diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 23b8ce24..52227967 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ list(APPEND MOLD_ELF_TEMPLATE_FILES
   elf/icf.cc
   elf/input-files.cc
   elf/input-sections.cc
-  elf/jobs.cc
   elf/linker-script.cc
   elf/lto.cc
   elf/main.cc
@@ -378,6 +377,12 @@ target_sources(mold PRIVATE
   third-party/rust-demangle/rust-demangle.c
   )
 
+if(WIN32)
+  target_sources(mold PRIVATE common/jobs-win32.cc)
+else()
+  target_sources(mold PRIVATE common/jobs-unix.cc)
+endif()
+
 # Add frequently included header files for pre-compiling.
 # target_precompile_headers is supported by CMake 3.16.0 or newer.
 if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.16.0")
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index b7e002a6..75e1fcce 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -885,6 +885,13 @@ std::filesystem::path to_abs_path(std::filesystem::path path);
 std::optional<std::string_view> demangle_cpp(std::string_view name);
 std::optional<std::string_view> demangle_rust(std::string_view name);
 
+//
+// jbos.cc
+//
+
+void acquire_global_lock();
+void release_global_lock();
+
 //
 // compress.cc
 //
diff --git a/elf/jobs.cc b/common/jobs-unix.cc
similarity index 62%
rename from elf/jobs.cc
rename to common/jobs-unix.cc
index 12b4a6a9..9912ab52 100644
--- a/elf/jobs.cc
+++ b/common/jobs-unix.cc
@@ -9,21 +9,20 @@
 // mold processes to just 1 for each user. It is intended to be used as
 // `MOLD_JOBS=1 ninja` or `MOLD_JOBS=1 make -j$(nproc)`.
 
-#include "mold.h"
+#include "common.h"
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
-# include <fcntl.h>
-# include <pwd.h>
-# include <sys/stat.h>
-# include <sys/types.h>
-# include <unistd.h>
-#endif
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-namespace mold::elf {
+namespace mold {
 
-template <typename E>
-void acquire_global_lock(Context<E> &ctx) {
-#ifndef _WIN32
+static int lock_fd = -1;
+
+void acquire_global_lock() {
   char *jobs = getenv("MOLD_JOBS");
   if (!jobs || jobs != "1"s)
     return;
@@ -40,22 +39,12 @@ void acquire_global_lock(Context<E> &ctx) {
 
   if (lockf(fd, F_LOCK, 0) == -1)
     return;
-
-  ctx.global_lock_fd = fd;
-#endif
+  lock_fd = fd;
 }
 
-template <typename E>
-void release_global_lock(Context<E> &ctx) {
-#ifndef _WIN32
-  if (ctx.global_lock_fd)
-    close(*ctx.global_lock_fd);
-#endif
+void release_global_lock() {
+  if (lock_fd != -1)
+    close(lock_fd);
 }
 
-using E = MOLD_TARGET;
-
-template void acquire_global_lock(Context<E> &);
-template void release_global_lock(Context<E> &);
-
-} // namespace mold::elf
+} // namespace mold
diff --git a/common/jobs-win32.cc b/common/jobs-win32.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a7c1942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/jobs-win32.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace mold {
+
+void acquire_global_lock() {}
+void release_global_lock() {}
+
+} // namespace mold
diff --git a/elf/main.cc b/elf/main.cc
index e3d07833..86d40c51 100644
--- a/elf/main.cc
+++ b/elf/main.cc
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int elf_main(int argc, char **argv) {
     on_complete = fork_child();
 #endif
 
-  acquire_global_lock(ctx);
+  acquire_global_lock();
 
   tbb::global_control tbb_cont(tbb::global_control::max_allowed_parallelism,
                                ctx.arg.thread_count);
@@ -682,10 +682,11 @@ int elf_main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   std::cout << std::flush;
   std::cerr << std::flush;
+
   if (on_complete)
     on_complete();
 
-  release_global_lock(ctx);
+  release_global_lock();
 
   if (ctx.arg.quick_exit)
     _exit(0);
diff --git a/elf/mold.h b/elf/mold.h
index 4fac6611..51b218eb 100644
--- a/elf/mold.h
+++ b/elf/mold.h
@@ -1343,13 +1343,6 @@ template <typename E>
 [[noreturn]]
 void process_run_subcommand(Context<E> &ctx, int argc, char **argv);
 
-//
-// jobs.cc
-//
-
-template <typename E> void acquire_global_lock(Context<E> &ctx);
-template <typename E> void release_global_lock(Context<E> &ctx);
-
 //
 // cmdline.cc
 //
@@ -1770,7 +1763,6 @@ struct Context {
   std::vector<DynamicPattern> dynamic_list_patterns;
   i64 default_version = VER_NDX_UNSPECIFIED;
   i64 page_size = E::page_size;
-  std::optional<int> global_lock_fd;
 
   // Reader context
   bool as_needed = false;