--- /dev/null
+--- 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)