diff --git a/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/Communications/NodeProviderOutOfProcBase.cs b/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/Communications/NodeProviderOutOfProcBase.cs
index 4641769b70a..4f2a32c92a3 100644
--- a/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/Communications/NodeProviderOutOfProcBase.cs
+++ b/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/Communications/NodeProviderOutOfProcBase.cs
@@ -741,69 +741,66 @@ public async Task RunPacketReadLoopAsync()
             /// <param name="packet">The packet to send.</param>
             public void SendData(INodePacket packet)
             {
-                lock (_writeBufferMemoryStream)
-                {
-                    var stream = this._writeBufferMemoryStream;
-                    var writer = this._writeBufferStreamWriter;
+                var stream = this._writeBufferMemoryStream;
+                var writer = this._writeBufferStreamWriter;
 
-                    // clear the buffer but keep the underlying capacity to avoid reallocations
-                    stream.SetLength(0);
+                // clear the buffer but keep the underlying capacity to avoid reallocations
+                stream.SetLength(0);
 
-                    ITranslator writeTranslator = BinaryTranslator.GetWriteTranslator(stream);
-                    try
-                    {
-                        stream.WriteByte((byte)packet.Type);
+                ITranslator writeTranslator = BinaryTranslator.GetWriteTranslator(stream);
+                try
+                {
+                    stream.WriteByte((byte)packet.Type);
 
-                        // Pad for the packet length
-                        writer.Write(0);
-                        packet.Translate(writeTranslator);
+                    // Pad for the packet length
+                    writer.Write(0);
+                    packet.Translate(writeTranslator);
 
-                        int writeStreamLength = (int)stream.Position;
+                    int writeStreamLength = (int)stream.Position;
 
-                        // Now plug in the real packet length
-                        stream.Position = 1;
-                        writer.Write(writeStreamLength - 5);
+                    // Now plug in the real packet length
+                    stream.Position = 1;
+                    writer.Write(writeStreamLength - 5);
 
-                        byte[] writeStreamBuffer = stream.GetBuffer();
+                    byte[] writeStreamBuffer = stream.GetBuffer();
 
-                        for (int i = 0; i < writeStreamLength; i += MaxPacketWriteSize)
+                    for (int i = 0; i < writeStreamLength; i += MaxPacketWriteSize)
+                    {
+                        int lengthToWrite = Math.Min(writeStreamLength - i, MaxPacketWriteSize);
+                        if (writeStreamLength - i <= MaxPacketWriteSize)
                         {
-                            int lengthToWrite = Math.Min(writeStreamLength - i, MaxPacketWriteSize);
-                            if (writeStreamLength - i <= MaxPacketWriteSize)
-                            {
-                                // We are done, write the last bit asynchronously.  This is actually the general case for
-                                // most packets in the build, and the asynchronous behavior here is desirable.
+                            // We are done, write the last bit asynchronously.  This is actually the general case for
+                            // most packets in the build, and the asynchronous behavior here is desirable.
 #if FEATURE_APM
                             _serverToClientStream.BeginWrite(writeStreamBuffer, i, lengthToWrite, PacketWriteComplete, null);
 #else
-                                _serverToClientStream.WriteAsync(writeStreamBuffer, i, lengthToWrite);
+                            _serverToClientStream.Write(writeStreamBuffer, i, lengthToWrite);
 #endif
-                                return;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // If this packet is longer that we can write in one go, then we need to break it up.  We can't
-                                // return out of this function and let the rest of the system continue because another operation
-                                // might want to send data immediately afterward, and that could result in overlapping writes
-                                // to the pipe on different threads.
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // If this packet is longer that we can write in one go, then we need to break it up.  We can't
+                            // return out of this function and let the rest of the system continue because another operation
+                            // might want to send data immediately afterward, and that could result in overlapping writes
+                            // to the pipe on different threads.
 #if FEATURE_APM
                             IAsyncResult result = _serverToClientStream.BeginWrite(writeStreamBuffer, i, lengthToWrite, null, null);
                             _serverToClientStream.EndWrite(result);
 #else
-                                _serverToClientStream.Write(writeStreamBuffer, i, lengthToWrite);
+                            _serverToClientStream.Write(writeStreamBuffer, i, lengthToWrite);
 #endif
-                            }
                         }
                     }
-                    catch (IOException e)
-                    {
-                        // Do nothing here because any exception will be caught by the async read handler
-                        CommunicationsUtilities.Trace(_nodeId, "EXCEPTION in SendData: {0}", e);
-                    }
-                    catch (ObjectDisposedException) // This happens if a child dies unexpectedly
-                    {
-                        // Do nothing here because any exception will be caught by the async read handler
-                    }
+                }
+                catch (IOException e)
+                {
+                    // Do nothing here because any exception will be caught by the async read handler
+                    CommunicationsUtilities.Trace(_nodeId, "EXCEPTION in SendData: {0}", e);
+                }
+                catch (ObjectDisposedException) // This happens if a child dies unexpectedly
+                {
+                    // Do nothing here because any exception will be caught by the async read handler
                 }
             }
 
@@ -926,7 +923,7 @@ private bool ProcessBodyBytesRead(int bytesRead, int packetLength, NodePacketTyp
                 return true;
             }
 
-            private bool ReadAndRoutePacket(NodePacketType packetType, byte [] packetData, int packetLength)
+            private bool ReadAndRoutePacket(NodePacketType packetType, byte[] packetData, int packetLength)
             {
                 try
                 {