diff --git a/bin/cros_make_image_bootable b/bin/cros_make_image_bootable
index 84a643115b..71adfe7c33 100755
--- a/bin/cros_make_image_bootable
+++ b/bin/cros_make_image_bootable
@@ -97,12 +97,8 @@ DEFINE_integer rootfs_hash_pad 8 \
 
 DEFINE_string rootfs_hash "/tmp/rootfs.hash" \
   "Path where the rootfs hash should be stored."
-# TODO(taysom): when we turn on boot cache, both verification and
-# bootcache should have their default be FLAGS_TRUE.
 DEFINE_boolean enable_rootfs_verification ${FLAGS_FALSE} \
-  "Default all bootloaders to NOT use kernel-based root fs integrity checking."
-DEFINE_boolean enable_bootcache ${FLAGS_FALSE} \
-  "Default all bootloaders to NOT use bootcache."
+  "Default all bootloaders to use kernel-based root fs integrity checking."
 DEFINE_integer verity_error_behavior 3 \
   "Kernel verified boot error behavior (0: I/O errors, 1: reboot, 2: nothing)"
 DEFINE_integer verity_max_ios -1 \
@@ -175,10 +171,6 @@ make_image_bootable() {
   if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_rootfs_verification} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
     enable_rootfs_verification_flag=--enable_rootfs_verification
   fi
-  local enable_bootcache_flag=--noenable_bootcache
-  if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_bootcache} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-    enable_bootcache_flag=--enable_bootcache
-  fi
 
   trap "mount_gpt_cleanup" EXIT
   "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/mount_gpt_image.sh" --from "$(dirname "${image}")" \
@@ -239,7 +231,6 @@ make_image_bootable() {
     --verity_salt=${FLAGS_verity_salt} \
     --keys_dir="${FLAGS_keys_dir}" \
     ${enable_rootfs_verification_flag} \
-    ${enable_bootcache_flag} \
     ${use_dev_keys}
 
   # Check the size of kernel image and issue warning when image size is
diff --git a/build_image b/build_image
index 226c4ea907..047c9ba82f 100755
--- a/build_image
+++ b/build_image
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ DEFINE_string board "${DEFAULT_BOARD}" \
   "The board to build an image for."
 DEFINE_string boot_args "noinitrd" \
   "Additional boot arguments to pass to the commandline"
-DEFINE_boolean enable_bootcache ${FLAGS_FALSE} \
-  "Default all bootloaders to NOT use boot cache."
 DEFINE_boolean enable_rootfs_verification ${FLAGS_TRUE} \
   "Default all bootloaders to use kernel-based root fs integrity checking."
 DEFINE_string output_root "${DEFAULT_BUILD_ROOT}/images" \
diff --git a/build_kernel_image.sh b/build_kernel_image.sh
index bf7c832ba2..63917c9e3e 100755
--- a/build_kernel_image.sh
+++ b/build_kernel_image.sh
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ DEFINE_string verity_salt "" \
   "Salt to use for rootfs hash (Default: \"\")"
 DEFINE_boolean enable_rootfs_verification ${FLAGS_TRUE} \
   "Enable kernel-based root fs integrity checking. (Default: true)"
-DEFINE_boolean enable_bootcache ${FLAGS_FALSE} \
-  "Enable boot cache to accelerate booting. (Default: false)"
 
 # Parse flags
 FLAGS "$@" || exit 1
@@ -57,31 +55,7 @@ eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 # Die on error
 switch_to_strict_mode
 
