diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
index 007bccf0a54bb..1cb11c70a4061 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\Files\Cache;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
 use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement;
 use OCP\Files\Cache\ICache;
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@ public function put($file, array $data) {
 	 *
 	 * @return int file id
 	 * @throws \RuntimeException
+	 *
+	 * @suppress SqlInjectionChecker
 	 */
 	public function insert($file, array $data) {
 		// normalize file
@@ -268,12 +271,20 @@ public function insert($file, array $data) {
 			return trim($item, "`");
 		}, $queryParts);
 		$values = array_combine($queryParts, $params);
-		if (\OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection()->insertIfNotExist('*PREFIX*filecache', $values, [
-			'storage',
-			'path_hash',
-		])
-		) {
-			return (int)$this->connection->lastInsertId('*PREFIX*filecache');
+
+		try {
+			$builder = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
+			$builder->insert('filecache');
+
+			foreach ($values as $column => $value) {
+				$builder->setValue($column, $builder->createNamedParameter($value));
+			}
+
+			if ($builder->execute()) {
+				return (int)$this->connection->lastInsertId('*PREFIX*filecache');
+			}
+		} catch(UniqueConstraintViolationException $e) {
+			// entry exists already
 		}
 
 		// The file was created in the mean time
@@ -281,7 +292,7 @@ public function insert($file, array $data) {
 			$this->update($id, $data);
 			return $id;
 		} else {
-			throw new \RuntimeException('File entry could not be inserted with insertIfNotExist() but could also not be selected with getId() in order to perform an update. Please try again.');
+			throw new \RuntimeException('File entry could not be inserted but could also not be selected with getId() in order to perform an update. Please try again.');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/Lock/DBLockingProvider.php b/lib/private/Lock/DBLockingProvider.php
index 6adb7488217f7..79f2ff274cff9 100644
--- a/lib/private/Lock/DBLockingProvider.php
+++ b/lib/private/Lock/DBLockingProvider.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\Lock;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
 use OC\DB\QueryBuilder\Literal;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
 use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
@@ -133,7 +134,17 @@ public function __construct(
 
 	protected function initLockField(string $path, int $lock = 0): int {
 		$expire = $this->getExpireTime();
-		return $this->connection->insertIfNotExist('*PREFIX*file_locks', ['key' => $path, 'lock' => $lock, 'ttl' => $expire], ['key']);
+
+		try {
+			$builder = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
+			return $builder->insert('file_locks')
+				->setValue('key', $builder->createNamedParameter($path))
+				->setValue('lock', $builder->createNamedParameter($lock))
+				->setValue('ttl', $builder->createNamedParameter($expire))
+				->execute();
+		} catch(UniqueConstraintViolationException $e) {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**