diff --git a/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md b/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md
index 638be4cd4..2fd34f973 100644
--- a/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md
+++ b/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ For usage, see [Usage - OpenID Connect](../authentication/oidc-v2.md)
 | OIDC_GROUPS_CLAIM                                                                   | groups  | Optional if not using `OIDC_USER_GROUP` or `OIDC_ADMIN_GROUP`. This is the claim Mealie will request from your IdP and will use to compare to `OIDC_USER_GROUP` or `OIDC_ADMIN_GROUP` to allow the user to log in to Mealie or is set as an admin. **Your IdP must be configured to grant this claim** |
 | OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE                                                                |  None   | Advanced configuration used to override the scopes requested from the IdP. **Most users won't need to change this**. At a minimum, 'openid profile email' are required.                                                                                                                                |
 | OIDC_TLS_CACERTFILE                                                                 |  None   | File path to Certificate Authority used to verify server certificate (e.g. `/path/to/ca.crt`)                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
-| OIDC_USE_AUTH_CACHE                                                                 |  False  | If `True`, OIDC authentication will use server cache instead of session to store its temporary data.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
 ### OpenAI
 
diff --git a/mealie/core/settings/settings.py b/mealie/core/settings/settings.py
index 05822c7b6..7af9d481a 100644
--- a/mealie/core/settings/settings.py
+++ b/mealie/core/settings/settings.py
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ class AppSettings(AppLoggingSettings):
     OIDC_GROUPS_CLAIM: str | None = "groups"
     OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE: str | None = None
     OIDC_TLS_CACERTFILE: str | None = None
-    OIDC_USE_AUTH_CACHE: bool = False
 
     @property
     def OIDC_REQUIRES_GROUP_CLAIM(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py b/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py
index 6e523c4a0..593ebda89 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ remember_me_duration = timedelta(days=14)
 
 settings = get_app_settings()
 if settings.OIDC_READY:
-    cache = None
-    if settings.OIDC_USE_AUTH_CACHE:
-        cache = AuthCache()
-    oauth = OAuth(cache=cache)
+    oauth = OAuth(cache=AuthCache())
     scope = None
     if settings.OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE:
         scope = settings.OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE
diff --git a/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py b/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py
index dc4040dcf..1cce78feb 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import time
 
-try:
-    import cPickle as pickle
-except ImportError:
-    import pickle
-
-
 class AuthCache:
     def __init__(self, threshold=500, default_timeout=300):
         self.default_timeout = default_timeout
@@ -34,14 +28,14 @@ class AuthCache:
         try:
             expires, value = self._cache[key]
             if expires == 0 or expires > time.time():
-                return pickle.loads(value)
-        except (KeyError, pickle.PickleError):
+                return value
+        except KeyError:
             return None
 
     async def set(self, key, value, timeout=None):
         expires = self._normalize_timeout(timeout)
         self._prune()
-        self._cache[key] = (expires, pickle.dumps(value, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL))
+        self._cache[key] = (expires, value)
         return True
 
     async def delete(self, key):