diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0da37051..8f891593 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ The install and update script is only triggered when a default command is used (
 
 - `NEXTCLOUD_UPDATE` (default: `0`)
 
-If you share your html folder with multiple docker containers, you might want to avoid multiple processes updating the same shared volume
-
-- `NEXTCLOUD_INIT_LOCK` (not set by default) Set it to true to enable initialization locking. Other containers will wait for the current process to finish updating the html volume to continue.
-
-You might also want to make sure the htaccess is up to date after each container update. Especially on multiple swarm nodes as any discrepancy will make your server unusable.
+You might want to make sure the htaccess is up to date after each container update. Especially on multiple swarm nodes as any discrepancy will make your server unusable.
 
 - `NEXTCLOUD_INIT_HTACCESS` (not set by default) Set it to true to enable run `occ maintenance:update:htaccess` after container initialization.
 
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index b02b21ef..541221ec 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -222,19 +222,14 @@ if expr "$1" : "apache" 1>/dev/null || [ "$1" = "php-fpm" ] || [ "${NEXTCLOUD_UP
 
     # If another process is syncing the html folder, wait for
     # it to be done, then escape initalization.
-    # You need to define the NEXTCLOUD_INIT_LOCK environment variable
-    if [ -n "${NEXTCLOUD_INIT_LOCK+x}" ]; then
-        (
-            if ! flock -n 9; then
-                # If we couldn't get it immediately, show a message, then wait for real
-                echo "Another process is initializing Nextcloud. Waiting..."
-                flock 9
-            fi
-            do_install_or_upgrade
-        ) 9> /var/www/html/nextcloud-init-sync.lock
-    else
+    (
+        if ! flock -n 9; then
+            # If we couldn't get it immediately, show a message, then wait for real
+            echo "Another process is initializing Nextcloud. Waiting..."
+            flock 9
+        fi
         do_install_or_upgrade
-    fi
+    ) 9> /var/www/html/nextcloud-init-sync.lock
 fi
 
 exec "$@"