diff --git a/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h b/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h
index b8a9f5ab7..618ca0cd6 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h
@@ -221,8 +221,6 @@ struct stktable {
 	unsigned int refcnt;     /* number of local peer over all peers sections
 				    attached to this table */
 	unsigned int current;     /* number of sticky sessions currently in table */
-	__decl_thread(HA_RWLOCK_T lock); /* lock related to the table */
-
 	THREAD_ALIGN(64);
 
 	struct eb_root updates;   /* head of sticky updates sequence tree, uses updt_lock */
diff --git a/src/stick_table.c b/src/stick_table.c
index dc788e5d3..e59e8b8fd 100644
--- a/src/stick_table.c
+++ b/src/stick_table.c
@@ -732,8 +732,6 @@ void stktable_requeue_exp(struct stktable *t, const struct stksess *ts)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	HA_RWLOCK_WRLOCK(STK_TABLE_LOCK, &t->lock);
-
 	while (!HA_ATOMIC_CAS(&t->shards[bucket].next_exp, &old_exp, new_exp)) {
 		if (new_exp == old_exp)
 			break;
@@ -741,8 +739,6 @@ void stktable_requeue_exp(struct stktable *t, const struct stksess *ts)
 		new_exp = tick_first(expire, old_exp);
 	}
 
-	HA_RWLOCK_WRUNLOCK(STK_TABLE_LOCK, &t->lock);
-
 	if (t->type == SMP_T_STR)
 		len = strlen((const char *)ts->key.key);
 	else
@@ -1166,7 +1162,6 @@ int stktable_init(struct stktable *t, char **err_msg)
 		}
 
 		t->updates = EB_ROOT_UNIQUE;
-		HA_RWLOCK_INIT(&t->lock);
 
 		t->pool = create_pool("sticktables", sizeof(struct stksess) + round_ptr_size(t->data_size) + t->key_size, MEM_F_SHARED);