diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 60643b1db..0b68923da 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -1067,9 +1067,9 @@ sub dispatch_request {
      foreach $xcatdest (@xcatdests) {
         my $dlock;
         if ($xcatdest and thishostisnot($xcatdest)) {
-            mkpath("/var/lock/xcat/"); #For now, limit intra-xCAT requests to one at a time, to mitigate DB handle usage
-            open($dlock,">","/var/lock/xcat/dispatchto_$xcatdest");
-            flock($dlock,LOCK_EX);
+            #mkpath("/var/lock/xcat/"); #For now, limit intra-xCAT requests to one at a time, to mitigate DB handle usage
+            #open($dlock,">","/var/lock/xcat/dispatchto_$xcatdest");
+            #flock($dlock,LOCK_EX);
             $ENV{XCATHOST} =  ($xcatdest =~ /:/ ? $xcatdest : $xcatdest.":3001" );
             $$progname.=": connection to ".$ENV{XCATHOST};
             my $errstr;
@@ -1080,8 +1080,8 @@ sub dispatch_request {
             if ($@) {
              $errstr=$@;
             }
-            unlink("/var/lock/xcat/dispatchto_$xcatdest");
-            flock($dlock,LOCK_UN);
+            #unlink("/var/lock/xcat/dispatchto_$xcatdest");
+            #flock($dlock,LOCK_UN);
             if ($errstr) {
 	            if ($numdests == 1) {
                     dispatch_callback({error=>["Unable to dispatch command to ".$ENV{XCATHOST}.", command will not make changes to that server ($errstr)"],errorcode=>[1]});