diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index 9a5d190745..f10a3f2edf 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -1705,9 +1705,6 @@ LEVEL = Info
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;
-;; if the cache enabled
-;ENABLED = true
-;;
 ;; Either "memory", "redis", "memcache", or "twoqueue". default is "memory"
 ;ADAPTER = memory
 ;;
@@ -1732,8 +1729,6 @@ LEVEL = Info
 ;[cache.last_commit]
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;; if the cache enabled
-;ENABLED = true
 ;;
 ;; Time to keep items in cache if not used, default is 8760 hours.
 ;; Setting it to -1 disables caching
diff --git a/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index 9810dab49b..93a19cec4e 100644
--- a/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -763,7 +763,6 @@ and
 
 ## Cache (`cache`)
 
-- `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable the cache.
 - `ADAPTER`: **memory**: Cache engine adapter, either `memory`, `redis`, `redis-cluster`, `twoqueue` or `memcache`. (`twoqueue` represents a size limited LRU cache.)
 - `INTERVAL`: **60**: Garbage Collection interval (sec), for memory and twoqueue cache only.
 - `HOST`: **_empty_**: Connection string for `redis`, `redis-cluster` and `memcache`. For `twoqueue` sets configuration for the queue.
@@ -775,7 +774,6 @@ and
 
 ## Cache - LastCommitCache settings (`cache.last_commit`)
 
-- `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable the cache.
 - `ITEM_TTL`: **8760h**: Time to keep items in cache if not used, Setting it to -1 disables caching.
 - `COMMITS_COUNT`: **1000**: Only enable the cache when repository's commits count great than.
 
diff --git a/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md b/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
index eed752c1cb..596e82a12a 100644
--- a/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
+++ b/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
@@ -721,7 +721,6 @@ Gitea 创建以下非唯一队列：
 
 ## 缓存 (`cache`)
 
-- `ENABLED`: **true**: 是否启用缓存。
 - `ADAPTER`: **memory**: 缓存引擎，可以为 `memory`, `redis`, `redis-cluster`, `twoqueue` 和 `memcache`. (`twoqueue` 代表缓冲区固定的LRU缓存)
 - `INTERVAL`: **60**: 垃圾回收间隔(秒)，只对`memory`和`towqueue`有效。
 - `HOST`: **_empty_**: 缓存配置。`redis`, `redis-cluster`，`memcache`配置连接字符串;`twoqueue` 设置队列参数
@@ -733,7 +732,6 @@ Gitea 创建以下非唯一队列：
 
 ### 缓存 - 最后提交缓存设置 (`cache.last_commit`)
 
-- `ENABLED`: **true**：是否启用缓存。
 - `ITEM_TTL`: **8760h**：如果未使用，保持缓存中的项目的时间，将其设置为 -1 会禁用缓存。
 - `COMMITS_COUNT`: **1000**：仅在存储库的提交计数大于时启用缓存。
 
diff --git a/modules/cache/cache.go b/modules/cache/cache.go
index edaf483135..09afc8b7f7 100644
--- a/modules/cache/cache.go
+++ b/modules/cache/cache.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ func newCache(cacheConfig setting.Cache) (mc.Cache, error) {
 	})
 }
 
-// NewContext start cache service
-func NewContext() error {
+// Init start cache service
+func Init() error {
 	var err error
 
-	if conn == nil && setting.CacheService.Enabled {
+	if conn == nil {
 		if conn, err = newCache(setting.CacheService.Cache); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/modules/cache/cache_test.go b/modules/cache/cache_test.go
index cf464af392..3f65040924 100644
--- a/modules/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/modules/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ func createTestCache() {
 }
 
 func TestNewContext(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.NoError(t, NewContext())
+	assert.NoError(t, Init())
 
-	setting.CacheService.Cache = setting.Cache{Enabled: true, Adapter: "redis", Conn: "some random string"}
+	setting.CacheService.Cache = setting.Cache{Adapter: "redis", Conn: "some random string"}
 	con, err := newCache(setting.Cache{
 		Adapter:  "rand",
 		Conn:     "false conf",
diff --git a/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go b/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go
index 44a4f43728..7c7baedd2f 100644
--- a/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go
+++ b/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func NewLastCommitCache(count int64, repoPath string, gitRepo *Repository, cache
 	if cache == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if !setting.CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled || count < setting.CacheService.LastCommit.CommitsCount {
+	if count < setting.CacheService.LastCommit.CommitsCount {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/setting/cache.go b/modules/setting/cache.go
index 783246077d..bfa6ca0e61 100644
--- a/modules/setting/cache.go
+++ b/modules/setting/cache.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 // Cache represents cache settings
 type Cache struct {
-	Enabled  bool
 	Adapter  string
 	Interval int
 	Conn     string
@@ -24,23 +23,19 @@ var CacheService = struct {
 	Cache `ini:"cache"`
 
