diff --git a/Kernel/Locking/MutexContendedResource.h b/Kernel/Locking/MutexContendedResource.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bb78eec7ba..00000000000
--- a/Kernel/Locking/MutexContendedResource.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, the SerenityOS developers.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <AK/StdLibExtras.h>
-#include <Kernel/Locking/Mutex.h>
-
-namespace Kernel {
-
-template<typename T, LockMode LockingMode>
-class LockedResource {
-    AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(LockedResource);
-
-public:
-    LockedResource(T* value, Mutex& mutex, LockLocation const& location)
-        : m_value(value)
-        , m_mutex_locker(mutex, LockingMode, location)
-    {
-    }
-
-    ALWAYS_INLINE T const* operator->() const { return m_value; }
-    ALWAYS_INLINE T const& operator*() const { return *m_value; }
-
-    ALWAYS_INLINE T* operator->() requires(!IsConst<T>) { return m_value; }
-    ALWAYS_INLINE T& operator*() requires(!IsConst<T>) { return *m_value; }
-
-    ALWAYS_INLINE T const* get() const { return m_value; }
-    ALWAYS_INLINE T* get() requires(!IsConst<T>) { return m_value; }
-
-private:
-    T* m_value;
-    MutexLocker m_mutex_locker;
-};
-
-class MutexContendedResource {
-    template<typename, LockMode>
-    friend class LockedResource;
-
-    AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(MutexContendedResource);
-    AK_MAKE_NONMOVABLE(MutexContendedResource);
-
-public:
-    MutexContendedResource() = default;
-
-protected:
-    mutable Mutex m_mutex;
-};
-
-}
diff --git a/Kernel/Locking/MutexProtected.h b/Kernel/Locking/MutexProtected.h
index 13761f9aa52..8fe7fa31d1f 100644
--- a/Kernel/Locking/MutexProtected.h
+++ b/Kernel/Locking/MutexProtected.h
@@ -1,33 +1,52 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2021, the SerenityOS developers.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <Kernel/Locking/LockLocation.h>
-#include <Kernel/Locking/MutexContendedResource.h>
+#include <Kernel/Locking/Mutex.h>
 
 namespace Kernel {
 
 template<typename T>
-class MutexProtected
-    : private T
-    , public MutexContendedResource {
+class MutexProtected {
     AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(MutexProtected);
     AK_MAKE_NONMOVABLE(MutexProtected);
 
-protected:
-    using LockedShared = LockedResource<T const, LockMode::Shared>;
-    using LockedExclusive = LockedResource<T, LockMode::Exclusive>;
+private:
+    template<typename U, LockMode lock_mode>
+    class Locked {
+        AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(Locked);
+        AK_MAKE_NONMOVABLE(Locked);
 
-    LockedShared lock_shared(LockLocation const& location) const { return LockedShared(this, this->MutexContendedResource::m_mutex, location); }
-    LockedExclusive lock_exclusive(LockLocation const& location) { return LockedExclusive(this, this->MutexContendedResource::m_mutex, location); }
+    public:
+        Locked(U& value, Mutex& mutex, LockLocation const& location)
+            : m_value(value)
+            , m_locker(mutex, lock_mode, location)
+        {
+        }
+
+        ALWAYS_INLINE U const* operator->() const { return &m_value; }
+        ALWAYS_INLINE U const& operator*() const { return m_value; }
+
+        ALWAYS_INLINE U* operator->() requires(!IsConst<U>) { return &m_value; }
+        ALWAYS_INLINE U& operator*() requires(!IsConst<U>) { return m_value; }
+
+        ALWAYS_INLINE U const& get() const { return &m_value; }
+        ALWAYS_INLINE U& get() requires(!IsConst<U>) { return &m_value; }
+
+    private:
+        U& m_value;
+        MutexLocker m_locker;
+    };
+
+    auto lock_shared(LockLocation const& location) const { return Locked<T const, LockMode::Shared>(m_value, m_mutex, location); }
+    auto lock_exclusive(LockLocation const& location) { return Locked<T, LockMode::Exclusive>(m_value, m_mutex, location); }
 
 public:
-    using T::T;
-
     MutexProtected() = default;
 
     template<typename Callback>
@@ -63,6 +82,10 @@ public:
         },
             location);
     }
+
+private:
+    T m_value;
+    Mutex mutable m_mutex;
 };
 
 }