diff --git a/cache/index.js b/cache/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e7c08b0..0000000
--- a/cache/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var cache = require('volos-cache-memory');
-var async = require('async');
-var debug = require('debug')('gateway:cache');
-
-var getKey = function (req) {
-    return req.token.application_name;
-}
-var caches = [];
-
-var middleware = function (req, res, next) {
-    if (!req.token
-        || !req.token.api_product_list
-        || !req.token.api_product_list.length
-    ) {
-        return next();
-    }
-
-    debug('cache checking products', req.token.api_product_list);
-
-    req.originalUrl = req.originalUrl || req.url; // emulate connect
-
-    var found = false;
-    // this is arbitrary, but not sure there's a better way?
-    async.eachSeries(req.token.api_product_list,
-        function (productName, cb) {
-            if(!found) {
-                var cache = caches[productName];
-                executeDefaultCache(cache, req, res, cb);
-                found = true;
-            }else{
-                cb();
-            }
-        },
-        function (err) {
-            next(err);
-        }
-    );
-}
-
-var executeDefaultCache = function (cache, req, res, cb) {
-    cb();
-};
-
-module.exports.init = function (config, logger, stats) {
-    var options = {
-        key: getKey
-    };
-    Object.keys(config).forEach(function (productName) {
-        var product = config[productName];
-        if (!product.ttl) {
-            debug('could not load cache for ' + productName + ' because ttl is missing', product)
-            return; // skip non-cache config
-        }
-        var cacheInstance = cache.create(config[productName]);
-        caches[productName] = cacheInstance;
-        debug('created cache for', productName);
-        debug('caches are ', caches)
-    });
-
-    return {
-        onrequest: function (req, res, next) {
-            middleware(req, res, next);
-        }
-    };
-};
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diff --git a/cache/package.json b/cache/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7516753..0000000
--- a/cache/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "edgemicro-plugin-cache",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "caching plugin for the gateway",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha tests"
-  },
-  "author": "sfeldman@apigee.com",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.5.2",
-    "debug": "^2.2.0",
-    "volos-cache-memory": "^0.10.0"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "^2.4.5",
-    "should": "^8.2.1"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/cache/tests/testIndex.js b/cache/tests/testIndex.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a55c654..0000000
--- a/cache/tests/testIndex.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var plugin = require('../index');
-describe('construct',function(){
-   it('should work',function(done){
-       var req = plugin.init();
-       req.onrequest(null,null,function(err){
-           should(err).be.null
-           done();
-       })
-   }) ;
-});
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diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ca049b7..7e77135 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ module.exports = {
   'accumulate-request':require('./accumulate-request'),
   'accumulate-response':require('./accumulate-response'),
   analytics:require('./analytics'),
-  cache:require('./cache'),
   'header-uppercase':require('./header-uppercase'),
   oauth:require('./oauth'),
   quota:require('./quota'),
   'quota-memory':require('./quota-memory'),
   spikearrest:require('./spikearrest'),
   'transform-uppercase':require('./transform-uppercase')
-}
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+}