diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 3109ec7..cccbd7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -940,12 +940,6 @@
 +
 If direct updates are made to `All-Users`, this cache should be flushed.
 
-cache `"approvals"`::
-+
-Cache entries contain approvals for a given patch set. This includes
-approvals granted on this patch set as well as approvals copied from
-earlier patch sets.
-
 cache `"adv_bases"`::
 +
 Used only for push over smart HTTP when branch level access controls
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/util/BatchProgramModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/util/BatchProgramModule.java
index b24fdad..2809a14 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/util/BatchProgramModule.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/util/BatchProgramModule.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.Realm;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.ServiceUserClassifierImpl;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIdCacheModule;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.approval.ApprovalCacheImpl;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.CacheRemovalListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.h2.H2CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.mem.DefaultMemoryCacheModule;
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@
     modules.add(new GroupModule());
     modules.add(new NoteDbModule());
     modules.add(AccountCacheImpl.module());
-    modules.add(ApprovalCacheImpl.module());
     modules.add(ConflictsCacheImpl.module());
     modules.add(DefaultPreferencesCacheImpl.module());
     modules.add(GroupCacheImpl.module());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalCache.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalCache.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5637249..0000000
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalCache.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// 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.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package com.google.gerrit.server.approval;
-
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.PatchSet;
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.PatchSetApproval;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
-
-/**
- * Cache that holds approvals per patch set and NoteDb state. This includes approvals copied forward
- * from older patch sets.
- */
-public interface ApprovalCache {
-  /** Returns {@link PatchSetApproval}s for the given patch set. */
-  Iterable<PatchSetApproval> get(ChangeNotes notes, PatchSet.Id psId);
-}
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalCacheImpl.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalCacheImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fd31da9..0000000
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalCacheImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// 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.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package com.google.gerrit.server.approval;
-
-import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
-import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.PatchSet;
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.PatchSetApproval;
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
-import com.google.gerrit.entities.converter.PatchSetApprovalProtoConverter;
-import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException;
-import com.google.gerrit.proto.Entities;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.CacheModule;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.proto.Cache;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.serialize.ObjectIdCacheSerializer;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.serialize.ProtobufSerializer;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
-import com.google.inject.Inject;
-import com.google.inject.Module;
-import com.google.inject.Singleton;
-import com.google.inject.name.Named;
-import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-
-/** Implementation of the {@link ApprovalCache} interface */
-public class ApprovalCacheImpl implements ApprovalCache {
-  private static final String CACHE_NAME = "approvals";
-
-  public static Module module() {
-    return new CacheModule() {
-      @Override
-      protected void configure() {
-        bind(ApprovalCache.class).to(ApprovalCacheImpl.class);
-        persist(
-                CACHE_NAME,
-                Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto.class,
-                Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto.class)
-            .version(2)
-            .loader(Loader.class)
-            .keySerializer(new ProtobufSerializer<>(Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto.parser()))
-            .valueSerializer(new ProtobufSerializer<>(Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto.parser()));
-      }
-    };
-  }
-
-  private final LoadingCache<Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto, Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto>
-      cache;
-
-  @Inject
-  ApprovalCacheImpl(
-      @Named(CACHE_NAME)
-          LoadingCache<Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto, Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto> cache) {
-    this.cache = cache;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Iterable<PatchSetApproval> get(ChangeNotes notes, PatchSet.Id psId) {
-    try {
-      return fromProto(
-          cache.get(
-              Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto.newBuilder()
-                  .setChangeId(notes.getChangeId().get())
