diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
index aec151992..bd7629980 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
@@ -529,8 +529,6 @@ meta_xwayland_stop (MetaXWaylandManager *manager)
 {
   char path[256];
 
-  snprintf (path, sizeof path, "/tmp/.X%d-lock", manager->display_index);
-  unlink (path);
   snprintf (path, sizeof path, "/tmp/.X11-unix/X%d", manager->display_index);
   unlink (path);