diff --git a/macro_tag.go b/macro_tag.go
index ad53027..076f67b 100644
--- a/macro_tag.go
+++ b/macro_tag.go
@@ -30,17 +30,13 @@ func (mt macroTag) Run(tc *TagContext, block, args []ast.Node) error {
 	}
 
 	if len(block) == 0 {
-		tc.t.macroMtx.Lock()
 		macro, ok := tc.t.macros[name]
 		if !ok {
 			return ErrNoSuchMacro
 		}
-		tc.t.macroMtx.Unlock()
 		return tc.Execute(macro, nil)
 	} else {
-		tc.t.macroMtx.Lock()
 		tc.t.macros[name] = block
-		tc.t.macroMtx.Unlock()
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 57eecf3..db00a0a 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 
 	"go.elara.ws/salix/ast"
 	"go.elara.ws/salix/parser"
@@ -52,12 +51,11 @@ func (n *Namespace) ParseWithName(name string, r io.Reader) (Template, error) {
 	}
 
 	t := Template{
-		ns:       n,
-		name:     name,
-		ast:      astVal.([]ast.Node),
-		tags:     map[string]Tag{},
-		vars:     map[string]reflect.Value{},
-		macroMtx: &sync.Mutex{},
+		ns:   n,
+		name: name,
+		ast:  astVal.([]ast.Node),
+		tags: map[string]Tag{},
+		vars: map[string]reflect.Value{},
 	}
 
 	performWhitespaceMutations(t.ast)
diff --git a/salix.go b/salix.go
index 2ea6508..9e0870c 100644
--- a/salix.go
+++ b/salix.go
@@ -60,11 +60,9 @@ type Template struct {
 
 	escapeHTML bool
 
-	tags map[string]Tag
-	vars map[string]reflect.Value
-
-	macroMtx *sync.Mutex
-	macros   map[string][]ast.Node
+	tags   map[string]Tag
+	vars   map[string]reflect.Value
+	macros map[string][]ast.Node
 }
 
 // WithVarMap returns a copy of the template with its variable map set to m.