diff --git a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
index 646929d2ed..60e2618bb7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ python do_cve_check () {
 }
 
 addtask cve_check before do_build after do_fetch
-do_cve_check[lockfiles] += "${CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE_LOCK}"
 do_cve_check[depends] = "cve-update-db-native:do_fetch"
 do_cve_check[nostamp] = "1"