2 files changed, 11 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixNativeExe.cs b/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixNativeExe.cs
index 3bd340bc..994fc7ec 100644
--- a/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixNativeExe.cs
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixNativeExe.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ namespace WixToolset.Core.Native
     internal class WixNativeExe
     {
         private const int FiveMinutesInMilliseconds = 300000;
-        private static readonly object PathToWixNativeExeLock = new object();
         private static string PathToWixNativeExe;
 
         private readonly string commandLine;
@@ -83,24 +82,16 @@ namespace WixToolset.Core.Native
 
         private static void EnsurePathToWixNativeExeSet()
         {
-            lock (PathToWixNativeExeLock)
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(PathToWixNativeExe))
             {
-                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(PathToWixNativeExe))
-                {
-                    var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(new Uri(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase).LocalPath), @"x86\wixnative.x86.exe");
-
-                    if (!File.Exists(path))
-                    {
-                        path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(new Uri(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase).LocalPath), "wixnative.x86.exe");
+                var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(new Uri(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase).LocalPath), "wixnative.x86.exe");
 
-                        if (!File.Exists(path))
-                        {
-                            throw new FileNotFoundException($"Could not find internal piece of WiX Toolset at: {path}", path);
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    PathToWixNativeExe = path;
+                if (!File.Exists(path))
+                {
+                    throw new FileNotFoundException($"Could not find internal piece of WiX Toolset at: {path}", path);
                 }
+
+                PathToWixNativeExe = path;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixToolset.Core.Native.nuspec b/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixToolset.Core.Native.nuspec
index a99c5ec3..195ea7b6 100644
--- a/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixToolset.Core.Native.nuspec
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Core.Native/WixToolset.Core.Native.nuspec
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
       These native executables are included in this .nupkg to place the .exe correctly for tests to work.
       That are ignored when published. The dependency above is used when publishing the tools.
      -->
-    <file src="..\Win32\wixnative.x86.exe" target="lib\netstandard2.0\x86" />
-    <file src="..\Win32\wixnative.x86.pdb" target="lib\netstandard2.0\x86" />
-    <file src="..\x64\wixnative.amd64.exe" target="lib\netstandard2.0\amd64" />
-    <file src="..\x64\wixnative.amd64.pdb" target="lib\netstandard2.0\amd64" />
+    <file src="..\Win32\wixnative.x86.exe" target="lib\netstandard2.0" />
+    <file src="..\Win32\wixnative.x86.pdb" target="lib\netstandard2.0" />
+    <file src="..\x64\wixnative.amd64.exe" target="lib\netstandard2.0" />
+    <file src="..\x64\wixnative.amd64.pdb" target="lib\netstandard2.0" />
   </files>
 </package>