diff --git a/loolwsd/ClientSession.cpp b/loolwsd/ClientSession.cpp
index b4b82058b..3676aa005 100644
--- a/loolwsd/ClientSession.cpp
+++ b/loolwsd/ClientSession.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ bool ClientSession::getStatus(const char *buffer, int length)
     forwardToPeer(buffer, length);
     return true;
 }
-/*
+
 void ClientSession::setEditLock(const bool value)
 {
     // Update the sate and forward to child.
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void ClientSession::setEditLock(const bool value)
     const auto msg = std::string("editlock: ") + (value ? "1" : "0");
     forwardToPeer(msg.data(), msg.size());
 }
-*/
+
 bool ClientSession::getCommandValues(const char *buffer, int length, StringTokenizer& tokens)
 {
     std::string command;
diff --git a/loolwsd/ClientSession.hpp b/loolwsd/ClientSession.hpp
index 13692c277..7ef2dfa2e 100644
--- a/loolwsd/ClientSession.hpp
+++ b/loolwsd/ClientSession.hpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual ~ClientSession();
 
-    //void setEditLock(const bool value);
-    //void markEditLock(const bool value) { _bEditLock = value; }
-    //bool isEditLocked() const { return _bEditLock; }
+    void setEditLock(const bool value);
+    void markEditLock(const bool value) { _bEditLock = value; }
+    bool isEditLocked() const { return _bEditLock; }
 
     void setPeer(const std::shared_ptr<PrisonerSession>& peer) { MasterProcessSession::_peer = _peer = peer; }
 
diff --git a/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.cpp b/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.cpp
index 9c491bbb6..988883218 100644
--- a/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.cpp
+++ b/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.cpp
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ MasterProcessSession::~MasterProcessSession()
 {
 }
 
-void MasterProcessSession::setEditLock(const bool value)
-{
-    // Update the sate and forward to child.
-    _bEditLock = value;
-    const auto msg = std::string("editlock: ") + (value ? "1" : "0");
-    forwardToPeer(msg.data(), msg.size());
-}
-
 void MasterProcessSession::dispatchChild()
 {
     std::ostringstream oss;
diff --git a/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.hpp b/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.hpp
index cc3debe44..92f2484ce 100644
--- a/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.hpp
+++ b/loolwsd/MasterProcessSession.hpp
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ class MasterProcessSession : public LOOLSession, public std::enable_shared_from_
 
     std::shared_ptr<BasicTileQueue> getQueue() const { return _queue; }
 
-    void setEditLock(const bool value);
-    void markEditLock(const bool value) { _bEditLock = value; }
-    bool isEditLocked() const { return _bEditLock; }
-
     bool shutdownPeer(Poco::UInt16 statusCode, const std::string& message);
 
  protected:
@@ -56,11 +52,6 @@ class MasterProcessSession : public LOOLSession, public std::enable_shared_from_
     int _loadPart;
     std::shared_ptr<DocumentBroker> _docBroker;
     std::shared_ptr<BasicTileQueue> _queue;
-
-    // If this document holds the edit lock.
-    // An edit lock will only allow the current session to make edits,
-    // while other session opening the same document can only see
-    bool _bEditLock = false;
 };
 
 #endif