diff --git a/stringid.cpp b/stringid.cpp
index f38c2d61..fad528d5 100644
--- a/stringid.cpp
+++ b/stringid.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "stringid.hpp"
 
 #include <stdexcept>
-#include <mutex>
 
 using util::stringid;
 
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ stringid::add (const std::string key) {
     if (pos != m_map.end ())
         throw std::invalid_argument ("duplicate stringid key");
 
-    static std::mutex s_lock;
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard (s_lock);
-
     id_t id = m_map.size ();
     m_map[key] = id;
     return id;