diff --git a/inventory_provider/db/ims.py b/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
index 6932166bd840a79ce1f41d0a4a4125f3a1c3f3ac..34183c450d4ccae71c126717bede8233c091f10c 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
@@ -250,25 +250,13 @@ class IMS(object):
             self,
             url,
             params=None,
-            navigation_properties=None,
-            use_cache=False):
+            navigation_properties=None):
         url = f'{self.base_url + IMS.IMS_PATH}/{url}'
-        cache_key = url
         if navigation_properties:
             params = params if params else {}
             params['navigationproperty'] = navigation_properties if isinstance(
                 navigation_properties, int) else sum(navigation_properties)
 
-        if use_cache:
-            if params:
-                s = '-'.join(
-                    [f'{t}::{params[t]}'
-                     for t in sorted(params)])
-                cache_key = f'{cache_key}::{s}'
-            entity = IMS.cache.get(cache_key, None)
-            if entity:
-                return entity
-
         if not IMS.bearer_token:
             IMS._init_bearer_token(
                 self.username, self.password, self.verify_ssl)
@@ -325,9 +313,6 @@ class IMS(object):
                 response.raise_for_status()
                 orig = response.json()
                 return_value = _convert_keys(orig)
-
-                if use_cache:
-                    IMS.cache[cache_key] = return_value
                 return return_value
 
     @log_entry_and_exit
@@ -335,22 +320,20 @@ class IMS(object):
             self,
             entity_type,
             entity_id,
-            navigation_properties=None,
-            use_cache=False):
+            navigation_properties=None):
 
         url = f'{entity_type}/{entity_id}'
         return \
-            self._get_ims_data(url, None, navigation_properties, use_cache)
+            self._get_ims_data(url, None, navigation_properties)
 
     @log_entry_and_exit
     def get_entity_by_name(
             self,
             entity,
             name,
-            navigation_properties=None,
-            use_cache=False):
+            navigation_properties=None):
         url = f'{entity}/byname/"{name}"'
-        return self._get_ims_data(url, None, navigation_properties, use_cache)
+        return self._get_ims_data(url, None, navigation_properties)
 
     @log_entry_and_exit
     def get_filtered_entities(
@@ -358,13 +341,11 @@ class IMS(object):
             entity,
             filter_string,
             navigation_properties=None,
-            use_cache=False,
             step_count=50):
         url = f'{entity}/filtered/{filter_string}'
         yield from self.get_entities(
             url,
             navigation_properties,
-            use_cache,
             step_count
         )
 
@@ -372,7 +353,6 @@ class IMS(object):
             self,
             url,
             navigation_properties=None,
-            use_cache=False,
             step_count=50):
         more_to_come = True
         start_entity = 0
@@ -387,8 +367,7 @@ class IMS(object):
                 entities = self._get_ims_data(
                     url,
                     params,
-                    navigation_properties,
-                    use_cache)
+                    navigation_properties)
             except HTTPError as e:
                 r = e.response
                 if r.status_code == requests.codes.not_found \
@@ -418,13 +397,11 @@ class IMS(object):
             self,
             entity,
             navigation_properties=None,
-            use_cache=False,
             step_count=50
     ):
         url = f'{entity}/all'
         yield from self.get_entities(
             url,
             navigation_properties,
-            use_cache,
             step_count
         )
diff --git a/inventory_provider/db/ims_data.py b/inventory_provider/db/ims_data.py
index fca38c90bfeb46a3d54fc207835810624a52790d..a6967032cd7b72f37078e70c8b8886f39f809cc0 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/db/ims_data.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/db/ims_data.py
@@ -598,8 +598,7 @@ def lookup_lg_routers(ds: IMS):
             if node['inventorystatusid'] != InventoryStatus.IN_SERVICE.value:
                 continue
 
-            site = ds.get_entity_by_id('Site', node['siteid'], site_nav_props,
-                                       True)
+            site = ds.get_entity_by_id('Site', node['siteid'], site_nav_props)
             city = site['city']
 
             abbreviation = ''
diff --git a/test/test_ims.py b/test/test_ims.py
index 62898b4a69d83567930cd2a6607f0a29f4b1d52f..44b83313a7acbff0c5be7e9e3d329acbb1fe782d 100644
--- a/test/test_ims.py
+++ b/test/test_ims.py
@@ -158,25 +158,3 @@ def test_ims_class_navigation_properties(mocker):
         'dummy_base/ims/Node/1234',
         headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer dummy_bt'},
         params={'navigationproperty': 6}, verify=False)
-
-
-def test_ims_class_cache(mocker):
-    mock_get = mocker.patch('inventory_provider.db.ims.requests.get')
-    ds = inventory_provider.db.ims.IMS(
-        'dummy_base', 'dummy_username', 'dummy_password', 'dummy_bt')
-
-    ds.get_entity_by_id(
-        'Node', 4567, navigation_properties=[1, 2, 3, 4], use_cache=True)
-    assert mock_get.call_count == 1
-    ds.get_entity_by_id(
-        'Node', 4567, navigation_properties=[1, 2, 3, 4], use_cache=True)
-    assert mock_get.call_count == 1
-    ds.get_entity_by_id(
-        'Node', 4567, navigation_properties=[1, 2, 3, 4], use_cache=False)
-    assert mock_get.call_count == 2
-    ds.get_entity_by_id(
-        'Node', 4567, navigation_properties=[1, 2, 3, 4])
-    assert mock_get.call_count == 3
-    ds.get_entity_by_id(
-        'Node', 4567, navigation_properties=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], use_cache=True)
-    assert mock_get.call_count == 4