diff --git a/BRANCH_TODO b/BRANCH_TODO
index eda7ffa77e11baa73ab405995c5234b09f7ce105..2c256f09e8992587d84fa409d02817ab2d95084a 100644
--- a/BRANCH_TODO
+++ b/BRANCH_TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-* remove Cache from configurer
 * implement the build options
 * finish migrating the rest of the build steps
 * inspect b4ffb402c082605c4b324e88120306fc8fb3cf32 diff and apply changes as needed (merge conflict)
@@ -29,7 +28,8 @@
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-run args are all together now, not observable in configure phase whether run args are provided.
+In the Run step, passthru args are all together now, not observable in
+configure phase whether run args are provided.
 
 ```zig
 if (b.args) |args| {
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ if (b.args) |args| {
 ```zig
 run_cmd.addPassthruArgs();
 ```
+
+This removes a capability from build scripts since they can no longer observe
+those arguments. In exchange, it means that when changing those arguments,
+build scripts need not be rebuilt from source.
diff --git a/lib/compiler/configurer.zig b/lib/compiler/configurer.zig
index a4e37b50c1a7b40f12a22f23af52d088b34289ec..1b0a87a1e5d160b4ff3cd00c57656584df3fbcad 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/configurer.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/configurer.zig
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ pub fn main(init: process.Init.Minimal) !void {
     var graph: std.Build.Graph = .{
         .io = io,
         .arena = arena,
-        .cache = .{
-            .io = io,
-            .gpa = arena,
-            .manifest_dir = try local_cache_directory.handle.createDirPathOpen(io, "h", .{}),
-            .cwd = try process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena),
-        },
         .zig_exe = zig_exe,
         .environ_map = try init.environ.createMap(arena),
         .global_cache_root = global_cache_directory,
@@ -102,12 +96,6 @@ pub fn main(init: process.Init.Minimal) !void {
     assert(try graph.wip_configuration.addString("") == .empty);
     assert(try graph.wip_configuration.addString("root") == .root);
 
-    graph.cache.addPrefix(.{ .path = null, .handle = cwd });
-    graph.cache.addPrefix(build_root_directory);
-    graph.cache.addPrefix(local_cache_directory);
-    graph.cache.addPrefix(global_cache_directory);
-    graph.cache.hash.addBytes(builtin.zig_version_string);
-
     const builder = try std.Build.create(
         &graph,
         build_root_directory,
diff --git a/lib/std/Build.zig b/lib/std/Build.zig
index 774d7563d246d29f50b0226744b87512fc116da8..edec451b627f79d2f9c09cef9339f3a789c9edb6 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build.zig
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ pub const Graph = struct {
     arena: Allocator,
     system_integration_options: std.StringArrayHashMapUnmanaged(SystemLibraryMode) = .empty,
     system_package_mode: bool = false,
-    cache: Cache,
     zig_exe: []const u8,
     environ_map: process.Environ.Map,
     global_cache_root: Cache.Directory,