diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 450bda9f..3ad78a6c 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         babashka/babashka.curl {:local/root "babashka.curl"}
         babashka/fs {:local/root "fs"}
         babashka/babashka.core {:local/root "babashka.core"}
-        borkdude/graal.locking {:mvn/version "0.0.2"},
         org.clojure/core.async {:mvn/version "1.6.673"},
         org.clojure/tools.cli {:mvn/version "1.0.214"},
         org.clojure/data.csv {:mvn/version "1.0.0"},
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4ac729b8..add3d6b6 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   :jvm-opts ["--enable-preview"]
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.12.0"]
                  [borkdude/edamame "1.4.27"]
-                 [borkdude/graal.locking "0.0.2"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.cli "1.0.214"]
                  [cheshire "5.13.0"]
                  [nrepl/bencode "1.2.0"]
@@ -37,7 +36,8 @@
                  [insn/insn "0.5.2"]
                  [org.babashka/cli "0.8.61"]
                  [org.babashka/http-client "0.4.22"]
-                 [org.jsoup/jsoup "1.18.1"]]
+                 [org.jsoup/jsoup "1.18.1"]
+                 [borkdude/graal.locking "0.0.2"]]
   :plugins       [[org.kipz/lein-meta-bom "0.1.1"]]
   :metabom {:jar-name "metabom.jar"}
   :profiles {:feature/xml  {:source-paths ["feature-xml"]
diff --git a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
index 450bda9f..3ad78a6c 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
+++ b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         babashka/babashka.curl {:local/root "babashka.curl"}
         babashka/fs {:local/root "fs"}
         babashka/babashka.core {:local/root "babashka.core"}
-        borkdude/graal.locking {:mvn/version "0.0.2"},
         org.clojure/core.async {:mvn/version "1.6.673"},
         org.clojure/tools.cli {:mvn/version "1.0.214"},
         org.clojure/data.csv {:mvn/version "1.0.0"},
diff --git a/sci b/sci
index a8ee100a..5ae0dded 160000
--- a/sci
+++ b/sci
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a8ee100a5508aaecf39b945d813430266e4419b8
+Subproject commit 5ae0ddedd740e0c245ed4be257c2c3724bc7e0b0
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
index 917b8f01..01752437 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [future read+string clojure-version with-precision
                             send-via send send-off sync into-array])
   (:require [babashka.impl.common :as common]
-            [borkdude.graal.locking :as locking]
             [clojure.core :as c]
             [clojure.string :as str]
             [sci.core :as sci]
@@ -12,9 +11,6 @@
             [sci.impl.utils :refer [clojure-core-ns]]
             [sci.impl.vars :as vars]))
 
-(defn locking* [form bindings v f & args]
-  (apply @#'locking/locking form bindings v f args))
-
 (defn core-dynamic-var
   ([sym] (core-dynamic-var sym nil))
   ([sym init-val] (sci/new-dynamic-var sym init-val {:ns clojure-core-ns})))
@@ -148,7 +144,6 @@
    'file-seq (copy-core-var file-seq)
    'promise (copy-core-var promise)
    'deliver (copy-core-var deliver)
-   'locking (macrofy 'locking locking*)
    'shutdown-agents (copy-core-var shutdown-agents)
    'slurp (copy-core-var slurp)
    'spit (copy-core-var spit)