diff --git a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
index 428290317743..63c750ce8a99 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ mdbx = ["reth-libmdbx"]
 bench = []
 arbitrary = ["reth-primitives/arbitrary", "reth-db-api/arbitrary"]
 optimism = []
-disable_lock = []
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "hash_keys"
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/lockfile.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/lockfile.rs
index 76c1a4aa1116..5f764d894caf 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/lockfile.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/lockfile.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! Storage lock utils.
 
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "disable_lock", allow(dead_code))]
-
 use reth_storage_errors::lockfile::StorageLockError;
 use reth_tracing::tracing::error;
 use std::{
@@ -31,23 +29,13 @@ impl StorageLock {
     /// with the same PID), it will succeed.
     pub fn try_acquire(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, StorageLockError> {
         let file_path = path.join(LOCKFILE_NAME);
-
-        #[cfg(feature = "disable_lock")]
-        {
-            // Too expensive for ef-tests to write/read lock to/from disk.
-            Ok(Self(Arc::new(StorageLockInner { file_path })))
-        }
-
-        #[cfg(not(feature = "disable_lock"))]
-        {
-            if let Some(process_lock) = ProcessUID::parse(&file_path)? {
-                if process_lock.pid != (process::id() as usize) && process_lock.is_active() {
-                    return Err(StorageLockError::Taken(process_lock.pid))
-                }
+        if let Some(process_lock) = ProcessUID::parse(&file_path)? {
+            if process_lock.pid != (process::id() as usize) && process_lock.is_active() {
+                return Err(StorageLockError::Taken(process_lock.pid))
             }
-
-            Ok(Self(Arc::new(StorageLockInner::new(file_path)?)))
         }
+
+        Ok(Self(Arc::new(StorageLockInner::new(file_path)?)))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml b/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml
index 0453892c96dc..ecacc0a67f7c 100644
--- a/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ asm-keccak = ["reth-primitives/asm-keccak"]
 
 [dependencies]
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
-reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx", "test-utils", "disable_lock"] }
+reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx", "test-utils"] }
 reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-stages.workspace = true