diff --git a/satellite/overlay/keylock.go b/satellite/overlay/keylock.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ae267c824..000000000
--- a/satellite/overlay/keylock.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2019 Storj Labs, Inc.
-// See LICENSE for copying information
-
-package overlay
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	"storj.io/common/storj"
-)
-
-// KeyLock provides per-key RW locking. Locking is key-specific, meaning lock
-// contention only exists for locking calls using the same key parameter. As
-// with all locks, do not call Unlock() or RUnlock() before a corresponding
-// Lock() or RLock() call.
-//
-// Note on memory usage: internally KeyLock lazily and atomically creates a
-// separate sync.RWMutex for each key. To maintain synchronization guarantees,
-// these interal mutexes are not freed until the entire KeyLock instance is
-// freed.
-type KeyLock struct {
-	locksMu sync.Mutex
-	locks   map[storj.NodeID]*sync.RWMutex
-}
-
-// UnlockFunc is the function to unlock the associated successful lock
-type UnlockFunc func()
-
-// NewKeyLock create a new KeyLock
-func NewKeyLock() *KeyLock {
-	return &KeyLock{
-		locks: make(map[storj.NodeID]*sync.RWMutex),
-	}
-}
-
-// Lock the provided key. Returns the unlock function.
-func (l *KeyLock) Lock(nodeID storj.NodeID) UnlockFunc {
-	lock := l.getLock(nodeID)
-	lock.Lock()
-	return lock.Unlock
-}
-
-// RLock the provided key. Returns the unlock function.
-func (l *KeyLock) RLock(nodeID storj.NodeID) UnlockFunc {
-	lock := l.getLock(nodeID)
-	lock.RLock()
-	return lock.RUnlock
-}
-
-// getLock will atomically load the RWMutex for this key. If one does not yet
-// exist, it will be lazily and atomically created. The resulting RWMutex is
-// returned.
-func (l *KeyLock) getLock(nodeID storj.NodeID) *sync.RWMutex {
-	l.locksMu.Lock()
-	defer l.locksMu.Unlock()
-
-	lo, ok := l.locks[nodeID]
-	if ok {
-		return lo
-	}
-	mu := &sync.RWMutex{}
-	l.locks[nodeID] = mu
-	return mu
-}
diff --git a/satellite/overlay/keylock_test.go b/satellite/overlay/keylock_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c5115236..000000000
--- a/satellite/overlay/keylock_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2019 Storj Labs, Inc.
-// See LICENSE for copying information
-
-package overlay_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"storj.io/common/storj"
-	"storj.io/common/testrand"
-	"storj.io/storj/private/teststorj"
-	"storj.io/storj/satellite/overlay"
-)
-
-func TestKeyLock(t *testing.T) {
-	ml := overlay.NewKeyLock()
-	key := teststorj.NodeIDFromString("hi")
-	unlockFunc := ml.Lock(key)
-	unlockFunc()
-	unlockFunc = ml.RLock(key)
-	unlockFunc()
-}
-
-func BenchmarkKeyLock(b *testing.B) {
-	b.ReportAllocs()
-	ml := overlay.NewKeyLock()
-	numNodes := 100
-	nodeIDs := make([]storj.NodeID, numNodes)
-	for i := 0; i < numNodes; i++ {
-		nodeIDs[i] = testrand.NodeID()
-	}
-	b.Run("lock all new nodes", func(b *testing.B) {
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			unlockFunc := ml.Lock(testrand.NodeID())
-			unlockFunc()
-		}
-	})
-	b.Run("lock existing nodes", func(b *testing.B) {
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			idx := i % numNodes
-			unlockFunc := ml.Lock(nodeIDs[idx])
-			unlockFunc()
-		}
-	})
-	b.Run("rlock existing nodes", func(b *testing.B) {
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			idx := i % numNodes
-			unlockFunc := ml.RLock(nodeIDs[idx])
-			unlockFunc()
-		}
-	})
-}