 	LastCommit struct {
-		Enabled      bool
 		TTL          time.Duration `ini:"ITEM_TTL"`
 		CommitsCount int64
 	} `ini:"cache.last_commit"`
 }{
 	Cache: Cache{
-		Enabled:  true,
 		Adapter:  "memory",
 		Interval: 60,
 		TTL:      16 * time.Hour,
 	},
 	LastCommit: struct {
-		Enabled      bool
 		TTL          time.Duration `ini:"ITEM_TTL"`
 		CommitsCount int64
 	}{
-		Enabled:      true,
 		TTL:          8760 * time.Hour,
 		CommitsCount: 1000,
 	},
@@ -65,30 +60,12 @@ func loadCacheFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
 		if CacheService.Conn == "" {
 			CacheService.Conn = "50000"
 		}
-	case "": // disable cache
-		CacheService.Enabled = false
 	default:
 		log.Fatal("Unknown cache adapter: %s", CacheService.Adapter)
 	}
 
-	if CacheService.Enabled {
-		log.Info("Cache Service Enabled")
-	} else {
-		log.Warn("Cache Service Disabled so that captcha disabled too")
-		// captcha depends on cache service
-		Service.EnableCaptcha = false
-	}
-
 	sec = rootCfg.Section("cache.last_commit")
-	if !CacheService.Enabled {
-		CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled = false
-	}
-
 	CacheService.LastCommit.CommitsCount = sec.Key("COMMITS_COUNT").MustInt64(1000)
-
-	if CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled {
-		log.Info("Last Commit Cache Service Enabled")
-	}
 }
 
 // TTLSeconds returns the TTLSeconds or unix timestamp for memcache
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go b/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go
index f0d8d80dd4..cc754f64a2 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 
 	nodeInfoUsage := structs.NodeInfoUsage{}
 	if setting.Federation.ShareUserStatistics {
-		cached := false
-		if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-			nodeInfoUsage, cached = ctx.Cache.Get(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage).(structs.NodeInfoUsage)
-		}
+		var cached bool
+		nodeInfoUsage, cached = ctx.Cache.Get(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage).(structs.NodeInfoUsage)
+
 		if !cached {
 			usersTotal := int(user_model.CountUsers(ctx, nil))
 			now := time.Now()
@@ -53,11 +52,10 @@ func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 				LocalPosts:    int(allIssues),
 				LocalComments: int(allComments),
 			}
-			if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-				if err := ctx.Cache.Put(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage, nodeInfoUsage, 180); err != nil {
-					ctx.InternalServerError(err)
-					return
-				}
+
+			if err := ctx.Cache.Put(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage, nodeInfoUsage, 180); err != nil {
+				ctx.InternalServerError(err)
+				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/routers/init.go b/routers/init.go
index c1cfe26bc4..ee98aedb16 100644
--- a/routers/init.go
+++ b/routers/init.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func InitWebInstalled(ctx context.Context) {
 	mustInit(storage.Init)
 
 	mailer.NewContext(ctx)
-	mustInit(cache.NewContext)
+	mustInit(cache.Init)
 	mustInit(feed_service.Init)
 	mustInit(uinotification.Init)
 	mustInitCtx(ctx, archiver.Init)
diff --git a/routers/web/auth/auth.go b/routers/web/auth/auth.go
index 0ea91fc759..8f37d05fda 100644
--- a/routers/web/auth/auth.go
+++ b/routers/web/auth/auth.go
@@ -622,10 +622,8 @@ func handleUserCreated(ctx *context.Context, u *user_model.User, gothUser *goth.
 		ctx.Data["ActiveCodeLives"] = timeutil.MinutesToFriendly(setting.Service.ActiveCodeLives, ctx.Locale)
 		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, TplActivate)
 
-		if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-			if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+u.LowerName, u.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
-				log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
-			}
+		if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+u.LowerName, u.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
+			log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
 		}
 		return false
 	}
@@ -645,16 +643,14 @@ func Activate(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 		// Resend confirmation email.
 		if setting.Service.RegisterEmailConfirm {
-			if setting.CacheService.Enabled && ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName) {
+			if ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_" + ctx.Doer.LowerName) {
 				ctx.Data["ResendLimited"] = true
 			} else {
 				ctx.Data["ActiveCodeLives"] = timeutil.MinutesToFriendly(setting.Service.ActiveCodeLives, ctx.Locale)
 				mailer.SendActivateAccountMail(ctx.Locale, ctx.Doer)
 
