diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
index ab6e06a35e..c4f5ba4f9b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
@@ -58,15 +58,7 @@ class AuthController extends Controller
      */
     public function postLogin(Request $request)
     {
-        $this->validate(
-            $request, [
-                        $this->loginUsername() => 'required', 'password' => 'required',
-                    ]
-        );
-
-        // If the class is using the ThrottlesLogins trait, we can automatically throttle
-        // the login attempts for this application. We'll key this by the username and
-        // the IP address of the client making these requests into this application.
+        $this->validate($request, [$this->loginUsername() => 'required', 'password' => 'required',]);
         $throttles = $this->isUsingThrottlesLoginsTrait();
 
         if ($throttles && $this->hasTooManyLoginAttempts($request)) {
@@ -80,10 +72,7 @@ class AuthController extends Controller
             return $this->handleUserWasAuthenticated($request, $throttles);
         }
 
-        // default error message:
         $message = $this->getFailedLoginMessage();
-
-        // try to find a blocked user with this email address.
         /** @var User $foundUser */
         $foundUser = User::where('email', $credentials['email'])->where('blocked', 1)->first();
         if (!is_null($foundUser)) {
@@ -95,22 +84,13 @@ class AuthController extends Controller
             $message = trans('firefly.' . $code . '_error', ['email' => $credentials['email']]);
         }
 
-        // try
-
-        // If the login attempt was unsuccessful we will increment the number of attempts
-        // to login and redirect the user back to the login form. Of course, when this
-        // user surpasses their maximum number of attempts they will get locked out.
         if ($throttles) {
             $this->incrementLoginAttempts($request);
         }
 
         return redirect($this->loginPath())
             ->withInput($request->only($this->loginUsername(), 'remember'))
-            ->withErrors(
-                [
-                    $this->loginUsername() => $message,
-                ]
-            );
+            ->withErrors([$this->loginUsername() => $message,]);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php
index 60712a986e..54e9b5fc2b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php
@@ -163,11 +163,7 @@ class TransactionController extends Controller
             'piggy_bank_id' => 0
         ];
         // get tags:
-        $tags = [];
-        foreach ($journal->tags as $tag) {
-            $tags[] = $tag->tag;
-        }
-        $preFilled['tags'] = join(',', $tags);
+        $preFilled['tags'] = join(',', $journal->tags->pluck('tag')->toArray());
 
         $category = $journal->categories()->first();
         if (!is_null($category)) {
@@ -354,7 +350,6 @@ class TransactionController extends Controller
     public function update(JournalFormRequest $request, JournalRepositoryInterface $repository, AttachmentHelperInterface $att, TransactionJournal $journal)
     {
 
-        // cannot edit opening balance
         if ($journal->isOpeningBalance()) {
             return view('error')->with('message', 'Cannot edit this transaction. Edit the account instead!');
         }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
index dd18c01265..a034e4534f 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Preference;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
-use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -39,14 +38,7 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function countAccounts(array $types)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty('user-count-accounts');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $count = Auth::user()->accounts()->accountTypeIn($types)->count();
-        $cache->store($count);
 
         return $count;
     }
@@ -76,14 +68,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getAccounts(array $types)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties();
-        $cache->addProperty('get-accounts');
-        $cache->addProperty($types);
-
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get();
-        }
-
         /** @var Collection $result */
         $result = Auth::user()->accounts()->with(
             ['accountmeta' => function (HasMany $query) {
@@ -96,9 +80,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
                 return strtolower($account->name);
             }
         );
-
-        $cache->store($result);
-
         return $result;
     }
 
@@ -116,12 +97,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getCreditCards(Carbon $date)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties();
-        $cache->addProperty('user-credit-cards');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get();
-        }
-
         $set = Auth::user()->accounts()
                    ->hasMetaValue('accountRole', 'ccAsset')
                    ->hasMetaValue('ccType', 'monthlyFull')
@@ -138,8 +113,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
                            DB::Raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) AS `balance`')
                        ]
                    );
-        $cache->store($set);
-
         return $set;
     }
 
