Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyTermEnum.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyTermEnum.java	(revision 908367)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyTermEnum.java	(working copy)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
    * @return the similarity,  0.0 or less indicates that it matches less than the required
    * threshold and 1.0 indicates that the text and target are identical
    */
-  private synchronized final float similarity(final String target) {
+  private float similarity(final String target) {
     final int m = target.length();
     final int n = text.length();
     if (n == 0)  {