diff --git a/lib/libfrr.c b/lib/libfrr.c
index 69e6882617..2bce4766d3 100644
--- a/lib/libfrr.c
+++ b/lib/libfrr.c
@@ -262,34 +262,6 @@ bool frr_zclient_addr(struct sockaddr_storage *sa, socklen_t *sa_len,
 
 static struct frr_daemon_info *di = NULL;
 
-static void frr_guard_daemon(void)
-{
-	int fd;
-	struct flock lock;
-	const char *path = di->pid_file;
-
-	fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
-	if (fd != -1) {
-		memset(&lock, 0, sizeof(lock));
-		lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
-		lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
-		if (fcntl(fd, F_GETLK, &lock) < 0) {
-			flog_err_sys(
-				EC_LIB_SYSTEM_CALL,
-				"Could not do F_GETLK pid_file %s (%s), exiting",
-				path, safe_strerror(errno));
-			exit(1);
-		} else if (lock.l_type == F_WRLCK) {
-			flog_err_sys(
-				EC_LIB_SYSTEM_CALL,
-				"Process %d has a write lock on file %s already! Error: (%s)",
-				lock.l_pid, path, safe_strerror(errno));
-			exit(1);
-		}
-		close(fd);
-	}
-}
-
 void frr_preinit(struct frr_daemon_info *daemon, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	di = daemon;
@@ -619,9 +591,6 @@ struct thread_master *frr_init(void)
 
 	zprivs_init(di->privs);
 
-	/* Guard to prevent a second instance of this daemon */
-	frr_guard_daemon();
-
 	master = thread_master_create(NULL);
 	signal_init(master, di->n_signals, di->signals);