diff --git a/lib/private/files/lock.php b/lib/private/files/lock.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 39138fe0248ce06f40302fb4c3000254303a8765..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/private/files/lock.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,309 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-namespace OC\Files;
-
-use OCP\Config;
-use OC\Files\Filesystem;
-use OCP\Files\LockNotAcquiredException;
-
-/**
- * Class Lock
- * @package OC\Files
- */
-class Lock implements \OCP\Files\Lock {
-
-	/** @var int $retries Number of lock retries to attempt */
-	public static $retries = 40;
-
-	/** @var int $retryInterval Milliseconds between retries */
-	public static $retryInterval = 50;
-
-	/** @var string $path Filename of the file as represented in storage */
-	protected $path;
-
-	/** @var array $stack A stack of lock data */
-	protected $stack = array();
-
-	/** @var resource $handle A file handle used to maintain a lock  */
-	protected $handle;
-
-	/** @var string $lockFile Filename of the lock file */
-	protected $lockFile;
-
-	/** @var resource $lockFileHandle The file handle used to maintain a lock on the lock file */
-	protected $lockFileHandle;
-
-	/**
-	 * Constructor for the lock instance
-	 * @param string $path Absolute pathname for a local file on which to obtain a lock
-	 */
-	public function __construct($path) {
-		$this->path = Filesystem::normalizePath($path);
-	}
-
-	protected function obtainReadLock($existingHandle = null) {
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Read lock requested for %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-		$timeout = Lock::$retries;
-
-		// Re-use an existing handle or get a new one
-		if(empty($existingHandle)) {
-			$handle = fopen($this->path, 'r');
-		}
-		else {
-			$handle = $existingHandle;
-		}
-
-		do {
-			if($this->isLockFileLocked($this->getLockFile($this->path))) {
-				\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Read lock has locked lock file %s for %s', $this->getLockFile($this->path), $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-				do {
-					usleep(Lock::$retryInterval);
-					$timeout--;
-				} while($this->isLockFileLocked($this->getLockFile($this->path)) && $timeout > 0);
-				\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Lock file %s has become unlocked for %s', $this->getLockFile($this->path), $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			}
-		} while ((!$lockReturn = flock($handle, LOCK_SH | LOCK_NB, $wouldBlock)) && $timeout > 0);
-		if ($wouldBlock == true || $lockReturn == false || $timeout <= 0) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Failed to acquire read lock for %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			return false;
-		}
-		$this->handle = $handle;
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('PASS: Acquired read lock for %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	protected function obtainWriteLock($existingHandle = null) {
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Write lock requested for %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-
-		// Re-use an existing handle or get a new one
-		if (empty($existingHandle)) {
-			$handle = fopen($this->path, 'c');
-		}
-		else {
-			$handle = $existingHandle;
-		}
-
-		// If the file doesn't exist, but we can create a lock for it
-		if (!file_exists($this->path) && $this->lockLockFile($this->path)) {
-			$lockReturn = flock($handle, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB, $wouldBlock);
-			if ($lockReturn == false || $wouldBlock == true) {
-				\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Write lock failed, unable to exclusively lock new file %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-				return false;
-			}
-			$this->handle = $handle;
-			return true;
-		}
-
-
-		// Since this file does exist, wait for locks to release to get an exclusive lock
-		$timeout = Lock::$retries;
-		$haveBlock = false;
-		while ((!$lockReturn = flock($handle, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB, $wouldBlock)) && $timeout > 0) {
-			// We don't have a lock on the original file, try to get a lock on its lock file
-			if ($haveBlock || $haveBlock = $this->lockLockFile($this->lockFile)) {
-				usleep(Lock::$retryInterval);
-			}
-			else {
-				\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Write lock failed, unable to lock original %s or lock file', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-				return false;
-			}
-			$timeout--;
-		}
-		if ($wouldBlock == true || $lockReturn == false) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Write lock failed due to timeout on %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			return false;
-		}
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('PASS: Write lock succeeded on %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a lock file and lock it
-	 * Sets $this->lockFile to the specified lock file, indicating that the lock file is IN USE for this lock instance
-	 * Also sets $this->lockFileHandle to a file handle of the lock file
-	 * @param string $filename The name of the file to lock
-	 * @return bool False if lock can't be acquired, true if it can.
