diff --git a/orthos2/taskmanager/tasks/sconsole.py b/orthos2/taskmanager/tasks/sconsole.py
index 3e520ce7..c6a2d7b4 100644
--- a/orthos2/taskmanager/tasks/sconsole.py
+++ b/orthos2/taskmanager/tasks/sconsole.py
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ def execute(self):
             conn = SSH(self.fqdn)
             conn.connect(user="_cscreen")
 
-            _stdout, stderr, exitstatus = conn.execute(
-                "touch /dev/shm/.cscreenrc_allow_update"
-            )
-            if exitstatus != 0:
-                raise Exception(
-                    "Couldn't lock cscreen ('touch /dev/shm/.cscreenrc_allow_update')"
-                )
-
             new_content = ""
             # domains served by this cscreen server:
             domains = Domain.objects.filter(cscreen_server__fqdn=self.fqdn)
@@ -128,15 +120,6 @@ def execute(self):
             if exitstatus != 0:
                 logger.warning(stderr)
 
-            _stdout, stderr, exitstatus = conn.execute(
-                "rm -f /dev/shm/.cscreenrc_allow_update"
-            )
-
-            if exitstatus != 0:
-                raise Exception(
-                    "Couldn't unlock CScreen ('rm /dev/shm/.cscreenrc_allow_update)"
-                )
-
             # Restart cscreend server
             _stdout, stderr, exitstatus = conn.execute(
                 "sudo systemctl restart cscreend.service",