-				if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-					if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName, ctx.Doer.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
-						log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
-					}
+				if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName, ctx.Doer.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
+					log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -789,7 +785,7 @@ func ActivateEmail(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 		if u, err := user_model.GetUserByID(ctx, email.UID); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("GetUserByID: %d", email.UID)
-		} else if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
+		} else {
 			// Allow user to validate more emails
 			_ = ctx.Cache.Delete("MailResendLimit_" + u.LowerName)
 		}
diff --git a/routers/web/auth/password.go b/routers/web/auth/password.go
index bdfa8c4025..def9c2bcaa 100644
--- a/routers/web/auth/password.go
+++ b/routers/web/auth/password.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func ForgotPasswdPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if setting.CacheService.Enabled && ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_"+u.LowerName) {
+	if ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_" + u.LowerName) {
 		ctx.Data["ResendLimited"] = true
 		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplForgotPassword)
 		return
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ func ForgotPasswdPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	mailer.SendResetPasswordMail(u)
 
-	if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-		if err = ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+u.LowerName, u.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
-			log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
-		}
+	if err = ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+u.LowerName, u.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ctx.Data["ResetPwdCodeLives"] = timeutil.MinutesToFriendly(setting.Service.ResetPwdCodeLives, ctx.Locale)
diff --git a/routers/web/healthcheck/check.go b/routers/web/healthcheck/check.go
index ecb73a928f..85f47613f0 100644
--- a/routers/web/healthcheck/check.go
+++ b/routers/web/healthcheck/check.go
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ func checkDatabase(ctx context.Context, checks checks) status {
 
 // cache checks gitea cache status
 func checkCache(checks checks) status {
-	if !setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-		return pass
-	}
-
 	st := componentStatus{}
 	if err := cache.GetCache().Ping(); err != nil {
 		st.Status = fail
diff --git a/routers/web/user/setting/account.go b/routers/web/user/setting/account.go
index 5c14f3ad4b..6d61d8021c 100644
--- a/routers/web/user/setting/account.go
+++ b/routers/web/user/setting/account.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func EmailPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	// Send activation Email
 	if ctx.FormString("_method") == "SENDACTIVATION" {
 		var address string
-		if setting.CacheService.Enabled && ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName) {
+		if ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_" + ctx.Doer.LowerName) {
 			log.Error("Send activation: activation still pending")
 			ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + "/user/settings/account")
 			return
@@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ func EmailPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 		address = email.Email
 
-		if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-			if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName, ctx.Doer.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
-				log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
-			}
+		if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName, ctx.Doer.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
+			log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
 		}
+
 		ctx.Flash.Info(ctx.Tr("settings.add_email_confirmation_sent", address, timeutil.MinutesToFriendly(setting.Service.ActiveCodeLives, ctx.Locale)))
 		ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + "/user/settings/account")
 		return
@@ -204,11 +203,10 @@ func EmailPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	// Send confirmation email
 	if setting.Service.RegisterEmailConfirm {
 		mailer.SendActivateEmailMail(ctx.Doer, email)
-		if setting.CacheService.Enabled {
-			if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName, ctx.Doer.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
-				log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
-			}
+		if err := ctx.Cache.Put("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName, ctx.Doer.LowerName, 180); err != nil {
+			log.Error("Set cache(MailResendLimit) fail: %v", err)
 		}
+
 		ctx.Flash.Info(ctx.Tr("settings.add_email_confirmation_sent", email.Email, timeutil.MinutesToFriendly(setting.Service.ActiveCodeLives, ctx.Locale)))
 	} else {
 		ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("settings.add_email_success"))
@@ -276,7 +274,7 @@ func loadAccountData(ctx *context.Context) {
 		user_model.EmailAddress
 		CanBePrimary bool
 	}
-	pendingActivation := setting.CacheService.Enabled && ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_"+ctx.Doer.LowerName)
+	pendingActivation := ctx.Cache.IsExist("MailResendLimit_" + ctx.Doer.LowerName)
 	emails := make([]*UserEmail, len(emlist))
 	for i, em := range emlist {
 		var email UserEmail
diff --git a/services/repository/cache.go b/services/repository/cache.go
index 91351cbf49..b0811a99fc 100644
--- a/services/repository/cache.go
+++ b/services/repository/cache.go
@@ -9,15 +9,10 @@ import (
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 )
 
 // CacheRef cachhe last commit information of the branch or the tag
 func CacheRef(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository, fullRefName git.RefName) error {
-	if !setting.CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	commit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(fullRefName.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err