-	 */
-	protected function lockLockFile ( $filename ) {
-		$lockFile = $this->getLockFile($filename);
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Locking lock file %s for %s', $lockFile, $filename), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-
-		// If we already manage the lockfile, success
-		if(!empty($this->lockFile)) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('PASS: Lock file %s was locked by this request for %s', $lockFile, $filename), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		// Check if the lockfile exists, and if not, try to create it
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Does lock file %s already exist?  %s', $lockFile, file_exists($lockFile) ? 'yes' : 'no'), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-		$handle = fopen($lockFile, 'c');
-		if(!$handle) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Could not create lock file %s', $lockFile), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// Attempt to acquire lock on lock file
-		$wouldBlock = false;
-		$timeout = self::$retries;
-		// Wait for lock over timeout
-		while((!$lockReturn = flock($handle, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB, $wouldBlock)) && $timeout > 0) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Could not acquire lock on lock file %s, %s timeout increments remain.', $lockFile, $timeout), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			usleep(self::$retryInterval);
-			$timeout--;
-		}
-		if ($wouldBlock == true || $lockReturn == false) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FAIL: Could not acquire lock on lock file %s', $lockFile), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			return false;
-		}
-		fwrite($handle, $filename);
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('PASS: Wrote filename to lock lock file %s', $lockFile), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-
-		$this->lockFile = $lockFile;
-		$this->lockFileHandle = $handle;
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a lock of a specific type to the stack
-	 * @param integer $lockType A constant representing the type of lock to queue
-	 * @param null|resource $existingHandle An existing file handle from an fopen()
-	 * @throws LockNotAcquiredException
-	 */
-	public function addLock($lockType, $existingHandle = null) {
-		if(!isset($this->stack[$lockType])) {
-			switch($lockType) {
-				case Lock::READ:
-					$result = $this->obtainReadLock($existingHandle);
-					break;
-				case Lock::WRITE:
-					$result = $this->obtainWriteLock($existingHandle);
-					break;
-				default:
-					$result = false;
-					break;
-			}
-			if($result) {
-				$this->stack[$lockType] = 0;
-			}
-			else {
-				throw new LockNotAcquiredException($this->path, $lockType);
-			}
-		}
-
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Incrementing lock type %d count for %s', $lockType, $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-		$this->stack[$lockType]++;
-
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Release locks on handles and files
-	 */
-	public function release($lockType) {
-		if(isset($this->stack[$lockType])) {
-			$this->stack[$lockType]--;
-			if($this->stack[$lockType] <= 0) {
-				unset($this->stack[$lockType]);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if(count($this->stack) == 0) {
-			// No more locks needed on this file, release the handle and/or lockfile
-			$this->releaseAll();
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the lock file associated to a file
-	 * @param string $filename The filename of the file to create a lock file for
-	 * @return string The filename of the lock file
-	 */
-	public static function getLockFile($filename) {
-		static $locksDir = false;
-		if(!$locksDir) {
-			$dataDir = Config::getSystemValue('datadirectory');
-			$locksDir = $dataDir . '/.locks';
-			if(!file_exists($locksDir)) {
-				mkdir($locksDir);
-			}
-		}
-		$filename = Filesystem::normalizePath($filename);
-		return $locksDir . '/' . sha1($filename) . '.lock';
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Determine if a file has an associated and flocked lock file
-	 * @param string $lockFile The filename of the lock file to check
-	 * @return bool True if the lock file is flocked
-	 */
-	protected function isLockFileLocked($lockFile) {
-		if(file_exists($lockFile)) {
-			if($handle = fopen($lockFile, 'c')) {
-				if($lock = flock($handle, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB)) {
-					// Got lock, not blocking, release and unlink
-					unlink($lockFile);
-					fclose($handle);
-					flock($lock, LOCK_UN);
-					return false;
-				}
-				else {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			else {
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Release all queued locks on the file
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public function releaseAll() {
-		$this->stack = array();
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Releasing locks on %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-		if (!empty($this->handle) && is_resource($this->handle)) {
-			flock($this->handle, LOCK_UN);
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Released lock handle %s on %s', $this->handle, $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			$this->handle = null;
-		}
-		if (!empty($this->lockFile) && file_exists($this->lockFile)) {
-			unlink($this->lockFile);
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Released lock file %s on %s', $this->lockFile, $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			$this->lockFile = null;
-		}
-		\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('FREE: Released locks on %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	public function __destruct() {
-		// Only releaseAll if we have locks to release
-		if(!empty($this->handle) || !empty($this->lockFile)) {
-			\OC_Log::write('lock', sprintf('INFO: Destroying locks on %s', $this->path), \OC_Log::DEBUG);
-			$this->releaseAll();
-		}
-	}
-
-}
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diff --git a/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/lockingwrapper.php b/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/lockingwrapper.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b785046bc3cf959a9ba3b2b9decd7e95741c620d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/lockingwrapper.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2013 ownCloud, Inc.
- * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
- * later.
- * See the COPYING-README file.
- */
-
-namespace OC\Files\Storage\Wrapper;
-
-use OC\Files\Filesystem;
-use OC\Files\Lock;
-
-/**
- * Class LockingWrapper
- * A Storage Wrapper used to lock files at the system level
- * @package OC\Files\Storage\Wrapper
- *
- * Notes: Does the $locks array need to be global to all LockingWrapper instances, such as in the case of two paths
- * that point to the same physical file?  Otherwise accessing the file from a different path the second time would show
- * the file as locked, even though this process is the one locking it.
- */
-class LockingWrapper extends Wrapper {
-
-	/** @var \OCP\Files\Lock[] $locks Holds an array of lock instances indexed by path for this storage */
-	protected $locks = array();
-
-	/**
-	 * Acquire a lock on a file
-	 * @param string $path Path to file, relative to this storage
-	 * @param integer $lockType A Lock class constant, Lock::READ/Lock::WRITE
-	 * @param null|resource $existingHandle An existing file handle from an fopen()
-	 * @return bool|\OCP\Files\Lock Lock instance on success, false on failure
-	 */
-	protected function getLock($path, $lockType, $existingHandle = null){
-		$path = Filesystem::normalizePath($this->storage->getLocalFile($path));
-		if(!isset($this->locks[$path])) {
-			$this->locks[$path] = new Lock($path);
-		}
-		$this->locks[$path]->addLock($lockType, $existingHandle);
-		return $this->locks[$path];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Release an existing lock
-	 * @param string $path Path to file, relative to this storage
-	 * @param integer $lockType The type of lock to release
-	 * @param bool $releaseAll If true, release all outstanding locks
-	 * @return bool true on success, false on failure
-	 */
-	protected function releaseLock($path, $lockType, $releaseAll = false){
-		$path = Filesystem::normalizePath($this->storage->getLocalFile($path));
-		if(isset($this->locks[$path])) {
-			if($releaseAll) {
-				return $this->locks[$path]->releaseAll();
-			}
-			else {
-				return $this->locks[$path]->release($lockType);
-			}
-		}
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * see http://php.net/manual/en/function.file_get_contents.php
-	 * @param string $path
-	 * @return string
-	 * @throws \Exception
-	 */
-	public function file_get_contents($path) {
-		try {
-			$this->getLock($path, Lock::READ);
-			$result = $this->storage->file_get_contents($path);
-		}
-		catch(\Exception $originalException) {
-			// Need to release the lock before more operations happen in upstream exception handlers
-			$this->releaseLock($path, Lock::READ);
-			throw $originalException;
-		}
-		$this->releaseLock($path, Lock::READ);
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	public function file_put_contents($path, $data) {
-		try {
-			$this->getLock($path, Lock::WRITE);
-			$result = $this->storage->file_put_contents($path, $data);
-		}
-		catch(\Exception $originalException) {
-			// Release lock, throw original exception
-			$this->releaseLock($path, Lock::WRITE);
-			throw $originalException;
-		}
-		$this->releaseLock($path, Lock::WRITE);
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-
-	public function copy($path1, $path2) {
-		try {
-			$this->getLock($path1, Lock::READ);
-			$this->getLock($path2, Lock::WRITE);
-			$result = $this->storage->copy($path1, $path2);
-		}
-		catch(\Exception $originalException) {
-			// Release locks, throw original exception
-			$this->releaseLock($path1, Lock::READ);
-			$this->releaseLock($path2, Lock::WRITE);
-			throw $originalException;
-		}
-		$this->releaseLock($path1, Lock::READ);
-		$this->releaseLock($path2, Lock::WRITE);
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	public function rename($path1, $path2) {
-		try {
-			$this->getLock($path1, Lock::READ);
-			$this->getLock($path2, Lock::WRITE);
-			$result = $this->storage->rename($path1, $path2);
-		}
