diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
index 2b9a2f48..7abc3040 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from functools import cache
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast, override
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, override
 
 from .lib.App import App as Base
 from .lib.Distro import Distro
@@ -35,38 +35,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Helpers
 
-class ResultCache(object):
-
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
-        self.__cache: dict[str, Any] = {}
-
-    def run(self, func: Any, args: list[Any]) -> object:
-        d = self.__cache
-        depth = 0
-        keys = [func.__name__] + args
-        sz = len(keys)
-        for k in keys:
-            if k is None:
-                k = 'None'
-            else:
-                k = str(k)
-            depth += 1
-            # log(DEBUG, 'depth = ', depth, 'key = ', k, 'd = ', str(d))
-            if k in d:
-                if sz == depth:
-                    return d[k]
-                d = d[k]
-                continue
-            if sz == depth:
-                r = func(*args)
-                d[k] = r
-                return r
-            d = d[k] = {}
-            # d = d[k]
-        raise Exception(
-            'cache algorithm failed for function', func.__name__, 'in depth', depth
-        )
-
 class Scope(Enum):
     Self = auto()
     One = auto()
@@ -201,25 +169,6 @@ class App(Base):
         except FileNotFoundError:
             return None
 
-    def __get_project_refs_cached(
-        self,
-        buf: list[str],
-        visited: set[str],
-        spec: str,
-        section: str,
-        key: str,
-        add_self: bool,
-        scope: Scope,
-        names_only: bool,
-    ) -> list[str]:
-        return cast(
-            'list[str]',
-            self.__res_cache.run(
-                self.__get_project_refs,
-                [buf, visited, spec, section, key, add_self, scope, names_only],
-            ),
-        )
-
     def __get_project_refs(
         self,
         buf: list[str],
@@ -259,7 +208,7 @@ class App(Base):
                     val = val.strip()
                     if not (len(val)):
                         continue
-                    self.__get_project_refs_cached(
+                    self.__get_project_refs(
                         buf,
                         visited,
                         val,
@@ -360,7 +309,6 @@ class App(Base):
         self.__opt_verbose: bool | None = None
         self.__top_name: str | None = None
         self.__distro = distro
-        self.__res_cache = ResultCache()
         self.___topdir: str | None = None
         self.___pretty_topdir: str | None = None
         self.__exec_context: ExecContext | None = None
@@ -626,7 +574,7 @@ class App(Base):
                 visited: set[str] = set()
                 for name in projects:
                     rr: list[str] = []
-                    self.__get_project_refs_cached(
+                    self.__get_project_refs(
                         rr, visited, name, section, key, add_self, scope, names_only
                     )
                     # TODO: this looks like a performance hogger