--- httpd-2.0.46/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_mutex.c.sslmutex
+++ httpd-2.0.46/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_mutex.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
     if (mc->nMutexMode == SSL_MUTEXMODE_NONE) 
         return TRUE;
 
+    if (mc->szMutexFile) apr_file_remove(mc->szMutexFile, p);
+
     if ((rv = apr_global_mutex_create(&mc->pMutex, mc->szMutexFile,
                                 mc->nMutexMech, p)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
         if (mc->szMutexFile)