diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go b/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go
index 9646c6b7..a8698af2 100644
--- a/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -32,19 +31,16 @@ import (
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	clientauth "k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 )
 
 var (
 	// ClusterDefaults has the same behavior as the old EnvVar and DefaultCluster fields
 	// DEPRECATED will be replaced
 	ClusterDefaults = clientcmdapi.Cluster{Server: getDefaultServer()}
-	cacheDirDefault = filepath.Join(homedir.HomeDir(), ".kube", "http-cache")
 	// DefaultClientConfig represents the legacy behavior of this package for defaulting
 	// DEPRECATED will be replace
 	DefaultClientConfig = DirectClientConfig{*clientcmdapi.NewConfig(), "", &ConfigOverrides{
 		ClusterDefaults: ClusterDefaults,
-		CacheDir:        cacheDirDefault,
 	}, nil, NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules(), promptedCredentials{}}
 )
 
@@ -135,7 +131,6 @@ func (config *DirectClientConfig) ClientConfig() (*restclient.Config, error) {
 
 	clientConfig := &restclient.Config{}
 	clientConfig.Host = configClusterInfo.Server
-	clientConfig.CacheDir = config.overrides.CacheDir
 
 	if len(config.overrides.Timeout) > 0 {
 		timeout, err := ParseTimeout(config.overrides.Timeout)
diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go b/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go
index 25ab1ea1..963ac8fa 100644
--- a/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package clientcmd
 
 import (
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 )
 
 // ConfigOverrides holds values that should override whatever information is pulled from the actual Config object.  You can't
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ type ConfigOverrides struct {
 	Context         clientcmdapi.Context
 	CurrentContext  string
 	Timeout         string
-	CacheDir        string
 }
 
 // ConfigOverrideFlags holds the flag names to be used for binding command line flags.  Notice that this structure tightly
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ type ConfigOverrideFlags struct {
 	ContextOverrideFlags ContextOverrideFlags
 	CurrentContext       FlagInfo
 	Timeout              FlagInfo
-	CacheDir             FlagInfo
 }
 
 // AuthOverrideFlags holds the flag names to be used for binding command line flags for AuthInfo objects
@@ -150,12 +146,10 @@ const (
 	FlagUsername         = "username"
 	FlagPassword         = "password"
 	FlagTimeout          = "request-timeout"
-	FlagCacheDir         = "cachedir"
 )
 
 // RecommendedConfigOverrideFlags is a convenience method to return recommended flag names prefixed with a string of your choosing
 func RecommendedConfigOverrideFlags(prefix string) ConfigOverrideFlags {
-	defaultCacheDir := filepath.Join(homedir.HomeDir(), ".kube", "http-cache")
 	return ConfigOverrideFlags{
 		AuthOverrideFlags:    RecommendedAuthOverrideFlags(prefix),
 		ClusterOverrideFlags: RecommendedClusterOverrideFlags(prefix),
@@ -163,7 +157,6 @@ func RecommendedConfigOverrideFlags(prefix string) ConfigOverrideFlags {
 
 		CurrentContext: FlagInfo{prefix + FlagContext, "", "", "The name of the kubeconfig context to use"},
 		Timeout:        FlagInfo{prefix + FlagTimeout, "", "0", "The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests."},
-		CacheDir:       FlagInfo{prefix + FlagCacheDir, "", defaultCacheDir, "Path to http-cache directory"},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +198,6 @@ func BindOverrideFlags(overrides *ConfigOverrides, flags *pflag.FlagSet, flagNam
 	BindContextFlags(&overrides.Context, flags, flagNames.ContextOverrideFlags)
 	flagNames.CurrentContext.BindStringFlag(flags, &overrides.CurrentContext)
 	flagNames.Timeout.BindStringFlag(flags, &overrides.Timeout)
-	flagNames.CacheDir.BindStringFlag(flags, &overrides.CacheDir)
 }
 
 // BindAuthInfoFlags is a convenience method to bind the specified flags to their associated variables