-rootdigest() {
-  local digest
-  digest=${table#*root_hexdigest=}
-  echo ${digest% salt*}
-}
-
-salt() {
-  local salt
-  salt=${table#*salt=}
-  echo ${salt%}
-}
-
-hashstart() {
-  local hash
-  hash=${table#*hashstart=}
-  echo ${hash% alg*}
-}
-
-# Estimate of sectors used by verity
-# (num blocks) * 32 (bytes per hash) * 2 (overhead) / 512 (bytes per sector)
-veritysize() {
-  echo $((root_fs_blocks * 32 * 2 / 512))
-}
-
-device_mapper_args=
+verity_args=
 # Even with a rootfs_image, root= is not changed unless specified.
 if [[ -n "${FLAGS_rootfs_image}" && -n "${FLAGS_rootfs_hash}" ]]; then
   # Gets the number of blocks. 4096 byte blocks _are_ expected.
@@ -120,29 +94,12 @@ if [[ -n "${FLAGS_rootfs_image}" && -n "${FLAGS_rootfs_hash}" ]]; then
   # Don't claim the root device unless verity is enabled.
   # Doing so will claim /dev/sdDP out from under the system.
   if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_rootfs_verification} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-    if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_bootcache} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-      base_root='254:0'  # major:minor numbers for /dev/dm-0
-    else
-      base_root='%U+1'  # kern_guid + 1
-    fi
+    base_root='%U+1'  # kern_guid + 1
     table=${table//HASH_DEV/${base_root}}
     table=${table//ROOT_DEV/${base_root}}
   fi
-  verity_dev="vroot none ro 1,${table}"
-  if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_bootcache} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-    signature=$(rootdigest)
-    cachestart=$(($(hashstart) + $(veritysize)))
-    size_limit=512
-    max_trace=20000
-    max_pages=100000
-    bootcache_args="%U+1 ${cachestart} ${signature} ${size_limit}"
-    bootcache_args="${bootcache_args} ${max_trace} ${max_pages}"
-    bootcache_dev="vboot none ro 1, 0 ${cachestart} bootcache ${bootcache_args}"
-    device_mapper_args="dm=\"2 ${bootcache_dev}, ${verity_dev}\""
-  else
-    device_mapper_args="dm=\"1 ${verity_dev}\""
-  fi
-  info "device mapper configuration: ${device_mapper_args}"
+  verity_args="dm=\"vroot none ro,${table}\""
+  info "dm-verity configuration: ${verity_args}"
 fi
 
 mkdir -p "${FLAGS_working_dir}"
@@ -154,17 +111,8 @@ mkdir -p "${FLAGS_working_dir}"
 dev_wait=0
 root_dev="PARTUUID=%U/PARTNROFF=1"
 if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_rootfs_verification} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
+  root_dev=/dev/dm-0
   dev_wait=1
-  if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_bootcache} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-    root_dev=/dev/dm-1
-  else
-    root_dev=/dev/dm-0
-  fi
-else
-  if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_bootcache} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-    echo "Having bootcache without verity is not supported"
-    exit 2
-  fi
 fi
 
 cat <<EOF > "${FLAGS_working_dir}/boot.config"
@@ -174,7 +122,7 @@ ro
 dm_verity.error_behavior=${FLAGS_verity_error_behavior}
 dm_verity.max_bios=${FLAGS_verity_max_ios}
 dm_verity.dev_wait=${dev_wait}
-${device_mapper_args}
+${verity_args}
 ${FLAGS_boot_args}
 vt.global_cursor_default=0
 kern_guid=%U
diff --git a/build_library/build_image_util.sh b/build_library/build_image_util.sh
index 523b3e3d9c..e35f2b25bf 100755
--- a/build_library/build_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/build_image_util.sh
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ create_boot_desc() {
   if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_rootfs_verification} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
     enable_rootfs_verification_flag="--enable_rootfs_verification"
   fi
-  local enable_bootcache_flag=""
-  if [[ ${FLAGS_enable_bootcache} -eq ${FLAGS_TRUE} ]]; then
-    enable_bootcache_flag=--enable_bootcache
-  fi
 
   [ -z "${FLAGS_verity_salt}" ] && FLAGS_verity_salt=$(make_salt)
   cat <<EOF > ${BUILD_DIR}/boot.desc
@@ -137,7 +133,6 @@ create_boot_desc() {
   --nocleanup_dirs
   --verity_algorithm=sha1
   ${enable_rootfs_verification_flag}
-  ${enable_bootcache_flag}
 EOF
 }