-		catch(\Exception $originalException) {
-			// Release locks, throw original exception
-			$this->releaseLock($path1, Lock::READ);
-			$this->releaseLock($path2, Lock::WRITE);
-			throw $originalException;
-		}
-		$this->releaseLock($path1, Lock::READ);
-		$this->releaseLock($path2, Lock::WRITE);
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	public function fopen($path, $mode) {
-		$lockType = Lock::READ;
-		switch ($mode) {
-			case 'r+':
-			case 'rb+':
-			case 'w+':
-			case 'wb+':
-			case 'x+':
-			case 'xb+':
-			case 'a+':
-			case 'ab+':
-			case 'c+':
-			case 'w':
-			case 'wb':
-			case 'x':
-			case 'xb':
-			case 'a':
-			case 'ab':
-			case 'c':
-				$lockType = Lock::WRITE;
-				break;
-		}
-		// The handle for $this->fopen() is used outside of this class, so the handle/lock can't be closed
-		// Instead, it will be closed when the request goes out of scope
-		// Storage doesn't have an fclose()
-		if($result = $this->storage->fopen($path, $mode)) {
-			$this->getLock($path, $lockType, $result);
-		}
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	public function unlink($path) {
-		try {
-			if (\OC\Files\Filesystem::is_file($path)) {
-				$this->getLock($path, Lock::WRITE);
-			}
-			$result = $this->storage->unlink($path);
-		}
-		catch(\Exception $originalException) {
-			// Need to release the lock before more operations happen in upstream exception handlers
-			$this->releaseLock($path, Lock::WRITE);
-			throw $originalException;
-		}
-		$this->releaseLock($path, Lock::WRITE);
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-
-}
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diff --git a/lib/private/util.php b/lib/private/util.php
index 905f8d72cf4b39101b2c57358ca1a14a0956a5cc..0daef78ce7f118676fe624c7a7c4b9f717048d97 100755
--- a/lib/private/util.php
+++ b/lib/private/util.php
@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@ class OC_Util {
 				return $storage;
 			});
 
-			// Set up flock
-			\OC\Files\Filesystem::addStorageWrapper('oc_flock', function($mountPoint, /** @var \OC\Files\Storage\Storage|null $storage */ $storage){
-				// lock files on all local storage
-				if ($storage instanceof \OC\Files\Storage\Storage && $storage->isLocal()) {
-					return new \OC\Files\Storage\Wrapper\LockingWrapper(array('storage' => $storage));
-				} else {
-					return $storage;
-				}
-			});
-
 			$userDir = '/'.$user.'/files';
 			$userRoot = OC_User::getHome($user);
 			$userDirectory = $userRoot . '/files';
diff --git a/lib/public/files/lock.php b/lib/public/files/lock.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 34d307e89394ddfec6d9d3f104cebd3e094edf5f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/public/files/lock.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-namespace OCP\Files;
-
-/**
- * Class Lock
- * @package OC\Files
- */
-interface Lock {
-	const READ = 1;
-	const WRITE = 2;
-
-	/**
-	 * Constructor for the lock instance
-	 * @param string $path Absolute pathname for a local file on which to obtain a lock
-	 */
-	public function __construct($path);
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a lock of a specific type to the stack
-	 * @param integer $lockType A constant representing the type of lock to queue
-	 * @param null|resource $existingHandle An existing file handle from an fopen()
-	 * @throws LockNotAcquiredException
-	 */
-	public function addLock($lockType, $existingHandle = null);
-
-	/**
-	 * Release locks on handles and files
-	 */
-	public function release($lockType);
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the lock file associated to a file
-	 * @param string $filename The filename of the file to create a lock file for
-	 * @return string The filename of the lock file
-	 */
-	public static function getLockFile($filename);
-
-	/**
-	 * Release all queued locks on the file
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public function releaseAll();
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file