diff --git a/runtime/loader.js b/runtime/loader.js
index 5057a10a9..7c83ef0ff 100644
--- a/runtime/loader.js
+++ b/runtime/loader.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*
 * Copyright 2011 eBay Software Foundation
-* 
+*
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
-* 
+*
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-* 
+*
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
diff --git a/runtime/marko-runtime.js b/runtime/marko-runtime.js
index c0eb62415..79658f457 100644
--- a/runtime/marko-runtime.js
+++ b/runtime/marko-runtime.js
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ exports.stream = function(templatePath, data) {
     return load(templatePath).stream(data);
 };
 
-exports.cache = {};
-
 exports.createWriter = function(writer) {
     return new AsyncWriter(writer);
 };