@@ -151,16 +124,7 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getFirstTransaction(TransactionJournal $journal, Account $account)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties();
-        $cache->addProperty('first-transaction');
-        $cache->addProperty($journal->id);
-        $cache->addProperty($account->id);
-
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get();
-        }
         $transaction = $journal->transactions()->where('account_id', $account->id)->first();
-        $cache->store($transaction);
 
         return $transaction;
     }
@@ -172,11 +136,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getFrontpageAccounts(Preference $preference)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties();
-        $cache->addProperty('user-frontpage-accounts');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
         $query = Auth::user()->accounts()->accountTypeIn(['Default account', 'Asset account']);
 
         if (count($preference->data) > 0) {
@@ -184,9 +143,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
         }
 
         $result = $query->get(['accounts.*']);
-
-        $cache->store($result);
-
         return $result;
     }
 
@@ -203,15 +159,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getFrontpageTransactions(Account $account, Carbon $start, Carbon $end)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties();
-        $cache->addProperty($account->id);
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-        $cache->addProperty('frontpage-transactions');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $set = Auth::user()
                    ->transactionjournals()
                    ->with(['transactions'])
@@ -226,8 +173,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
                    ->orderBy('transaction_journals.id', 'DESC')
                    ->take(10)
                    ->get(['transaction_journals.*', 'transaction_currencies.symbol', 'transaction_types.type']);
-        $cache->store($set);
-
         return $set;
     }
 
@@ -271,13 +216,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
         $ids        = $collection->pluck('account_id')->toArray();
         $accounts   = new Collection;
 
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($ids);
-        $cache->addProperty('user-piggy-bank-accounts');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $ids = array_unique($ids);
         if (count($ids) > 0) {
             $accounts = Auth::user()->accounts()->whereIn('id', $ids)->where('accounts.active', 1)->get();
@@ -303,8 +241,6 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
             }
         );
 
-        $cache->store($accounts);
-
         return $accounts;
 
     }
@@ -381,21 +317,12 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function openingBalanceTransaction(Account $account)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($account->id);
-        $cache->addProperty('opening-balance-journal');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-
         $journal = TransactionJournal
             ::orderBy('transaction_journals.date', 'ASC')
             ->accountIs($account)
             ->transactionTypes([TransactionType::OPENING_BALANCE])
             ->orderBy('created_at', 'ASC')
             ->first(['transaction_journals.*']);
-        $cache->store($journal);
 
         return $journal;
     }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php
index 54bba39d9f..b07a37f45a 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Bill;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
-use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\JoinClause;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -136,13 +135,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getJournals(Bill $bill)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($bill->id);
-        $cache->addProperty('journals-for-bill');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $set = $bill->transactionjournals()
                     ->leftJoin(
                         'transactions', function (JoinClause $join) {
@@ -154,8 +146,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                     ->orderBy('transaction_journals.order', 'ASC')
                     ->orderBy('transaction_journals.id', 'DESC')
                     ->get(['transaction_journals.*', 'transactions.amount as journalAmount']);
-        $cache->store($set);
-
         return $set;
     }
 
@@ -450,13 +440,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getBillsPaidInRange(Carbon $start, Carbon $end)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-        $cache->addProperty('bills-paid-in-range');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
         $amount = '0';
         $bills  = $this->getActiveBills();
 
@@ -477,8 +460,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                 $amount = bcadd($amount, $paid->sum_amount);
             }
         }
-        $cache->store($amount);
-
         return $amount;
     }
 
@@ -511,13 +492,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function getBillsUnpaidInRange(Carbon $start, Carbon $end)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-        $cache->addProperty('bills-unpaid-in-range');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
         $amount = '0';
         $bills  = $this->getActiveBills();
 
@@ -541,8 +515,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                 $amount = bcadd($amount, $bill->expectedAmount);
             }
         }
-        $cache->store($amount);
-
         return $amount;
     }
 
