diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
index b9f9fc638cc..7ca53e00d1b 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
@@ -6540,10 +6540,6 @@ static void direct_link_area(FileData *fd, ScrArea *area)
 			st->scroll_accum[0] = 0.0f;
 			st->scroll_accum[1] = 0.0f;
 		}
-		else if (sl->spacetype == SPACE_TIME) {
-			SpaceTime *stime = (SpaceTime *)sl;
-			BLI_listbase_clear(&stime->caches);
-		}
 		else if (sl->spacetype == SPACE_SEQ) {
 			SpaceSeq *sseq = (SpaceSeq *)sl;
 			
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_action/action_draw.c b/source/blender/editors/space_action/action_draw.c
index b4005faf2f3..3e9b742480a 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_action/action_draw.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_action/action_draw.c
@@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ void timeline_draw_cache(SpaceAction *saction, Object *ob, Scene *scene)
 	unsigned int pos = GWN_vertformat_attr_add(immVertexFormat(), "pos", GWN_COMP_F32, 2, GWN_FETCH_FLOAT);
 	immBindBuiltinProgram(GPU_SHADER_2D_UNIFORM_COLOR);
 
-	/* iterate over pointcaches on the active object, 
-	 * add spacetimecache and vertex array for each */
+	/* iterate over pointcaches on the active object, and draw each one's range */
 	for (pid = pidlist.first; pid; pid = pid->next) {
 		float col[4];
 
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_time/space_time.c b/source/blender/editors/space_time/space_time.c
index 42027f10fe6..6882fcd396f 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_time/space_time.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_time/space_time.c
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ static void time_draw_cache(SpaceTime *stime, Object *ob, Scene *scene)
 	unsigned int pos = GWN_vertformat_attr_add(immVertexFormat(), "pos", GWN_COMP_F32, 2, GWN_FETCH_FLOAT);
 	immBindBuiltinProgram(GPU_SHADER_2D_UNIFORM_COLOR);
 
-	/* iterate over pointcaches on the active object, 
-	 * add spacetimecache and vertex array for each */
+	/* iterate over pointcaches on the active object, drawing */
 	for (pid = pidlist.first; pid; pid = pid->next) {
 		float col[4];
 
@@ -811,8 +810,6 @@ static SpaceLink *time_duplicate(SpaceLink *sl)
 	SpaceTime *stime = (SpaceTime *)sl;
 	SpaceTime *stimen = MEM_dupallocN(stime);
 	
-	BLI_listbase_clear(&stimen->caches);
-	
 	return (SpaceLink *)stimen;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_space_types.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_space_types.h
index 284e6ff9154..44386a4a77b 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_space_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_space_types.h
@@ -474,14 +474,6 @@ typedef enum eSpaceNla_Flag {
 
 /* Timeline =============================================== */
 
-/* Pointcache drawing data */
-# /* Only store the data array in the cache to avoid constant reallocation. */
-# /* No need to store when saved. */
-typedef struct SpaceTimeCache {
-	struct SpaceTimeCache *next, *prev;
-	float *array;
-} SpaceTimeCache;
-
 /* Timeline View */
 typedef struct SpaceTime {
 	SpaceLink *next, *prev;
@@ -491,8 +483,6 @@ typedef struct SpaceTime {
 	
 	View2D v2d DNA_DEPRECATED;  /* deprecated, copied to region */
 
-	ListBase caches;
-
 	int cache_display;
 	int flag;
 } SpaceTime;