diff --git a/src/collection/backend/lmdb.cc b/src/collection/backend/lmdb.cc
index 2d9c9e2b..2e512fa1 100644
--- a/src/collection/backend/lmdb.cc
+++ b/src/collection/backend/lmdb.cc
@@ -501,43 +501,27 @@ end_txn:
 }
 
 
-MDBEnvProvider::MDBEnvProvider() :
-    m_env(NULL), initialized(false) {
-    pthread_mutex_init(&m_lock, NULL);
+MDBEnvProvider::MDBEnvProvider() : m_env(NULL) {
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    mdb_env_create(&m_env);
+    mdb_env_open(m_env, "./modsec-shared-collections",
+        MDB_WRITEMAP | MDB_NOSUBDIR, 0664);
+    mdb_txn_begin(m_env, NULL, 0, &txn);
+    mdb_dbi_open(txn, NULL, MDB_CREATE | MDB_DUPSORT, &m_dbi);
+    mdb_txn_commit(txn);
 }
 
 MDB_env* MDBEnvProvider::GetEnv() {
-    init();
     return m_env;
 }
 
 MDB_dbi* MDBEnvProvider::GetDBI() {
-    init();
     return &m_dbi;
 }
 
-void MDBEnvProvider::init() {
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&m_lock);
-    if (!initialized) {
-        MDB_txn *txn;
-        initialized = true;
-        mdb_env_create(&m_env);
-        mdb_env_open(m_env, "./modsec-shared-collections",
-            MDB_WRITEMAP | MDB_NOSUBDIR, 0664);
-        mdb_txn_begin(m_env, NULL, 0, &txn);
-        mdb_dbi_open(txn, NULL, MDB_CREATE | MDB_DUPSORT, &m_dbi);
-        mdb_txn_commit(txn);
-    }
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_lock);
-}
-
-void MDBEnvProvider::close() {
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&m_lock);
-    if (initialized) {
-        mdb_dbi_close(m_env, m_dbi);
-        mdb_env_close(m_env);
-    }
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_lock);
+MDBEnvProvider::~MDBEnvProvider() {
+    mdb_dbi_close(m_env, m_dbi);
+    mdb_env_close(m_env);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/collection/backend/lmdb.h b/src/collection/backend/lmdb.h
index d2bfc240..933f88c7 100644
--- a/src/collection/backend/lmdb.h
+++ b/src/collection/backend/lmdb.h
@@ -83,16 +83,12 @@ class MDBEnvProvider {
     }
     MDB_env* GetEnv();
     MDB_dbi* GetDBI();
-
+    ~MDBEnvProvider();
  private:
     MDB_env *m_env;
     MDB_dbi m_dbi;
-    pthread_mutex_t m_lock;
 
     MDBEnvProvider();
-    bool initialized;
-    void init();
-    void close();
 };
 
 class LMDB :