diff --git a/cmd/mtredisalize/leveldb.go b/cmd/mtredisalize/leveldb.go
index f218ba4..591afbd 100644
--- a/cmd/mtredisalize/leveldb.go
+++ b/cmd/mtredisalize/leveldb.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"log"
-	"sync"
 
 	"bitbucket.org/s_l_teichmann/mtsatellite/common"
 
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ type LevelDBBackend struct {
 	decoder     common.KeyTranscoder
 
 	changeTracker *changeTracker
-	mutex         sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 type LevelDBSession struct {
@@ -72,7 +70,8 @@ func NewLeveDBBackend(
 		interleaved:   interleaved,
 		encoder:       encoder,
 		decoder:       decoder,
-		changeTracker: changeTracker}
+		changeTracker: changeTracker,
+	}
 
 	if !interleaved {
 		if err = ldb.buildCoverage(); err != nil {
@@ -109,18 +108,6 @@ func (ldb *LevelDBBackend) buildCoverage() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ldb *LevelDBBackend) doRead(f func(db *leveldb.DB)) {
-	ldb.mutex.RLock()
-	f(ldb.db)
-	ldb.mutex.RUnlock()
-}
-
-func (ldb *LevelDBBackend) doWrite(f func(db *leveldb.DB)) {
-	ldb.mutex.Lock()
-	f(ldb.db)
-	ldb.mutex.Unlock()
-}
-
 func (ldb *LevelDBBackend) NewSession() (Session, error) {
 	return &LevelDBSession{ldb, nil}, nil
 }
@@ -144,23 +131,21 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) Del(hash, key []byte) (success bool, err error) {
 	if key, err = ldbs.backend.decoder(key); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	ldbs.backend.doWrite(func(db *leveldb.DB) {
-		ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
-		defer ro.Close()
-		var data []byte
-		data, err = ldbs.backend.db.Get(ro, key)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if data == nil {
-			success = false
-			return
-		}
-		success = true
-		wo := leveldb.NewWriteOptions()
-		defer wo.Close()
-		err = ldbs.backend.db.Delete(wo, key)
-	})
+	ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
+	defer ro.Close()
+	var data []byte
+	data, err = ldbs.backend.db.Get(ro, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if data == nil {
+		success = false
+		return
+	}
+	success = true
+	wo := leveldb.NewWriteOptions()
+	defer wo.Close()
+	err = ldbs.backend.db.Delete(wo, key)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -168,16 +153,14 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) Fetch(hash, key []byte) (value []byte, err error) {
 	if key, err = ldbs.backend.decoder(key); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	ldbs.backend.doRead(func(db *leveldb.DB) {
-		ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
-		value, err = ldbs.backend.db.Get(ro, key)
-		//if err != nil {
-		//	log.Printf("Fetch key '%s' failed.\n", key)
-		//} else {
-		//  log.Printf("Fetch key = '%s' len(value) = %d\n", key, len(value))
-		//}
-		ro.Close()
-	})
+	ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
+	value, err = ldbs.backend.db.Get(ro, key)
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	log.Printf("Fetch key '%s' failed.\n", key)
+	//} else {
+	//  log.Printf("Fetch key = '%s' len(value) = %d\n", key, len(value))
+	//}
+	ro.Close()
 	return
 }
 
@@ -201,21 +184,20 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) Store(hash, key, value []byte) (exists bool, err err
 	if key, err = ldbs.backend.decoder(key); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	ldbs.backend.doWrite(func(db *leveldb.DB) {
-		if exists, err = keyExists(db, key); err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if ldbs.tx != nil {
-			ldbs.tx.Put(key, value)
-			return
-		}
-		wo := leveldb.NewWriteOptions()
-		err = db.Put(wo, key, value)
-		wo.Close()
-	})
-	if err != nil {
+	if exists, err = keyExists(ldbs.backend.db, key); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
+	if ldbs.tx != nil {
+		ldbs.tx.Put(key, value)
+		return
+	} else {
+		wo := leveldb.NewWriteOptions()
+		err = ldbs.backend.db.Put(wo, key, value)
+		wo.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	// This technically too early because this is done in a transactions
 	// which are commited (and possible fail) later.
 	if ldbs.backend.changeTracker != nil || ldbs.backend.coverage != nil {
@@ -245,13 +227,11 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) CommitTransaction() (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 	ldbs.tx = nil
-	ldbs.backend.doWrite(func(db *leveldb.DB) {
-		wo := leveldb.NewWriteOptions()
-		wo.SetSync(true)
-		err = db.Write(wo, tx)
-		wo.Close()
-		tx.Close()
-	})
+	wo := leveldb.NewWriteOptions()
+	wo.SetSync(true)
+	err = ldbs.backend.db.Write(wo, tx)
+	wo.Close()
+	tx.Close()
 	return
 }
 
@@ -259,8 +239,6 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) AllKeys(
 	hash []byte,
 	done <-chan struct{}) (<-chan []byte, int, error) {
 
-	ldbs.backend.mutex.RLock()
-
 	ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
 	ro.SetFillCache(false)
 
@@ -274,14 +252,12 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) AllKeys(
 	if err := it.GetError(); err != nil {
 		it.Close()
 		ro.Close()
-		ldbs.backend.mutex.RUnlock()
 		return nil, n, err
 	}
 
 	keys := make(chan []byte)
 
 	go func() {
-		ldbs.backend.mutex.RUnlock()
 		defer ro.Close()
 		defer close(keys)
 		defer it.Close()
@@ -340,8 +316,6 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) plainSpatialQuery(
 
 	go func() {
 		defer close(blocks)
-		ldbs.backend.mutex.RLock()
-		defer ldbs.backend.mutex.RUnlock()
 
 		ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
 		defer ro.Close()
@@ -402,8 +376,6 @@ func (ldbs *LevelDBSession) interleavedSpatialQuery(
 
 	go func() {
 		defer close(blocks)
-		ldbs.backend.mutex.RLock()
-		defer ldbs.backend.mutex.RUnlock()
 
 		ro := leveldb.NewReadOptions()
 		defer ro.Close()