--- irio.c-orig	Sat Mar 29 20:26:57 2003
+++ irio.c	Sat Mar 29 20:27:12 2003
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@
     return -1;
   }
 
-  /* lock the file for ourselves */
-  if (flock(portfd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB) < 0) {
-    /* unable to get lock */
-    close(portfd);
-    portfd = 0;
-    return -1;
-  }
-
   /* get port attributes, store in oldterm */
   if (tcgetattr(portfd, &oldterm) < 0) {
     close(portfd);