@@ -558,13 +530,6 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
     public function getCreditCardBill(Carbon $start, Carbon $end)
     {
 
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-        $cache->addProperty('credit-card-bill');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
         /** @var AccountRepositoryInterface $accountRepository */
         $accountRepository = app('FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface');
         $amount            = '0';
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php
index 85ec767e52..2750dcfe6a 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\BudgetLimit;
 use FireflyIII\Models\LimitRepetition;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Shared\ComponentRepository;
-use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\JoinClause;
@@ -262,21 +261,10 @@ class BudgetRepository extends ComponentRepository implements BudgetRepositoryIn
      */
     public function getCurrentRepetition(Budget $budget, Carbon $start, Carbon $end)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($budget->id);
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-
-        $cache->addProperty('getCurrentRepetition');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
         $data = $budget->limitrepetitions()
                        ->where('limit_repetitions.startdate', $start->format('Y-m-d 00:00:00'))
                        ->where('limit_repetitions.enddate', $end->format('Y-m-d 00:00:00'))
                        ->first(['limit_repetitions.*']);
-        $cache->store($data);
-
         return $data;
     }
 
@@ -381,17 +369,6 @@ class BudgetRepository extends ComponentRepository implements BudgetRepositoryIn
      */
     public function getJournals(Budget $budget, LimitRepetition $repetition = null, $take = 50)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty($budget->id);
-        if ($repetition) {
-            $cache->addProperty($repetition->id);
-        }
-        $cache->addProperty($take);
-        $cache->addProperty('getJournals');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $offset     = intval(Input::get('page')) > 0 ? intval(Input::get('page')) * $take : 0;
         $setQuery   = $budget->transactionJournals()->withRelevantData()->take($take)->offset($offset)
                              ->orderBy('transaction_journals.date', 'DESC')
@@ -411,7 +388,6 @@ class BudgetRepository extends ComponentRepository implements BudgetRepositoryIn
 
 
         $paginator = new LengthAwarePaginator($set, $count, $take, $offset);
-        $cache->store($paginator);
 
         return $paginator;
     }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
index 061d9c39a3..c3d4d08c5e 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
-use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Log;
@@ -45,14 +44,7 @@ class JournalRepository implements JournalRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function first()
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty('user-first-journal');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $entry = Auth::user()->transactionjournals()->orderBy('date', 'ASC')->first(['transaction_journals.*']);
-        $cache->store($entry);
 
         return $entry;
     }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php
index 7c976e8784..aa604b2859 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Repositories\Shared;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use DB;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
-use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 
 /**
@@ -26,18 +25,6 @@ class ComponentRepository
      */
     protected function commonBalanceInPeriod($object, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, Collection $accounts)
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties; // we must cache this.
-        $cache->addProperty($object->id);
-        $cache->addProperty(get_class($object));
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-        $cache->addProperty($accounts);
-        $cache->addProperty('balanceInPeriodList');
-
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
         $ids = $accounts->pluck('id')->toArray();
 
 
@@ -51,8 +38,6 @@ class ComponentRepository
                          ->first([DB::Raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `journalAmount`')]);
         $amount = $entry->journalAmount;
 
-        $cache->store($amount);
-
         return $amount;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Tag/TagRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Tag/TagRepository.php
index 59085824ad..ccdb2d9dae 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Tag/TagRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Tag/TagRepository.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
-use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\JoinClause;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 
@@ -155,13 +154,6 @@ class TagRepository implements TagRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function get()
     {
-        $cache = new CacheProperties;
-        $cache->addProperty('tags-list');
-
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return $cache->get();
-        }
-
         /** @var Collection $tags */
         $tags = Auth::user()->tags()->get();
         $tags = $tags->sortBy(
@@ -170,8 +162,6 @@ class TagRepository implements TagRepositoryInterface
             }
         );
 
-        $cache->store($tags);
-
         return $tags;
     }