diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 9aa4282e79..9ba2f77311 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -3580,7 +3580,6 @@ pub fn cImport(comp: *Compilation, c_src: []const u8) !CImportResult {
     const cimport_zig_basename = "cimport.zig";
 
     var man = comp.obtainCObjectCacheManifest();
-    man.want_shared_lock = false;
     defer man.deinit();
 
     const use_stage1 = build_options.have_stage1 and comp.bin_file.options.use_stage1;
@@ -3698,7 +3697,6 @@ pub fn cImport(comp: *Compilation, c_src: []const u8) !CImportResult {
     // possible we had a hit and the manifest is dirty, for example if the file mtime changed but
     // the contents were the same, we hit the cache but the manifest is dirty and we need to update
     // it to prevent doing a full file content comparison the next time around.
-    man.want_shared_lock = true;
     man.writeManifest() catch |err| {
         log.warn("failed to write cache manifest for C import: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
     };
@@ -3873,7 +3871,6 @@ fn updateCObject(comp: *Compilation, c_object: *CObject, c_obj_prog_node: *std.P
     }
 
     var man = comp.obtainCObjectCacheManifest();
-    man.want_shared_lock = false;
     defer man.deinit();
 
     man.hash.add(comp.clang_preprocessor_mode);
@@ -4167,7 +4164,6 @@ fn updateCObject(comp: *Compilation, c_object: *CObject, c_obj_prog_node: *std.P
     // possible we had a hit and the manifest is dirty, for example if the file mtime changed but
     // the contents were the same, we hit the cache but the manifest is dirty and we need to update
     // it to prevent doing a full file content comparison the next time around.
-    man.want_shared_lock = true;
     man.writeManifest() catch |err| {
         log.warn("failed to write cache manifest when compiling '{s}': {s}", .{ c_object.src.src_path, @errorName(err) });
     };