diff --git a/resources/lib/UnityGroup.php b/resources/lib/UnityGroup.php
index ab2c7270..184bb747 100644
--- a/resources/lib/UnityGroup.php
+++ b/resources/lib/UnityGroup.php
@@ -265,10 +265,6 @@ public function cancelGroupJoinRequest($user, $send_mail = true)
     //     $ldapPiGroupEntry = $this->getLDAPPiGroup();
     //     if ($ldapPiGroupEntry->exists()) {
     //         $ldapPiGroupEntry->delete();
-    //         $this->REDIS->removeCacheArray("sorted_groups", "", $this->getPIUID());
-    //         foreach ($users as $user) {
-    //             $this->REDIS->removeCacheArray($user->getUID(), "groups", $this->getPIUID());
-    //         }
     //     }
 
     //     // send email to every user of the now deleted PI group
@@ -532,9 +528,6 @@ private function init()
             $ldapPiGroupEntry->setAttribute("memberuid", array($owner->getUID()));
             $ldapPiGroupEntry->write();
         }
-
-        $this->REDIS->appendCacheArray("sorted_groups", "", $this->getPIUID());
-
         // TODO if we ever make this project based, we need to update the cache here with the memberuid
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/lib/UnityLDAP.php b/resources/lib/UnityLDAP.php
index 61371638..73308309 100644
--- a/resources/lib/UnityLDAP.php
+++ b/resources/lib/UnityLDAP.php
@@ -224,46 +224,19 @@ public function getUnassignedID($uid, $UnitySQL)
     public function getAllUsers($UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook, $ignorecache = false)
     {
         $out = array();
-
-        if (!$ignorecache) {
-            $users = $UnityRedis->getCache("sorted_users", "");
-            if (!is_null($users)) {
-                foreach ($users as $user) {
-                    array_push($out, new UnityUser($user, $this, $UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook));
-                }
-
-                return $out;
-            }
-        }
-
         $users = $this->userGroup->getAttribute("memberuid");
         sort($users);
         foreach ($users as $user) {
             $params = array($user, $this, $UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook);
             array_push($out, new UnityUser(...$params));
         }
-
         return $out;
     }
 
     public function getAllPIGroups($UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook, $ignorecache = false)
     {
         $out = array();
-
-        if (!$ignorecache) {
-            $groups = $UnityRedis->getCache("sorted_groups", "");
-            if (!is_null($groups)) {
-                foreach ($groups as $group) {
-                    $params = array($group, $this, $UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook);
-                    array_push($out, new UnityGroup(...$params));
-                }
-
-                return $out;
-            }
-        }
-
         $pi_groups = $this->pi_groupOU->getChildren(true);
-
         foreach ($pi_groups as $pi_group) {
             array_push($out, new UnityGroup(
                 $pi_group->getAttribute("cn")[0],
@@ -274,27 +247,13 @@ public function getAllPIGroups($UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebho
                 $UnityWebhook
             ));
         }
-
         return $out;
     }
 
     public function getAllOrgGroups($UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook, $ignorecache = false)
     {
         $out = array();
-
-        if (!$ignorecache) {
-            $orgs = $UnityRedis->getCache("sorted_orgs", "");
-            if (!is_null($orgs)) {
-                foreach ($orgs as $org) {
-                    array_push($out, new UnityOrg($org, $this, $UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebhook));
-                }
-
-                return $out;
-            }
-        }
-
         $org_groups = $this->org_groupOU->getChildren(true);
-
         foreach ($org_groups as $org_group) {
             array_push($out, new UnityOrg(
                 $org_group->getAttribute("cn")[0],
@@ -305,7 +264,6 @@ public function getAllOrgGroups($UnitySQL, $UnityMailer, $UnityRedis, $UnityWebh
                 $UnityWebhook
             ));
         }
-
         return $out;
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/lib/UnityOrg.php b/resources/lib/UnityOrg.php
index c965d628..2b414bb9 100644
--- a/resources/lib/UnityOrg.php
+++ b/resources/lib/UnityOrg.php
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ public function init()
             $org_group->setAttribute("gidnumber", strval($nextGID));
             $org_group->write();
         }
-
-        $this->REDIS->appendCacheArray("sorted_orgs", "", $this->getOrgID());
     }
 
     public function exists()
diff --git a/resources/lib/UnityUser.php b/resources/lib/UnityUser.php
index e1465251..29b79dd7 100644
--- a/resources/lib/UnityUser.php
+++ b/resources/lib/UnityUser.php
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ public function init($send_mail = true)
         $this->LDAP->getUserGroup()->appendAttribute("memberuid", $this->getUID());
         $this->LDAP->getUserGroup()->write();
 
-        // add user to cache
-        $this->REDIS->appendCacheArray("sorted_users", "", $this->getUID());
-
         //
         // add to audit log
         //
diff --git a/workers/update-ldap-cache.php b/workers/update-ldap-cache.php
index 4b2a0ed3..842c409f 100755
--- a/workers/update-ldap-cache.php
+++ b/workers/update-ldap-cache.php
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
     $users = $LDAP->search("objectClass=posixAccount", $CONFIG["ldap"]["basedn"]);
     echo "response received.\n";
     $user_CNs = $LDAP->getUserGroup()->getAttribute("memberuid");
-    sort($user_CNs);
-    $REDIS->setCache("sorted_users", "", $user_CNs);
     foreach ($users as $user) {
         $uid = $user->getAttribute("cn")[0];
         if (!in_array($uid, $user_CNs)) {
@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@
     // phpcs:disable
     $org_group_CNs = array_map(function($x){return $x["cn"][0];}, $org_groups);
     // phpcs:enable
-    sort($org_group_CNs);
-    $REDIS->setCache("sorted_orgs", "", $org_group_CNs);
     foreach ($org_groups as $org_group) {
         $gid = $org_group["cn"][0];
         $REDIS->setCache($gid, "members", (@$org_group["memberuid"] ?? []));
@@ -75,9 +71,6 @@
     // phpcs:disable
     $pi_group_CNs = array_map(function($x){return $x["cn"][0];}, $pi_groups);
     // phpcs:enable
-    sort($pi_group_CNs);
-    // FIXME should be sorted_pi_groups
-    $REDIS->setCache("sorted_groups", "", $pi_group_CNs);
 
     $user_pi_group_member_of = [];
     foreach ($user_CNs as $uid) {