diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
index 42131f1bf..22d8882f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -1675,8 +1675,6 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
         replicated = replicationIdentifier != -1;
         persisted = true;
 
-        boolean created = false;
-
         // It's important to canonicalize the file, because CanonicalRandomAccessFiles.acquire()
         // relies on java.io.File equality, which doesn't account symlinks itself.
         final File canonicalFile = file.getCanonicalFile();
@@ -1684,8 +1682,7 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
             if (recover)
                 throw new FileNotFoundException("file " + canonicalFile + " should exist for recovery");
             //noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
-            created = canonicalFile.createNewFile();
-
+            canonicalFile.createNewFile();
         }
         final RandomAccessFile raf = CanonicalRandomAccessFiles.acquire(canonicalFile);
         final ChronicleHashResources resources = new PersistedChronicleHashResources(canonicalFile);
@@ -1694,12 +1691,6 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
             if (raf.length() > 0) {
                 result = openWithExistingFile(canonicalFile, raf, resources, recover, overrideBuilderConfig, corruptionListener);
             } else {
-                if (created) {
-                    System.out.println("Sleeping before lock acquisition for 10 seconds");
-
-                    Jvm.pause(10000);
-                }
-
                 // Atomic* allows lambda modification
                 final AtomicReference<VanillaChronicleMap<K, V, ?>> map = new AtomicReference<>();
                 final AtomicReference<ByteBuffer> headerBuffer = new AtomicReference<>();
@@ -1726,7 +1717,7 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
                             pauser.pause(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
                         }
                         catch (TimeoutException e) {
-                            LOG.warn("Failed to write header: can't acquire exclusive file lock on empty file for 10 seconds", e);
+                            LOG.warn("Failed to write header: can't acquire exclusive file lock on empty file [" + canonicalFile + "] for 10 seconds", e);
 
                             Jvm.rethrow(e);
                         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/LockTestMain.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/LockTestMain.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 406b0f016..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/LockTestMain.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package net.openhft.chronicle.map;/*
- * Copyright 2016-2020 Chronicle Software
- *
- * https://chronicle.software
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import net.openhft.chronicle.core.Jvm;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class LockTestMain {
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
-        File f = new File("mapfile");
-
-        ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map = ChronicleMapBuilder
-                .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
-                .entries(100)
-                .createPersistedTo(f);
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
-            map.put(i, i);
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            if (!Integer.valueOf(i).equals(map.get(i)))
-                throw new IllegalStateException("FAIL");
-        }
-
-        System.out.println("Success");
-
-        System.out.println("Sleeping for 300 seconds");
-
-        Jvm.pause(300_000);
-
-    }
-}