diff --git a/app/bot.py b/app/bot.py
index f6b3c2fe..d3e56ebd 100755
--- a/app/bot.py
+++ b/app/bot.py
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ import discord
 import os
 import random
 import requests
-import requests_cache
 
 intents = discord.Intents.default()
 intents.message_content = True
 intents.members = True
 intents.reactions = True
 bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents)
-requests_cache.install_cache(expire_after=300)
 
 cogfiles = [
     f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}"
diff --git a/app/requirements.txt b/app/requirements.txt
index 70008b3d..1ab4147a 100755
--- a/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/app/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ markovify
 openai
 owotext
 requests
-requests_cache
 wolframalpha
 yfinance
\ No newline at end of file