diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index 3fb752a6257fa..2fc0c7a9f63e5 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/platform/win/wstring_conversion.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/string_view.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/string_view.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/string_view_unittest.cc
-FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/count_down_latch.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/count_down_latch.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/count_down_latch_unittests.cc
diff --git a/fml/BUILD.gn b/fml/BUILD.gn
index 10d8e01c7c397..f73f7f40714c4 100644
--- a/fml/BUILD.gn
+++ b/fml/BUILD.gn
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ source_set("fml") {
     "paths.h",
     "string_view.cc",
     "string_view.h",
-    "synchronization/atomic_object.h",
     "synchronization/count_down_latch.cc",
     "synchronization/count_down_latch.h",
     "synchronization/thread_annotations.h",
diff --git a/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h b/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c14af79acfb10..0000000000000
--- a/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-#include <mutex>
-
-namespace fml {
-
-template <typename T>
-class AtomicObject {
- public:
-  AtomicObject() = default;
-  AtomicObject(T object) : object_(object) {}
-
-  T Load() const {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
-    return object_;
-  }
-
-  void Store(const T& object) {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
-    object_ = object;
-  }
-
- private:
-  mutable std::mutex mutex_;
-  T object_;
-};
-
-}  // namespace fml
diff --git a/runtime/service_protocol.cc b/runtime/service_protocol.cc
index 449f1b2cd11e8..602ebccf645f2 100644
--- a/runtime/service_protocol.cc
+++ b/runtime/service_protocol.cc
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ ServiceProtocol::~ServiceProtocol() {
 
 void ServiceProtocol::AddHandler(Handler* handler,
                                  Handler::Description description) {
-  std::unique_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   handlers_.emplace(handler, description);
 }
 
 void ServiceProtocol::RemoveHandler(Handler* handler) {
-  std::unique_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   handlers_.erase(handler);
 }
 
 void ServiceProtocol::SetHandlerDescription(Handler* handler,
                                             Handler::Description description) {
-  std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   auto it = handlers_.find(handler);
   if (it != handlers_.end())
-    it->second.Store(description);
+    it->second = description;
 }
 
 void ServiceProtocol::ToggleHooks(bool set) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ bool ServiceProtocol::HandleMessage(fml::StringView method,
     return HandleListViewsMethod(response);
   }
 
-  std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
 
   if (handlers_.size() == 0) {
     WriteServerErrorResponse(response,
@@ -246,11 +246,12 @@ void ServiceProtocol::Handler::Description::Write(
 
 bool ServiceProtocol::HandleListViewsMethod(
     rapidjson::Document& response) const {
-  std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  // Collect handler descriptions on their respective task runners.
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   std::vector<std::pair<intptr_t, Handler::Description>> descriptions;
   for (const auto& handler : handlers_) {
     descriptions.emplace_back(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(handler.first),
-                              handler.second.Load());
+                              handler.second);
   }
 
   auto& allocator = response.GetAllocator();
diff --git a/runtime/service_protocol.h b/runtime/service_protocol.h
index 5392cae337818..401702e5d5be3 100644
--- a/runtime/service_protocol.h
+++ b/runtime/service_protocol.h
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 #define FLUTTER_RUNTIME_SERVICE_PROTOCOL_H_
 
 #include <map>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <set>
-#include <shared_mutex>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "flutter/fml/compiler_specific.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/string_view.h"
-#include "flutter/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/synchronization/thread_annotations.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/task_runner.h"
 #include "rapidjson/document.h"
@@ -73,8 +72,8 @@ class ServiceProtocol {
 
  private:
   const std::set<fml::StringView> endpoints_;
-  mutable std::shared_timed_mutex handlers_mutex_;
-  std::map<Handler*, fml::AtomicObject<Handler::Description>> handlers_;
+  mutable std::mutex handlers_mutex_;
+  std::map<Handler*, Handler::Description> handlers_;
 
   FML_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
   static bool HandleMessage(const char* method,