diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 043bbd5c..50b1c745 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,7 +62,5 @@ sharedPlugins/scenario_loader/scenarios
 # File used for marking plugins as disabled
 sharedPlugins/*/DISABLED
 
-\.cache-require-paths\.json
-
 # IDE
 .idea/
diff --git a/master.js b/master.js
index 02f3e36f..db1ef173 100644
--- a/master.js
+++ b/master.js
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', r => console.log(r));
 // configgy stuff
 debug = false;
 
-// reduces loadtime from 1700 ms to 1200 ms on my i3 + SSD
-// tested by logging Date.now() here and when the webserver started listening
-require('cache-require-paths');
-
 // argument parsing
 const args = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20eddedd..baa0a308 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "bcrypt-promise": "^2.0.0",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
-    "cache-require-paths": "^0.3.0",
     "cli": "^1.0.1",
     "cli-interact": "^0.1.9",
     "codecov": "^3.0.1",