diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index fd32e27730dc9ad63733165d455fe71b9455a37e..0fcea88dbf26ca0a7548fee8ffa7545fb95e7ab0 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
   <li class="bug">
     Word-break links in build logs to preserve page width
     (<a href="https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/1308">pull 1308</a>)
-  <li class="bug">
-    Synchronization issue during tool installation
-    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-17667">issue 17667</a>)
   <li class="bug">
     Log rotation fails with "...looks to have already been deleted"
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-22395">issue 22395</a>)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/InstallerTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/InstallerTranslator.java
index b874761bc8bf01ba92dfaf15de4e08aaee60d184..39325d95bb5003eea37844ca30fd101ea70c82d1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/InstallerTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/InstallerTranslator.java
@@ -50,22 +50,16 @@ public class InstallerTranslator extends ToolLocationTranslator {
         if (isp == null) {
             return null;
         }
-
         for (ToolInstaller installer : isp.installers) {
             if (installer.appliesTo(node)) {
-            	Map<ToolInstallation, Semaphore> mutexByTool;
-            	Semaphore semaphore;
-            	
-                synchronized(mutexByNode) {
-                    mutexByTool = mutexByNode.get(node);
-                    if (mutexByTool == null) {
-                        mutexByNode.put(node, mutexByTool = new WeakHashMap<ToolInstallation, Semaphore>());
-                        mutexByTool.put(tool, semaphore = new Semaphore(1));
-                    } else {
-                    	semaphore = mutexByTool.get(tool);
-                    }
+                Map<ToolInstallation, Semaphore> mutexByTool = mutexByNode.get(node);
+                if (mutexByTool == null) {
+                    mutexByNode.put(node, mutexByTool = new WeakHashMap<ToolInstallation, Semaphore>());
+                }
+                Semaphore semaphore = mutexByTool.get(tool);
+                if (semaphore == null) {
+                    mutexByTool.put(tool, semaphore = new Semaphore(1));
                 }
-
                 semaphore.acquire();
                 try {
                     return installer.performInstallation(tool, node, log).getRemote();