diff --git a/webapp/config/log4j.properties b/webapp/config/log4j.properties
index b5cf2bf83..fbb00c755 100644
--- a/webapp/config/log4j.properties
+++ b/webapp/config/log4j.properties
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ log4j.rootLogger=INFO, AllAppender
 
 # These classes are too chatty to display INFO messages.
 log4j.logger.edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.startup.StartupStatus=WARN
-log4j.logger.edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.BrowseController=WARN
 log4j.logger.edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.pellet.PelletListener=WARN
 log4j.logger.edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.RDBGraphGenerator=WARN
 log4j.logger.edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.UpdateKnowledgeBase=DEBUG
diff --git a/webapp/rdf/auth/everytime/permission_config.n3 b/webapp/rdf/auth/everytime/permission_config.n3
index ce304db4b..2a84a6609 100644
--- a/webapp/rdf/auth/everytime/permission_config.n3
+++ b/webapp/rdf/auth/everytime/permission_config.n3
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ auth:ADMIN
     auth:hasPermission simplePermission:ManageProxies ;
     auth:hasPermission simplePermission:ManageSearchIndex ;
     auth:hasPermission simplePermission:ManageUserAccounts ;
-    auth:hasPermission simplePermission:RebuildVClassGroupCache ;
     auth:hasPermission simplePermission:RefreshVisualizationCache ;
     auth:hasPermission simplePermission:SeeConfiguration ;
     auth:hasPermission simplePermission:SeeStartupStatus ;
diff --git a/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/permissions.n3 b/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/permissions.n3
index d16cdf784..6b22e4e13 100644
--- a/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/permissions.n3
+++ b/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/permissions.n3
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ action:QueryUserAccountsModel
     rdfs:label "QUERY_USER_ACCOUNTS_MODEL" .
 
 
-action:RebuildVClassGroupCache
-    a display:RequiredAction ;
-    rdfs:label "REBUILD_VCLASS_GROUP_CACHE" .
-
-
 action:RefreshVisualizationCache
     a display:RequiredAction ;
     rdfs:label "REFRESH_VISUALIZATION_CACHE" .
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/permissions/SimplePermission.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/permissions/SimplePermission.java
index 4572cd06f..600fbe95c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/permissions/SimplePermission.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/permissions/SimplePermission.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ public class SimplePermission extends Permission {
 		NAMESPACE + "QueryFullModel");
 	public static final SimplePermission QUERY_USER_ACCOUNTS_MODEL = new SimplePermission(
 		NAMESPACE + "QueryUserAccountsModel");
-	public static final SimplePermission REBUILD_VCLASS_GROUP_CACHE = new SimplePermission(
-		NAMESPACE + "RebuildVClassGroupCache");
 	public static final SimplePermission REFRESH_VISUALIZATION_CACHE = new SimplePermission(
 		NAMESPACE + "RefreshVisualizationCache");
 	public static final SimplePermission SEE_CONFIGURATION = new SimplePermission(
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BaseSiteAdminController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BaseSiteAdminController.java
index 1a10c92a3..dfcc56ba1 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BaseSiteAdminController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BaseSiteAdminController.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class BaseSiteAdminController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
         if (PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedForActions(vreq, SimplePermission.USE_MISCELLANEOUS_ADMIN_PAGES.ACTIONS)) {
             urls.put("recomputeInferences", UrlBuilder.getUrl("/RecomputeInferences"));     
-            urls.put("rebuildClassGroupCache", UrlBuilder.getUrl("/browse?clearcache=1"));
         }
         
 		if (PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedForActions(vreq, IndexController.REQUIRED_ACTIONS)) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BrowseController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BrowseController.java
index ff921ce64..4a8f7ea36 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BrowseController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/BrowseController.java
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.permissions.SimplePermission;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.PolicyHelper;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.VClassGroup;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
@@ -33,29 +30,12 @@ public class BrowseController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         return "Index of Contents";
     }
     
-    
-    @Override
-    protected Actions requiredActions(VitroRequest vreq) {
-        if ( vreq.getParameter("clearcache") != null )
-            return SimplePermission.REBUILD_VCLASS_GROUP_CACHE.ACTIONS;
-        else
-            return Actions.AUTHORIZED;
-    }
-
-
     @Override
     protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) {
         
         Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
         String templateName = TEMPLATE_DEFAULT;
                        
-        if ( vreq.getParameter("clearcache") != null ) {
-            //mainly for debugging
-            if( PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedForActions(vreq, SimplePermission.REBUILD_VCLASS_GROUP_CACHE.ACTIONS) ){
-                clearGroupCache();
-            }
-        }
-        
         List<VClassGroup> groups = null;
         VClassGroupsForRequest vcgc = VClassGroupCache.getVClassGroups(vreq);
         groups =vcgc.getGroups();
@@ -67,8 +47,4 @@ public class BrowseController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         
         return new TemplateResponseValues(templateName, body);
     }
-    
-    protected void clearGroupCache(){
-        VClassGroupCache.getVClassGroupCache(getServletContext()).doSynchronousRebuild();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}