diff --git a/app/models/closet_hanger_observer.rb b/app/models/closet_hanger_observer.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b00938e0..00000000
--- a/app/models/closet_hanger_observer.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-class ClosetHangerObserver < ActionController::Caching::Sweeper
-  extend FragmentExpiration
-
-  def after_create(hanger)
-    self.class.expire_item_trade_hangers(hanger) if hanger.trading?
-  end
-
-  def after_update(hanger)
-    self.class.expire_item_trade_hangers(hanger) if hanger.list_id_changed?
-  end
-
-  def after_destroy(hanger)
-    self.class.expire_item_trade_hangers(hanger) if hanger.trading?
-  end
-
-  def self.expire_item_trade_hangers(hanger)
-    expire_fragment_in_all_locales("items/#{hanger.item_id} trade_hangers")
-    expire_fragment_in_all_locales("items/#{hanger.item_id} trade_hangers owned=#{hanger.owned}")
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/models/closet_list.rb b/app/models/closet_list.rb
index dd02da61..bf6a9e55 100644
--- a/app/models/closet_list.rb
+++ b/app/models/closet_list.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class ClosetList < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   has_many :hangers, :class_name => 'ClosetHanger', :foreign_key => 'list_id'
-  # Nullification of associated records occurs in the ClosetListObserver.
 
   validates :name, :presence => true, :uniqueness => {:scope => :user_id}
   validates :user, :presence => true
diff --git a/app/models/closet_list_observer.rb b/app/models/closet_list_observer.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a1be4910..00000000
--- a/app/models/closet_list_observer.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-class ClosetListObserver < ActionController::Caching::Sweeper
-  include FragmentExpiration
-
-  def after_update(list)
-    expire_all_items_trade_hangers(list) if list.trading_changed?
-  end
-
-  def before_destroy(list)
-    # Nullify all the child records explicitly, which will in turn trigger
-    # their update callbacks and expire their items' caches. This occurs in the
-    # same transaction as the list's destruction.
-    list.hangers.each { |h| h.list_id = nil; h.save! }
-  end
-
-  def expire_all_items_trade_hangers(list)
-    list.hangers.each { |h| ClosetHangerObserver.expire_item_trade_hangers(h) }
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/models/user_sweeper.rb b/app/models/user_sweeper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index eabc7b2d..00000000
--- a/app/models/user_sweeper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-class UserSweeper < ActionController::Caching::Sweeper
-  observe User
-  def after_update(user)
-    # Delegate null-list sweeping to the ClosetListObserver.
-    null_lists = [true, false].map { |owned| user.null_closet_list(owned) }
-    null_lists.each { |list| ClosetListObserver.instance.after_update(list) }
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/items/show.html.haml b/app/views/items/show.html.haml
index 923ca7e2..929cb0ec 100644
--- a/app/views/items/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/items/show.html.haml
@@ -59,17 +59,15 @@
     - else
       = list_zones @restricted_zones
 
-- localized_cache "items/#{@item.id} trade_hangers" do
-  #trade-hangers
-    - [true, false].each do |owned|
-      - localized_cache "items/#{@item.id} trade_hangers owned=#{owned}" do
-        %p
-          %strong
-            = trading_closet_hangers_header(owned, @trading_closet_hangers_by_owned[owned].size)
-          = render_trading_closet_hangers(owned)
-          %span.toggle
-            %span.more= t '.trading_closet_hangers.show_more'
-            %span.less= t '.trading_closet_hangers.show_less'
+#trade-hangers
+  - [true, false].each do |owned|
+    %p
+      %strong
+        = trading_closet_hangers_header(owned, @trading_closet_hangers_by_owned[owned].size)
+      = render_trading_closet_hangers(owned)
+      %span.toggle
+        %span.more= t '.trading_closet_hangers.show_more'
+        %span.less= t '.trading_closet_hangers.show_less'
 
 #item-preview-header
   %h3= t '.preview.header'
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 6dfe87b1..57c8e73d 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ module OpenneoImpressItems
     # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
     # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
 
-    # Activate observers that should always be running
-    config.active_record.observers = [:closet_hanger_observer,
-      :closet_list_observer, :user_sweeper]
-
     # Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
     # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.
     # config.time_zone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)'