diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 1112f29..dcf2a1c 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 NOVA_STATE_PATH=${NOVA_STATE_PATH:=$DATA_DIR/nova}
 # INSTANCES_PATH is the previous name for this
 NOVA_INSTANCES_PATH=${NOVA_INSTANCES_PATH:=${INSTANCES_PATH:=$NOVA_STATE_PATH/instances}}
-NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR=${NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR:-/var/cache/nova}
 
 NOVA_CONF_DIR=/etc/nova
 NOVA_CONF=$NOVA_CONF_DIR/nova.conf
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@
         sudo rm -rf $NOVA_INSTANCES_PATH/*
     fi
 
-    sudo rm -rf $NOVA_STATE_PATH $NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
+    sudo rm -rf $NOVA_STATE_PATH
 
     # NOTE(dtroyer): This really should be called from here but due to the way
     #                nova abuses the _cleanup() function we're moving it
@@ -464,7 +463,7 @@
             iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT osapi_compute_link_prefix $NOVA_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$NOVA_SERVICE_HOST:$NOVA_SERVICE_PORT
         fi
 
-        configure_auth_token_middleware $NOVA_CONF nova $NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
+        configure_auth_token_middleware $NOVA_CONF nova
     fi
 
     if is_service_enabled cinder; then
@@ -658,13 +657,6 @@
     fi
 }
 
-# create_nova_cache_dir() - Part of the init_nova() process
-function create_nova_cache_dir {
-    # Create cache dir
-    sudo install -d -o $STACK_USER $NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
-    rm -f $NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR/*
-}
-
 function create_nova_conf_nova_network {
     local public_interface=${PUBLIC_INTERFACE:-$PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT network_manager "nova.network.manager.$NETWORK_MANAGER"
@@ -722,7 +714,6 @@
         done
     fi
 
-    create_nova_cache_dir
     create_nova_keys_dir
 
     if [[ "$NOVA_BACKEND" == "LVM" ]]; then