diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/cache.js b/src/controllers/admin/cache.js
index fadec76338..840ff65efa 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/cache.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/cache.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ cacheController.get = function (req, res) {
 	const groupCache = require('../../groups').cache;
 	const objectCache = require('../../database').objectCache;
 	const localCache = require('../../cache');
-	const headerFooterCache = require('../../middleware').headerFooterCache;
 
 	function getInfo(cache) {
 		return {
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ cacheController.get = function (req, res) {
 		postCache: getInfo(postCache),
 		groupCache: getInfo(groupCache),
 		localCache: getInfo(localCache),
-		headerFooterCache: getInfo(headerFooterCache),
 	};
 
 	if (objectCache) {
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ cacheController.dump = function (req, res, next) {
 		object: require('../../database').objectCache,
 		group: require('../../groups').cache,
 		local: require('../../cache'),
-		headerfooter: require('../../middleware').headerFooterCache,
 	};
 	if (!caches[req.query.name]) {
 		return next();
diff --git a/src/middleware/render.js b/src/middleware/render.js
index 05950e13c0..44a0689c0b 100644
--- a/src/middleware/render.js
+++ b/src/middleware/render.js
@@ -10,19 +10,10 @@ const translator = require('../translator');
 const widgets = require('../widgets');
 const utils = require('../utils');
 const slugify = require('../slugify');
-const cacheCreate = require('../cacheCreate');
-const cache = cacheCreate({
-	name: 'header-footer',
-	max: 1000,
-	maxAge: 0,
-	enabled: global.env === 'production',
-});
 
 const relative_path = nconf.get('relative_path');
 
 module.exports = function (middleware) {
-	middleware.headerFooterCache = cache;
-
 	middleware.processRender = function processRender(req, res, next) {
 		// res.render post-processing, modified from here: https://gist.github.com/mrlannigan/5051687
 		const render = res.render;
@@ -104,34 +95,14 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 
 	async function renderHeaderFooter(method, req, res, options) {
 		let str = '';
-		const lang = getLang(req, res);
-		function getCacheKey() {
-			return [lang, method]
-				.concat(req.path.split('/').slice(0, 4))
-				.join('/');
-		}
-		let cacheKey;
-		if (req.uid === 0 && res.locals.renderHeader) {
-			cacheKey = getCacheKey();
-			str = cache.get(cacheKey);
-			if (str) {
-				return str;
-			}
-		}
-		if (!str) {
-			if (res.locals.renderHeader) {
-				str = await middleware[method](req, res, options);
-			} else if (res.locals.renderAdminHeader) {
-				str = await middleware.admin[method](req, res, options);
-			} else {
-				str = '';
-			}
-		}
-		const translated = await translate(str, lang);
-		if (req.uid === 0 && res.locals.renderHeader) {
-			cache.set(cacheKey, translated, 300000);
+		if (res.locals.renderHeader) {
+			str = await middleware[method](req, res, options);
+		} else if (res.locals.renderAdminHeader) {
+			str = await middleware.admin[method](req, res, options);
+		} else {
+			str = '';
 		}
-		return translated;
+		return await translate(str, getLang(req, res));
 	}
 
 	function getLang(req, res) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/cache.js b/src/socket.io/admin/cache.js
index de16f8faaf..534cefeac8 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/cache.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/cache.js
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ SocketCache.clear = async function (socket, data) {
 		require('../../groups').cache.reset();
 	} else if (data.name === 'local') {
 		require('../../cache').reset();
-	} else if (data.name === 'headerfooter') {
-		require('../../middleware').headerFooterCache.reset();
 	}
 };
 
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ SocketCache.toggle = async function (socket, data) {
 		object: require('../../database').objectCache,
 		group: require('../../groups').cache,
 		local: require('../../cache'),
-		headerfooter: require('../../middleware').headerFooterCache,
 	};
 	if (!caches[data.name]) {
 		return;
diff --git a/src/views/admin/advanced/cache.tpl b/src/views/admin/advanced/cache.tpl
index 32b7371fdb..46205e5fef 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/advanced/cache.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/advanced/cache.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <div class="row post-cache">
 	<div class="col-lg-12">
 		<div class="row">
-			<div class="col-lg-2">
+			<div class="col-lg-3">
 				<div class="panel panel-default">
 					<div class="panel-heading">[[admin/advanced/cache:post-cache]]</div>
 					<div class="panel-body">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 			</div>
 
 			<!-- IF objectCache -->
-			<div class="col-lg-2">
+			<div class="col-lg-3">
 				<div class="panel panel-default">
 					<div class="panel-heading">Object Cache</div>
 					<div class="panel-body">
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 			</div>
 			<!-- ENDIF objectCache -->
 
-			<div class="col-lg-2">
+			<div class="col-lg-3">
 				<div class="panel panel-default">
 					<div class="panel-heading">Group Cache</div>
 					<div class="panel-body">
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
-			<div class="col-lg-2">
+			<div class="col-lg-3">
 				<div class="panel panel-default">
 					<div class="panel-heading">Local Cache</div>
 					<div class="panel-body">
@@ -114,32 +114,6 @@
 					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>
-
-			<div class="col-lg-2">
-				<div class="panel panel-default">
-					<div class="panel-heading">Header Footer Cache</div>
-					<div class="panel-body">
-						<div class="checkbox" data-name="headerfooter">
-							<label class="mdl-switch mdl-js-switch mdl-js-ripple-effect">
-								<input class="mdl-switch__input" type="checkbox" {{{if headerFooterCache.enabled}}}checked{{{end}}}>
-							</label>
-						</div>
-						<span>{headerFooterCache.length} / {headerFooterCache.max}</span><br/>
-
-						<div class="progress">
-							<div class="progress-bar" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow="{headerFooterCache.percentFull}" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" style="width: {headerFooterCache.percentFull}%;">
-								[[admin/advanced/cache:percent-full, {headerFooterCache.percentFull}]]
-							</div>
-						</div>
-
-						<label>Hits:</label> <span>{headerFooterCache.hits}</span><br/>
-						<label>Misses:</label> <span>{headerFooterCache.misses}</span><br/>
-						<label>Hit Ratio:</label> <span>{headerFooterCache.hitRatio}</span><br/>
-						<a href="{config.relative_path}/api/admin/advanced/cache/dump?name=headerfooter" class="btn btn-sm btn-default"><i class="fa fa-download"></i></a>
-						<a class="btn btn-sm btn-danger clear" data-name="headerfooter"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></a>
-					</div>
-				</div>
-			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>
diff --git a/test/mocks/databasemock.js b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
index 30f69f7954..9d4b7e5fda 100644
--- a/test/mocks/databasemock.js
+++ b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ async function setupMockDefaults() {
 	require('../../src/groups').cache.reset();
 	require('../../src/posts/cache').reset();
 	require('../../src/cache').reset();
-	require('../../src/middleware').headerFooterCache.reset();
 
 	winston.info('test_database flushed');
 	await setupDefaultConfigs(meta);