diff --git a/config-vdms.json b/config-vdms.json
index 23ea1b68..c3df33e6 100644
--- a/config-vdms.json
+++ b/config-vdms.json
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
     "port": 55555, // Default is 55555
     "max_simultaneous_clients": 20, // Default is 500
 
-    // Tune the number of maximum attempts when acquiring the
-    // reader writer lock for metadata changes.
-    "max_lock_attempts": 10,
-
     // Database paths
     "pmgd_path": "db/graph", // This will be an IP address in the future
     "png_path": "db/images/pngs/",
diff --git a/src/PMGDQueryHandler.cc b/src/PMGDQueryHandler.cc
index 07819611..240df2b9 100644
--- a/src/PMGDQueryHandler.cc
+++ b/src/PMGDQueryHandler.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "PMGDQueryHandler.h"
 #include "util.h"   // PMGD util
 #include "PMGDIterators.h"
-#include "RWLock.h"
 
 // TODO In the complete version of VDMS, this file will live
 // within PMGD which would replace the PMGD namespace. Some of
@@ -43,30 +42,21 @@ using namespace PMGD;
 using namespace VDMS;
 
 PMGD::Graph *PMGDQueryHandler::_db;
-RWLock *PMGDQueryHandler::_dblock;
 
 void PMGDQueryHandler::init()
 {
     std::string dbname = VDMSConfig::instance()
                         ->get_string_value("pmgd_path", "db/graph");
-    unsigned attempts = VDMSConfig::instance()
-                        ->get_int_value("max_lock_attempts",
-                                        RWLock::MAX_ATTEMPTS);
 
     // Create a db
     _db = new PMGD::Graph(dbname.c_str(), PMGD::Graph::Create);
-
-    // Create the query handler here assuming database is valid now.
-    _dblock = new RWLock(attempts);
 }
 
 void PMGDQueryHandler::destroy()
 {
     if (_db) {
         delete _db;
-        delete _dblock;
         _db = NULL;
-        _dblock = NULL;
     }
 }
 
@@ -80,20 +70,6 @@ std::vector<PMGDCmdResponses>
 
     // Assuming one query handler handles one TX at a time.
     _readonly = readonly;
-    try {
-        if (_readonly)
-            _dblock->read_lock();
-        else
-            _dblock->write_lock();
-    }
-    catch (Exception e) {
-        PMGDCmdResponses &resp_v = responses[0];
-        PMGDCmdResponse *response = new PMGDCmdResponse();
-        set_response(response, PMGDCmdResponse::Exception,
-                        e.name + std::string(": ") +  e.msg);
-        resp_v.push_back(response);
-        return responses;
-    }
 
     for (const auto cmd : cmds) {
         PMGDCmdResponse *response = new PMGDCmdResponse();
@@ -117,10 +93,6 @@ std::vector<PMGDCmdResponses>
         _tx = NULL;
     }
 
-    if (_readonly)
-        _dblock->read_unlock();
-    else
-        _dblock->write_unlock();
     return responses;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/PMGDQueryHandler.h b/src/PMGDQueryHandler.h
index 671a4f14..3a17f6e8 100644
--- a/src/PMGDQueryHandler.h
+++ b/src/PMGDQueryHandler.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ namespace VDMS {
     typedef std::vector<PMGDCmd *>             PMGDCmds;
     typedef std::vector<PMGDCmdResponse *>     PMGDCmdResponses;
 
-    class RWLock;
-
     class PMGDQueryHandler
     {
         template <typename T, typename Ti>
@@ -73,9 +71,6 @@ namespace VDMS {
         // Until we have a separate PMGD server this db lives here
         static PMGD::Graph *_db;
 
-        // Need this lock till we have concurrency support in PMGD
-        static RWLock *_dblock;
-
         PMGD::Transaction *_tx;
         bool _readonly;  // Variable changes per TX based on process_queries parameter.