diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePatternMatcher.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePatternMatcher.java
index acf8df0..b8521a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePatternMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePatternMatcher.java
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 @Singleton
 class CachePatternMatcher {
   private static final List<String> DEFAULT_PATTERNS =
-      ImmutableList.of(
-          "accounts", "^groups.*", "ldap_groups", "ldap_usernames", "projects", "sshkeys");
+      ImmutableList.of("^groups.*", "ldap_groups", "ldap_usernames", "projects", "sshkeys");
 
   private final Pattern pattern;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CacheEvictionHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CacheEvictionHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67be583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CacheEvictionHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2020 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.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.cache;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
+
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalCause;
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalNotification;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Configuration;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class CacheEvictionHandlerTest {
+
+  @Mock private Executor executorMock;
+  private CachePatternMatcher defaultCacheMatcher =
+      new CachePatternMatcher(new Configuration(new Config(), new Config()));
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldNotPublishAccountsCacheEvictions() {
+
+    final CacheEvictionHandler<String, String> handler =
+        new CacheEvictionHandler<>(DynamicSet.emptySet(), executorMock, defaultCacheMatcher);
+
+    handler.onRemoval(
+        "test", "accounts", RemovalNotification.create("test", "accounts", RemovalCause.EXPLICIT));
+
+    verifyZeroInteractions(executorMock);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePattenMatcherTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePattenMatcherTest.java
index 052a9ae..b35e862 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePattenMatcherTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/cache/CachePattenMatcherTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     CachePatternMatcher matcher = new CachePatternMatcher(configurationMock);
     for (String cache :
         ImmutableList.of(
-            "accounts",
             "groups",
             "groups_byinclude",
             "groups_byname",
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@
     }
     for (String cache :
         ImmutableList.of(
+            "accounts",
             "adv_bases",
             "change_kind",
             "change_notes",