diff --git a/src/ScratchPad.py b/src/ScratchPad.py
index 573a4d3c0..8e8fd0866 100644
--- a/src/ScratchPad.py
+++ b/src/ScratchPad.py
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ import os
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
 from time import strftime as strftime
 
-try:
-    import fcntl
-    use_lock = True
-except:
-    use_lock = False
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # GTK/Gnome modules