diff --git a/users/profiles/emacs/emacs.d/config/config-emacs.el b/users/profiles/emacs/emacs.d/config/config-emacs.el
index 2589e26..fe80404 100644
--- a/users/profiles/emacs/emacs.d/config/config-emacs.el
+++ b/users/profiles/emacs/emacs.d/config/config-emacs.el
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
       backup-by-copying t
       delete-old-versions 6
       kept-old-versions 2
-      version-control t)
+      version-control t
+      create-lockfiles nil)
 
 (provide 'config-emacs)