diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/dashboard_stats.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/dashboard_stats.rb
index fad61bdb3af..905795d921c 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/dashboard_stats.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/dashboard_stats.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ module Jobs
         # send a message to admins no more often than once per week.
         GroupMessage.create(Group[:admins].name, :dashboard_problems, limit_once_per: 7.days.to_i)
       end
-
-      # TODO: decide if we want to keep caching this every 30 minutes
-      AdminDashboardData.refresh_stats
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/dashboard_stats_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/dashboard_stats_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a339c53a87..00000000000
--- a/spec/jobs/dashboard_stats_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-describe Jobs::DashboardStats do
-  it 'caches the stats' do
-    freeze_time
-
-    begin
-      stats = AdminDashboardData.fetch_stats.to_json
-      cache_key = AdminDashboardData.stats_cache_key
-
-      expect($redis.get(cache_key)).to eq(nil)
-      expect(described_class.new.execute({})).to eq(stats)
-      expect($redis.get(cache_key)).to eq(stats)
-    ensure
-      $redis.del(cache_key)
-    end
-  end
-end