diff --git a/full/Changes b/full/Changes
index 92c154e..7b459df 100644
--- a/full/Changes
+++ b/full/Changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Removed auditing (#611)
 - Removed old database configurations (#612)
 - Removed old tests
+- Removed unnecessary caches and methods in the authentication interface
 
 # version 0.70.1
 
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/APIAuthentication.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/APIAuthentication.java
index 9d66617..341c4d0 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/APIAuthentication.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/APIAuthentication.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.user.User;
 import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
-import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
 
 /**
  * Authentication provider using JWT tokens
@@ -36,10 +35,6 @@
     public static boolean DEBUG = false;
     
     private JWTSigner signedToken;
-    private Cache invalided =
-            CacheManager.getInstance().getCache("id_tokens_inv");
-    // private Cache id_tokens =
-    // CacheManager.getInstance().getCache("id_tokens");
 
     public APIAuthentication (FullConfiguration config) throws JOSEException {
         this.signedToken = new JWTSigner(config.getSharedSecret(),
@@ -102,23 +97,6 @@
     }
 
 
-    // todo: cache and set expiration to token expiration. if token in
-    // that cache, it is not to be used anymore!
-    // @CacheEvict(value = "id_tokens", key = "#token")
-    @Override
-    public void removeUserSession (String token) throws KustvaktException {
-        // invalidate token!
-        invalided.put(new Element(token, null));
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public TokenContext refresh (TokenContext context)
-            throws KustvaktException {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-
     @Override
     public TokenType getTokenType () {
         return TokenType.API;
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/AuthenticationIface.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/AuthenticationIface.java
index 47d0738..04f5a6a 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/AuthenticationIface.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/AuthenticationIface.java
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
             throws KustvaktException;
 
 
-    void removeUserSession (String token) throws KustvaktException;
-
-
-    public TokenContext refresh (TokenContext context) throws KustvaktException;
+//    void removeUserSession (String token) throws KustvaktException;
+//
+//    public TokenContext refresh (TokenContext context) throws KustvaktException;
 
 
     public TokenType getTokenType ();
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/BasicAuthentication.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/BasicAuthentication.java
index f94ab3f..52f2885 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/BasicAuthentication.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/BasicAuthentication.java
@@ -92,20 +92,6 @@
         return null;
     }
 
-
-    @Override
-    public void removeUserSession (String token) throws KustvaktException {
-        throw new KustvaktException(StatusCodes.NOT_SUPPORTED);
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public TokenContext refresh (TokenContext context)
-            throws KustvaktException {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-
     @Override
     public TokenType getTokenType () {
         return TokenType.BASIC;
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/KustvaktAuthenticationManager.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/KustvaktAuthenticationManager.java
index 1a55905..a4179eb 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/KustvaktAuthenticationManager.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/KustvaktAuthenticationManager.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 		}
 
 		try {
-			provider.removeUserSession(context.getToken());
+//			provider.removeUserSession(context.getToken());
 			User user = getUser(context.getUsername());
 			return provider.createTokenContext(user, context.params());
 		} catch (KustvaktException e) {
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/OAuth2Authentication.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/OAuth2Authentication.java
index 14dbd42..80a3773 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/OAuth2Authentication.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/OAuth2Authentication.java
@@ -60,19 +60,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void removeUserSession (String token) throws KustvaktException {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public TokenContext refresh (TokenContext context)
-            throws KustvaktException {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public TokenType getTokenType () {
         return TokenType.BEARER;
     }
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/SessionAuthentication.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/SessionAuthentication.java
index a5fab90..f4aa637 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/SessionAuthentication.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/SessionAuthentication.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * 
  * @author hanl
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class SessionAuthentication implements AuthenticationIface {
 
     private static final Logger jlog = LogManager
@@ -86,17 +87,10 @@
     }
 
 
-    @Override
-    public void removeUserSession (String token) {
-        this.sessions.removeSession(token);
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public TokenContext refresh (TokenContext context) throws KustvaktException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("method not supported");
-    }
-
+//    @Override
+//    public void removeUserSession (String token) {
+//        this.sessions.removeSession(token);
+//    }
 
     @Override
     public TokenType getTokenType () {
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java
index 175202a..a752399 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.interfaces.EncryptionIface;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.oauth2.openid.OpenIdConfiguration;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.utils.TimeUtils;
-import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
-import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
-import net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * Configuration for Kustvakt full version including properties
@@ -125,12 +122,12 @@
 
         setNamedVCPath(properties.getProperty("krill.namedVC", ""));
         
-        Cache cache = CacheManager.newInstance().getCache("named_vc");
-        CacheConfiguration config = cache.getCacheConfiguration();
-        config.setMaxBytesLocalHeap(properties.getProperty("cache.max.bytes.local.heap", "256m"));
-        config.setMaxBytesLocalDisk(properties.getProperty("cache.max.bytes.local.disk", "2G"));
-        jlog.info("max local heap:"+config.getMaxBytesLocalHeapAsString());
-        jlog.info("max local disk:"+config.getMaxBytesLocalDiskAsString());
+//        Cache cache = CacheManager.newInstance().getCache("named_vc");
+//        CacheConfiguration config = cache.getCacheConfiguration();
+//        config.setMaxBytesLocalHeap(properties.getProperty("cache.max.bytes.local.heap", "256m"));
+//        config.setMaxBytesLocalDisk(properties.getProperty("cache.max.bytes.local.disk", "2G"));
+//        jlog.info("max local heap:"+config.getMaxBytesLocalHeapAsString());
+//        jlog.info("max local disk:"+config.getMaxBytesLocalDiskAsString());
         
         setMaxNumberOfUserQueries(Integer.parseInt(
                 properties.getProperty("max.user.persistent.queries", "20")));
diff --git a/full/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml b/full/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml
index 61b675f..12bd50b 100644
--- a/full/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml
+++ b/full/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml
@@ -5,36 +5,6 @@
     <!--maxBytesLocalHeap="200M"-->
     <diskStore path="./cache_store"/>
     
-    <cache name='id_tokens'
-           eternal='true'
-           maxElementsOnDisk="10000000"
-           memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"
-           maxEntriesLocalHeap="50"
-           overflowToDisk='true'/>
-
-	<cache name='id_tokens_inv'
-           eternal='true'
-           maxElementsOnDisk="10000000"
-           memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"
-           maxEntriesLocalHeap="50"
-           overflowToDisk='true'/>
-           
-    <cache name='auth_codes'
-           timeToIdleSeconds="600"
-           eternal='false'
-           memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"
-           maxEntriesLocalHeap="100"
-           overflowToDisk='false'/>
-
-    <cache name='resources'
-           eternal='false'
-           overflowToDisk='false'
-           maxEntriesLocalHeap="60"
-           timeToIdleSeconds="172800"
-           diskSpoolBufferSizeMB="30"
-           diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds="120"
-           memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"
-           />
            
     <!-- EM --> 
     <cache name='authorization'
@@ -52,7 +22,7 @@
            maxEntriesLocalHeap="500"
            overflowToDisk='false'/>  
            
-    <cache name="named_vc" 
+    <!-- <cache name="named_vc" 
 		eternal="true" 
 		memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"
 		maxBytesLocalHeap="256M" 
@@ -60,5 +30,5 @@
 		diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds = "120" > 
 		<persistence strategy="localTempSwap"/>
 		<sizeOfPolicy maxDepth="3000" maxDepthExceededBehavior="abort" />
-	</cache>        
+	</cache>    -->     
 </ehcache>