diff --git a/clearml/task.py b/clearml/task.py
index 4a09af2c..3f4da773 100644
--- a/clearml/task.py
+++ b/clearml/task.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ from .utilities.proxy_object import (
 from .utilities.resource_monitor import ResourceMonitor
 from .utilities.seed import make_deterministic
 from .utilities.lowlevel.threads import get_current_thread_id
-from .utilities.process.mp import BackgroundMonitor, leave_process, fork_safe_objects_cleanup_process_lock
+from .utilities.process.mp import BackgroundMonitor, leave_process
 from .utilities.matching import matches_any_wildcard
 from .utilities.parallel import FutureTaskCaller
 # noinspection PyProtectedMember
@@ -3606,10 +3606,6 @@ class Task(_Task):
         if not is_sub_process and BackgroundMonitor.is_subprocess_enabled():
             BackgroundMonitor.wait_for_sub_process(self)
 
-        # finally clean the proces locks
-        if not is_sub_process:
-            fork_safe_objects_cleanup_process_lock(tid=self.id, pid=os.getpid())
-
     @classmethod
     def __register_at_exit(cls, exit_callback, only_remove_signal_and_exception_hooks=False):
         class ExitHooks(object):
diff --git a/clearml/utilities/process/mp.py b/clearml/utilities/process/mp.py
index 35180550..0bb0dd02 100644
--- a/clearml/utilities/process/mp.py
+++ b/clearml/utilities/process/mp.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import struct
 import sys
 from functools import partial
 from multiprocessing import Process, Semaphore, Event as ProcessEvent
-from tempfile import gettempdir
 from threading import Thread, Event as TrEvent, RLock as ThreadRLock
 from time import sleep, time
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import psutil
 from six.moves.queue import Empty, Queue as TrQueue
 
 from ..py3_interop import AbstractContextManager
-from ...utilities.locks.utils import Lock as FileLock
 
 try:
     from multiprocessing import SimpleQueue
@@ -36,61 +34,25 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 class _ForkSafeThreadSyncObject(object):
-    __process_lock = None
-    __process_lock_pid = None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def __get_lock_file(cls, tid=None, pid=None):
-        from ... import Task
-        # noinspection PyProtectedMember
-        tid = tid or Task._Task__get_master_id_task_id()
-        # noinspection PyProtectedMember
-        pid = pid or Task._Task__get_master_process_id()
-        if not pid or not tid:
-            return None
-
-        uid_file = os.path.join(gettempdir(), ".clearml_{}_{}.lock".format(tid, pid))
-        return uid_file
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _setup_lock(cls):
-        if cls.__process_lock_pid != os.getpid():
-            uid_file = cls.__get_lock_file()
-            if uid_file is None:
-                cls.__process_lock_pid = None
-                return None
-
-            cls.__process_lock = FileLock(uid_file)
-            cls.__process_lock_pid = os.getpid()
-        return cls.__process_lock
+    __process_lock = get_context("fork" if sys.platform == "linux" else "spawn").Lock()
 
     @classmethod
     def _inner_lock(cls):
-        if cls._setup_lock():
-            try:
-                cls._setup_lock().acquire()
-            except:  # noqa
-                pass
+        try:
+            # let's agree that 90sec should be enough to get a lock on such a short protected piece of code.
+            # if we failed, we have to assume some deadlock happened
+            # (Python is not very safe with regrades to Process Locks)
+            cls.__process_lock.acquire(block=True, timeout=90)
+        except:  # noqa
+            pass
 
     @classmethod
     def _inner_unlock(cls):
-        if cls._setup_lock():
-            try:
-                cls._setup_lock().release()
-            except:  # noqa
-                pass
-
-    @classmethod
-    def cleanup_process_lock(cls, tid=None, pid=None):
-        if cls.__process_lock:
-            cls.__process_lock.delete_lock_file()
-        else:
-            uid_file = cls.__get_lock_file(tid=tid, pid=pid)
-            if uid_file:
-                try:
-                    os.unlink(uid_file)
-                except:  # noqa
-                    pass
+        try:
+            cls.__process_lock.release()
+        except:  # noqa
+            # if we fail to release we might not have locked it in the first place (see timeout)
+            pass
 
     def __init__(self, functor):
         self._sync = None
@@ -886,7 +848,3 @@ def leave_process(status=0):
         # ipython/jupyter notebook will not allow to call sys.exit
         # we have to call the low level function
         os._exit(status or 0)  # noqa
-
-
-def fork_safe_objects_cleanup_process_lock(tid=None, pid=None):
-    _ForkSafeThreadSyncObject.cleanup_process_lock(tid=tid, pid=pid)