diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9399954..da5dc12 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@
 [submodule "json-ptr"]
 	path = json-ptr
 	url = git@github.com:dr-bonez/json-ptr.git
-[submodule "qutex"]
-	path = qutex
-	url = git@github.com:dr-bonez/qutex.git
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 77f6638..6ed4cb1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ members = [
     "cbor",
     "json-patch",
     "json-ptr",
-    "qutex",
 ]
diff --git a/patch-db/Cargo.toml b/patch-db/Cargo.toml
index 6d5225a..3c3e8e3 100644
--- a/patch-db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/patch-db/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { version = "*", optional = true }
 nix = "0.20.0"
 patch-db-macro = { path = "../patch-db-macro" }
-qutex = { path = "../qutex", package = "qutex-2" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.118", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_cbor = { path = "../cbor" }
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
diff --git a/patch-db/src/store.rs b/patch-db/src/store.rs
index 0d1bbf7..971bb2c 100644
--- a/patch-db/src/store.rs
+++ b/patch-db/src/store.rs
@@ -9,24 +9,23 @@ use fd_lock_rs::FdLock;
 use indexmap::IndexSet;
 use json_ptr::{JsonPointer, SegList};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use qutex::{Guard, Qutex};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::sync::broadcast::{Receiver, Sender};
-use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock, RwLockWriteGuard};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, OwnedMutexGuard, RwLock, RwLockWriteGuard};
 
 use crate::patch::{diff, DiffPatch, Dump, Revision};
 use crate::Error;
 use crate::{locker::Locker, PatchDbHandle};
 
 lazy_static! {
-    static ref OPEN_STORES: Mutex<HashMap<PathBuf, Qutex<()>>> = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
+    static ref OPEN_STORES: Mutex<HashMap<PathBuf, Arc<Mutex<()>>>> = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
 }
 
 pub struct Store {
     file: FdLock<File>,
-    _lock: Guard<()>,
+    _lock: OwnedMutexGuard<()>,
     cache_corrupted: Option<Arc<IOError>>,
     data: Value,
     revision: u64,
@@ -41,11 +40,11 @@ impl Store {
             let mut lock = OPEN_STORES.lock().await;
             (
                 if let Some(open) = lock.get(&path) {
-                    open.clone().lock().await.unwrap()
+                    open.clone().lock_owned().await
                 } else {
-                    let tex = Qutex::new(());
+                    let tex = Arc::new(Mutex::new(()));
                     lock.insert(path.clone(), tex.clone());
-                    tex.lock().await.unwrap()
+                    tex.lock_owned().await
                 },
                 path,
             )
diff --git a/qutex b/qutex
deleted file mode 160000
index 9b4e2fe..0000000
--- a/qutex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9b4e2fe1dccab70813c5f5e28c5fecacbd5d5617