diff --git a/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf b/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf
index da544f1a6..2e963faa8 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf
@@ -46,23 +46,6 @@ include(wordsize.pri)
 
 contains(TEMPLATE, "vc.*"): QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= /MP
 
-################################
-# Cache intermediate files to improve build times
-################################
-
-swiftConfig(ccache) {
-    swiftConfig(profileRelease):error(profileRelease is incompatible with clcache)
-    msvc:       QMAKE_CXX = clcache
-    else:macx:  QMAKE_CXX = /usr/local/bin/ccache $$QMAKE_CXX
-    else:gcc:   QMAKE_CXX = ccache $$QMAKE_CXX
-    unix {
-        QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG                      *= -fdebug-prefix-map=$$(CCACHE_BASEDIR)=.
-        QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO     *= -fdebug-prefix-map=$$(CCACHE_BASEDIR)=.
-        QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG                    *= -fdebug-prefix-map=$$(CCACHE_BASEDIR)=.
-        QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO   *= -fdebug-prefix-map=$$(CCACHE_BASEDIR)=.
-    }
-}
-
 ################################
 # Release build with debug info
 ################################
diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index 12c9d9f3b..0439efbf7 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class Builder:
         """
         print('Preparing environment ...')
         os.environ['PATH'] += os.pathsep + self._get_qt_binary_path()
-        self._ccache_prepare()
         self._specific_prepare()
 
         print('Updating from datastore ...')
@@ -47,16 +46,6 @@ class Builder:
         shared_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(source_path, 'resources', 'share'))
         datastore.update_shared(host, datastore_version, shared_path)
 
-    def _ccache_prepare(self):
-        os.environ['CCACHE_NODIRECT'] = '1'
-        os.environ['CLCACHE_NODIRECT'] = '1'
-        os.environ['CLCACHE_COMPRESS'] = '1'
-        os.environ['CLCACHE_OBJECT_CACHE_TIMEOUT_MS'] = str(10 * 60 * 1000)
-        os.environ['CLCACHE_DIR'] = 'C:\\clcache' # workaround https://github.com/frerich/clcache/issues/342
-        os.environ['CLCACHE_BASEDIR'] = os.environ['WORKSPACE']
-        os.environ['CCACHE_BASEDIR'] = os.environ['WORKSPACE']
-        os.environ['CCACHE_NOHASHDIR'] = '1'
-
     def build(self, jobs, qmake_args, dev_build, eolInMonth):
         """
         Run the build itself. Pass dev_build=True to enable a dev build
@@ -80,7 +69,6 @@ class Builder:
             print('Setting EOL date to ' + eolDate.strftime('%Y%m%d'))
             qmake_call += ['SWIFT_CONFIG.endOfLife=' + eolDate.strftime('%Y%m%d')]
 
-        qmake_call += ['SWIFT_CONFIG.ccache=true']
         qmake_call += ['-r', os.pardir]
         subprocess.check_call(qmake_call, env=dict(os.environ))