diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/DDCachingPoolStrategy.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/DDCachingPoolStrategy.java
index 94cde8d482..64ec4f8870 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/DDCachingPoolStrategy.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/DDCachingPoolStrategy.java
@@ -82,14 +82,11 @@ public class DDCachingPoolStrategy implements PoolStrategy {
       return createCachingTypePool(bootstrapCacheProvider, classFileLocator);
     }
 
-    WeakReference<ClassLoader> loaderRef;
-    synchronized (loaderRefCache) {
-      loaderRef = loaderRefCache.getIfPresent(classLoader);
+    WeakReference<ClassLoader> loaderRef = loaderRefCache.getIfPresent(classLoader);
 
-      if (loaderRef == null) {
-        loaderRef = new WeakReference<>(classLoader);
-        loaderRefCache.put(classLoader, loaderRef);
-      }
+    if (loaderRef == null) {
+      loaderRef = new WeakReference<>(classLoader);
+      loaderRefCache.put(classLoader, loaderRef);
     }
 
     final int loaderHash = classLoader.hashCode();