diff --git a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
index b47e999d2a08e236bff7bcaf8bbddf7fba84dc86..33208bf41d2df782e4db65c58bfc2b5519052866 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
@@ -1208,12 +1208,6 @@ get_syncterm_filename(char *fn, int fnlen, int type, bool shared)
 				if (!isdir(fn))
 					if (MKDIR(fn))
 						fn[0] = 0;
-
-
-				if (type == SYNCTERM_PATH_CACHE) {
-					strcat(fn, "cache");
-					backslash(fn);
-				}
 				return fn;
 			}
 			SAFECOPY(oldlst, home);