470ed2..c644c23bc 100644
--- a/src/ripple/module/app/transactors/Transactor.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/module/app/transactors/Transactor.cpp
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ TER Transactor::apply ()
     if (terResult != tesSUCCESS)
         return (terResult);
 
-    // Restructure this to avoid the dependency on LedgerBase::mLock
-    Ledger::ScopedLockType sl (mEngine->getLedger ()->mLock);
-
     mTxnAccount = mEngine->entryCache (ltACCOUNT_ROOT,
         Ledger::getAccountRootIndex (mTxnAccountID));
     calculateFee ();