diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceController.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceController.java
index 4c9786a5..f455ac35 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceController.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class ResourceController {
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/{name}/{profile}/{label}/**", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_VALUE)
-	public synchronized byte[] binary(@PathVariable String name,
+	public byte[] binary(@PathVariable String name,
 			@PathVariable String profile, @PathVariable String label,
 			HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
 		String path = getFilePath(request, name, profile, label);