diff --git a/app/controllers/outfits_controller.rb b/app/controllers/outfits_controller.rb
index 63bac124..1a42cc5c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/outfits_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/outfits_controller.rb
@@ -46,30 +46,28 @@ class OutfitsController < ApplicationController
       @species = Species.alphabetical
     end
     
-    unless localized_fragment_exist?('outfits#new newest_items')
-      newest_items = Item.newest.select([:id, :updated_at, :thumbnail_url, :rarity_index]).
-        includes(:translations).limit(18)
-      @newest_modeled_items, @newest_unmodeled_items =
-        newest_items.partition(&:predicted_fully_modeled?)
+    newest_items = Item.newest.select([:id, :updated_at, :thumbnail_url, :rarity_index]).
+      includes(:translations).limit(18)
+    @newest_modeled_items, @newest_unmodeled_items =
+      newest_items.partition(&:predicted_fully_modeled?)
 
-      @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_missing_species_by_color = {}
-      @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_modeled_ratio = {}
-      @newest_unmodeled_items.each do |item|
-        h = item.predicted_missing_nonstandard_body_ids_by_species_by_color(
-          Color.includes(:translations).select([:id]),
-          Species.includes(:translations).select([:id]))
-        standard_body_ids_by_species = item.
-          predicted_missing_standard_body_ids_by_species(
-            Species.select([:id]).includes(:translations))
-        if standard_body_ids_by_species.present?
-          h[:standard] = standard_body_ids_by_species
-        end
-        @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_missing_species_by_color[item] = h
-        @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_modeled_ratio[item] = item.predicted_modeled_ratio
+    @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_missing_species_by_color = {}
+    @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_modeled_ratio = {}
+    @newest_unmodeled_items.each do |item|
+      h = item.predicted_missing_nonstandard_body_ids_by_species_by_color(
+        Color.includes(:translations).select([:id]),
+        Species.includes(:translations).select([:id]))
+      standard_body_ids_by_species = item.
+        predicted_missing_standard_body_ids_by_species(
+          Species.select([:id]).includes(:translations))
+      if standard_body_ids_by_species.present?
+        h[:standard] = standard_body_ids_by_species
       end
-
-      @species_count = Species.count
+      @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_missing_species_by_color[item] = h
+      @newest_unmodeled_items_predicted_modeled_ratio[item] = item.predicted_modeled_ratio
     end
+
+    @species_count = Species.count
     
     unless localized_fragment_exist?('outfits#new latest_contribution')
       @latest_contribution = Contribution.recent.first
diff --git a/app/models/item/create_task.rb b/app/models/item/create_task.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fce4ee49..00000000
--- a/app/models/item/create_task.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-class Item
-  class CreateTask
-    extend FragmentExpiration
-
-    TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 10
-
-    @queue = :item_create
-
-    def self.perform(id)
-      Timeout::timeout(TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS) do
-        expire_newest_items
-      end
-    end
-
-    def self.expire_newest_items
-      expire_fragment_in_all_locales('outfits#new newest_items')
-    end
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/models/item/destroy_task.rb b/app/models/item/destroy_task.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ca14d3b5..00000000
--- a/app/models/item/destroy_task.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-class Item
-  class DestroyTask
-    extend FragmentExpiration
-
-    TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 10
-
-    @queue = :item_destroy
-
-    def self.perform(id)
-      Timeout::timeout(TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS) do
-        # TODO: it's kinda ugly to reach across classes like this
-        CreateTask.expire_newest_items
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/models/item_observer.rb b/app/models/item_observer.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a3ac5eb5..00000000
--- a/app/models/item_observer.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-class ItemObserver < ActionController::Caching::Sweeper
-  def after_create(item)
-    Resque.enqueue(Item::CreateTask, item.id)
-  end
-
-  def after_destroy(item)
-    Resque.enqueue(Item::DestroyTask, item.id)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/outfits/new.html.haml b/app/views/outfits/new.html.haml
index 4128b649..d086efb6 100644
--- a/app/views/outfits/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/outfits/new.html.haml
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
       %abbr#latest-contribution-created-at{:title => @latest_contribution.created_at.getutc.iso8601}
 
 #whats-new
-  -# TODO: cache this entire block? or just request newest items every time?
   - if @newest_unmodeled_items.present?
     #modeling-neopets-users{'data-usernames' => @neopets_usernames.to_json}
     %h3= t '.newest_items.unmodeled.header'