diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go
index bb5aaa319e..d45c08dca4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ func (v *virtiofsd) args(FdSocketNumber uint) ([]string, error) {
 		"--syslog",
 		// cache mode for virtiofsd
 		"-o", "cache=" + v.cache,
-		// disable posix locking in daemon: bunch of basic posix locks properties are broken
-		// apt-get update is broken if enabled
-		"-o", "no_posix_lock",
 		// shared directory tree
 		"-o", "source=" + v.sourcePath,
 		// fd number of vhost-user socket
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go
index 2fd096b380..fbcdbec276 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ func TestVirtiofsdArgs(t *testing.T) {
 		cache:      "none",
 	}
 
-	expected := "--syslog -o cache=none -o no_posix_lock -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=123"
+	expected := "--syslog -o cache=none -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=123"
 	args, err := v.args(123)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(expected, strings.Join(args, " "))
 
-	expected = "--syslog -o cache=none -o no_posix_lock -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=456"
+	expected = "--syslog -o cache=none -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=456"
 	args, err = v.args(456)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(expected, strings.Join(args, " "))