diff --git a/src/btop.cpp b/src/btop.cpp
index 69bb96c..d6510cd 100644
--- a/src/btop.cpp
+++ b/src/btop.cpp
@@ -230,11 +230,6 @@ void clean_quit(int sig) {
 
 	Config::write();
 
-	//? Wait for any remaining Tools::atomic_lock destructors to finish for max 1000ms
-	for (int i = 0; Tools::active_locks > 0 and i < 100; i++) {
-		sleep_ms(10);
-	}
-
 	if (Term::initialized) {
 		Input::clear();
 		Term::restore();
diff --git a/src/btop_tools.cpp b/src/btop_tools.cpp
index e9bfc2c..e283cb1 100644
--- a/src/btop_tools.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_tools.cpp
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ namespace Fx {
 
 namespace Tools {
 
-	atomic<int> active_locks (0);
-
 	string uresize(string str, const size_t len, const bool wide) {
 		if (len < 1 or str.empty()) return "";
 		for (size_t x = 0, i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) {
@@ -367,14 +365,11 @@ namespace Tools {
 	}
 
 	atomic_lock::atomic_lock(atomic<bool>& atom, bool wait) : atom(atom) {
-		active_locks++;
-		if (wait) {
-			while (not this->atom.compare_exchange_strong(this->not_true, true));
-		} else this->atom.store(true);
+		if (wait) while (not this->atom.compare_exchange_strong(this->not_true, true));
+		else this->atom.store(true);
 	}
 
 	atomic_lock::~atomic_lock() {
-		active_locks--;
 		this->atom.store(false);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/btop_tools.hpp b/src/btop_tools.hpp
index 705180c..6da5cb3 100644
--- a/src/btop_tools.hpp
+++ b/src/btop_tools.hpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ namespace Term {
 
 namespace Tools {
 	constexpr auto SSmax = std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max();
-	extern atomic<int> active_locks;
 
 	//* Return number of UTF8 characters in a string (wide=true counts UTF-8 characters with a width > 1 as 2 characters)
 	inline size_t ulen(const string& str, const bool wide=false) {