diff --git a/packages/contracts-bedrock/CONTRIBUTING.md b/packages/contracts-bedrock/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cf55668c5e23..57c2b3375fd6 100644
--- a/packages/contracts-bedrock/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/packages/contracts-bedrock/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -86,26 +86,11 @@ To deploy the smart contracts on a local devnet, run `make devnet-up` in the mon
 
 ### Tools
 
-#### Layout Locking
-
-We use a system called "layout locking" as a safety mechanism to prevent certain contract variables from being moved to different storage slots accidentally.
-To lock a contract variable, add it to the `layout-lock.json` file which has the following format:
-
-```json
-{
-  "MyContractName": {
-    "myVariableName": {
-      "slot": 1,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-With the above config, the `validate-spacers` script will check that we have a contract called `MyContractName`, that the contract has a variable named `myVariableName`, and that the variable is in the correct position as defined in the lock file.
-You should add things to the `layout-lock.json` file when you want those variables to **never** change.
-Layout locking should be used in combination with diffing the `.storage-layout` file in CI.
+#### Validate Spacing
+
+In order to make sure that we don't accidentally overwrite storage slots, contract storage layouts are checked to make sure spacing is correct.
+
+This uses the `.storage-layout` file to check contract spacing. Run `pnpm validate-spacers` to check the spacing of all contracts.
 
 #### Gas Snapshots
 
diff --git a/packages/contracts-bedrock/layout-lock.json b/packages/contracts-bedrock/layout-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d181e170a241..000000000000
--- a/packages/contracts-bedrock/layout-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "L1CrossDomainMessenger": {
-    "spacer_0_0_20": {
-      "slot": 0,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 20
-    },
-    "spacer_1_0_1600": {
-      "slot": 1,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1600
-    },
-    "spacer_51_0_20": {
-      "slot": 51,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 20
-    },
-    "spacer_52_0_1568": {
-      "slot": 52,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1568
-    },
-    "spacer_101_0_1": {
-      "slot": 101,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1
-    },
-    "spacer_102_0_1568": {
-      "slot": 102,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1568
-    },
-    "spacer_151_0_32": {
-      "slot": 151,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    },
-    "spacer_201_0_32": {
-      "slot": 201,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    },
-    "spacer_202_0_32": {
-      "slot": 202,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    }
-  },
-  "L2CrossDomainMessenger": {
-    "spacer_0_0_20": {
-      "slot": 0,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 20
-    },
-    "spacer_1_0_1600": {
-      "slot": 1,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1600
-    },
-    "spacer_51_0_20": {
-      "slot": 51,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 20
-    },
-    "spacer_52_0_1568": {
-      "slot": 52,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1568
-    },
-    "spacer_101_0_1": {
-      "slot": 101,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1
-    },
-    "spacer_102_0_1568": {
-      "slot": 102,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 1568
-    },
-    "spacer_151_0_32": {
-      "slot": 151,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    },
-    "spacer_201_0_32": {
-      "slot": 201,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    },
-    "spacer_202_0_32": {
-      "slot": 202,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 32
-    }
-  },
-  "L1StandardBridge": {
-    "spacer_0_2_20": {
-      "slot": 0,
-      "offset": 2,
-      "length": 20
-    },
-    "spacer_1_0_20": {
-      "slot": 1,
-      "offset": 0,
-      "length": 20
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/validate-spacers.ts b/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/validate-spacers.ts
index 493bc77da0ea..4ea652f6dad7 100644
--- a/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/validate-spacers.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/validate-spacers.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 
-import layoutLock from '../layout-lock.json'
-
 /**
  * Directory path to the artifacts.
  * Can be configured as the first argument to the script or
@@ -22,15 +20,6 @@ const skipped = (contractName: string): boolean => {
   return contractName.includes('CrossDomainMessengerLegacySpacer')
 }
 
-/**
- * Parses the fully qualified name of a contract into the name of the contract.
- * For example `contracts/Foo.sol:Foo` becomes `Foo`.
- */
-const parseFqn = (name: string): string => {
-  const parts = name.split(':')
-  return parts[parts.length - 1]
-}
-
 /**
  * Parses out variable info from the variable structure in standard compiler json output.
  *
@@ -89,7 +78,6 @@ const parseVariableInfo = (
 /**
  * Main logic of the script
  * - Ensures that all of the spacer variables are named correctly
- * - Ensures that storage slots in the layout lock file do not change
  */
 const main = async () => {
   const paths = []
@@ -128,24 +116,6 @@ const main = async () => {
           continue
         }
 
-        const contractName = parseFqn(fqn)
-
-        // Check that the layout lock has not changed
-        const lock = layoutLock[contractName] || {}
-        if (lock[variable.label]) {
-          const variableInfo = parseVariableInfo(variable)
-          const expectedInfo = lock[variable.label]
-          if (variableInfo.slot !== expectedInfo.slot) {
-            throw new Error(`${fqn}.${variable.label} slot has changed`)
-          }
-          if (variableInfo.offset !== expectedInfo.offset) {
-            throw new Error(`${fqn}.${variable.label} offset has changed`)
-          }
-          if (variableInfo.length !== expectedInfo.length) {
-            throw new Error(`${fqn}.${variable.label} length has changed`)
-          }
-        }
-
         // Check that the spacers are all named correctly
         if (variable.label.startsWith('spacer_')) {
           const [, slot, offset, length] = variable.label.split('_')