-                  .setPatchSetId(psId.get())
-                  .setProject(notes.getProjectName().get())
-                  .setId(
-                      ByteString.copyFrom(
-                          ObjectIdCacheSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(notes.getMetaId())))
-                  .build()));
-    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      throw new StorageException(e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Singleton
-  static class Loader
-      extends CacheLoader<Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto, Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto> {
-    private final ApprovalInference approvalInference;
-    private final ChangeNotes.Factory changeNotesFactory;
-
-    @Inject
-    Loader(ApprovalInference approvalInference, ChangeNotes.Factory changeNotesFactory) {
-      this.approvalInference = approvalInference;
-      this.changeNotesFactory = changeNotesFactory;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto load(Cache.PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto key)
-        throws Exception {
-      Change.Id changeId = Change.id(key.getChangeId());
-      return toProto(
-          approvalInference.forPatchSet(
-              changeNotesFactory.createChecked(
-                  Project.nameKey(key.getProject()),
-                  changeId,
-                  ObjectIdCacheSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(key.getId().toByteArray())),
-              PatchSet.id(changeId, key.getPatchSetId()),
-              null
-              /* revWalk= */ ,
-              null
-              /* repoConfig= */ ));
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static Iterable<PatchSetApproval> fromProto(Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto proto) {
-    ImmutableList.Builder<PatchSetApproval> builder = ImmutableList.builder();
-    for (Entities.PatchSetApproval psa : proto.getApprovalList()) {
-      builder.add(PatchSetApprovalProtoConverter.INSTANCE.fromProto(psa));
-    }
-    return builder.build();
-  }
-
-  private static Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto toProto(Iterable<PatchSetApproval> autoValue) {
-    Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto.Builder builder = Cache.AllPatchSetApprovalsProto.newBuilder();
-    for (PatchSetApproval psa : autoValue) {
-      builder.addApproval(PatchSetApprovalProtoConverter.INSTANCE.toProto(psa));
-    }
-    return builder.build();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalInference.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalInference.java
index 5517ab1..86944d1 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalInference.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/approval/ApprovalInference.java
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
@@ -102,16 +101,7 @@
    * on parents) approvals.
    */
   Iterable<PatchSetApproval> forPatchSet(
-      ChangeNotes notes, PatchSet.Id psId, @Nullable RevWalk rw, @Nullable Config repoConfig) {
-    PatchSet patchset = notes.getPatchSets().get(psId);
-    if (patchset == null) {
-      return Collections.emptyList();
-    }
-    return forPatchSet(notes, patchset, rw, repoConfig);
-  }
-
-  Iterable<PatchSetApproval> forPatchSet(
-      ChangeNotes notes, PatchSet ps, @Nullable RevWalk rw, @Nullable Config repoConfig) {
+      ChangeNotes notes, PatchSet ps, RevWalk rw, Config repoConfig) {
     ProjectState project;
     try (TraceTimer traceTimer =
         TraceContext.newTimer(
@@ -347,11 +337,7 @@
   }
 
   private Collection<PatchSetApproval> getForPatchSetWithoutNormalization(
-      ChangeNotes notes,
-      ProjectState project,
-      PatchSet patchSet,
-      @Nullable RevWalk rw,
-      @Nullable Config repoConfig) {
+      ChangeNotes notes, ProjectState project, PatchSet patchSet, RevWalk rw, Config repoConfig) {
     checkState(
         project.getNameKey().equals(notes.getProjectName()),
         "project must match %s, %s",
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GerritGlobalModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GerritGlobalModule.java
index 24882cb..7878b34 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GerritGlobalModule.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GerritGlobalModule.java
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIdCacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIdModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIdUpsertPreprocessor;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.approval.ApprovalCacheImpl;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.approval.ApprovalsUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.auth.AuthBackend;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.auth.UniversalAuthBackend;
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@
     bind(RulesCache.class);
     bind(BlameCache.class).to(BlameCacheImpl.class);
     install(AccountCacheImpl.module());
-    install(ApprovalCacheImpl.module());
     install(BatchUpdate.module());
     install(ChangeKindCacheImpl.module());
     install(ChangeFinder.module());
diff --git a/proto/cache.proto b/proto/cache.proto
index 16e5e95..750bea1 100644
--- a/proto/cache.proto
+++ b/proto/cache.proto
@@ -718,18 +718,3 @@
   ComparisonType comparison_type = 11;
   bool negative = 12;
 }
-
-// Serialized form of com.google.gerrit.server.approval.ApprovalCacheImpl.Key.
-// Next ID: 5
-message PatchSetApprovalsKeyProto {
-  string project = 1;
-  int32 change_id = 2;
-  int32 patch_set_id = 3;
-  bytes id = 4;
-}
-
-// Repeated version of PatchSetApprovalProto
-// Next ID: 2
-message AllPatchSetApprovalsProto {
-  repeated devtools.gerritcodereview.PatchSetApproval approval = 1;
-}