diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 8bf133f5d8..50ef7c8c06 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -1225,7 +1225,6 @@ class Item
 
 		if ($posted_item['origin'] && ($posted_item['uid'] != 0) && in_array($posted_item['gravity'], [GRAVITY_PARENT, GRAVITY_COMMENT])) {
 			DI::cache()->delete(ActivityPub\Transmitter::CACHEKEY_OUTBOX . $posted_item['uid']);
-			DI::cache()->delete(ActivityPub\Transmitter::CACHEKEY_PROFILE . $posted_item['uid']);
 		}
 
 		return $post_user_id;
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index 6701f4254c..023bd5c83c 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class Transmitter
 	const CACHEKEY_FEATURED = 'transmitter:getFeatured:';
 	const CACHEKEY_CONTACTS = 'transmitter:getContacts:';
 	const CACHEKEY_OUTBOX   = 'transmitter:getOutbox:';
-	const CACHEKEY_PROFILE  = 'transmitter:getProfile:';
 
 	/**
 	 * Add relay servers to the list of inboxes
@@ -430,19 +429,12 @@ class Transmitter
 	 * Return the ActivityPub profile of the given user
 	 *
 	 * @param int $uid User ID
-	 * @param boolean $nocache   Wether to bypass caching
 	 * @return array with profile data
 	 * @throws HTTPException\NotFoundException
 	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function getProfile(int $uid, $nocache = false): array
+	public static function getProfile(int $uid): array
 	{
-		$cachekey = self::CACHEKEY_PROFILE . $uid;
-		$result = DI::cache()->get($cachekey);
-		if (!$nocache && !is_null($result)) {
-			return $result;
-		}
-
 		$owner = User::getOwnerDataById($uid);
 		if (!isset($owner['id'])) {
 			DI::logger()->error('Unable to find owner data for uid', ['uid' => $uid, 'callstack' => System::callstack(20)]);
@@ -536,8 +528,6 @@ class Transmitter
 
 		$data['generator'] = self::getService();
 
-		DI::cache()->set($cachekey, $data, Duration::DAY);
-
 		// tags: https://kitty.town/@inmysocks/100656097926961126.json
 		return $data;
 	}