diff --git a/update_daemon2.php b/update_daemon2.php
index 4d2eed5d9..cf25eeac2 100644
--- a/update_daemon2.php
+++ b/update_daemon2.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function sigalrm_handler() {
-		die("received SIGALRM, hang in feed update?\n");
+		die("[SIGALRM] hang in feed update?\n");
 	}
 
 	function sigchld_handler($signal) {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 	function sigint_handler() {
 		unlink(LOCK_DIRECTORY . "/update_daemon.lock");
-		die("Received SIGINT. Exiting.\n");
+		die("[SIGINT] removing lockfile and exiting.\n");
 	}
 
 	pcntl_signal(SIGALRM, 'sigalrm_handler');
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@
 			"Maybe another daemon is already running.\n");
 	}
 
-	if (file_is_locked("update_daemon.lock")) {
-		die("error: Can't create lockfile. ".
-			"Maybe another daemon is already running.\n");
-	}
-
 	if (!pcntl_fork()) {
 		pcntl_signal(SIGINT, 'sigint_handler');
 
@@ -277,7 +272,7 @@
 					if (DAEMON_SENDS_DIGESTS) send_headlines_digests($link);
 
 					_debug("Elapsed time: " . (time() - $start_timestamp) . " second(s)");
-
+ 
 					db_close($link);
 
 					// We are in a fork.