diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index eafb9ec1b1..47fc3f9881 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -105,20 +105,5 @@
       <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${jcache.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-      <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcache</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSource.java
index 9a2be41a70..cf0e709253 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSource.java
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.OperatorException;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.Event;
@@ -25,13 +23,9 @@
  */
 public abstract class CachingEventSource<T> extends LifecycleAwareEventSource {
 
-  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CachingEventSource.class);
+  protected Map<ResourceID, T> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
-  protected Cache<ResourceID, T> cache;
-
-  public CachingEventSource(Cache<ResourceID, T> cache) {
-    this.cache = cache;
-  }
+  public CachingEventSource() {}
 
   protected void handleDelete(ResourceID relatedResourceID) {
     if (!isRunning()) {
@@ -56,8 +50,8 @@ protected void handleEvent(T value, ResourceID relatedResourceID) {
     }
   }
 
-  public Cache<ResourceID, T> getCache() {
-    return cache;
+  public Map<ResourceID, T> getCache() {
+    return Collections.unmodifiableMap(cache);
   }
 
   public Optional<T> getCachedValue(ResourceID resourceID) {
@@ -67,6 +61,5 @@ public Optional<T> getCachedValue(ResourceID resourceID) {
   @Override
   public void stop() throws OperatorException {
     super.stop();
-    cache.close();
   }
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/inbound/CachingInboundEventSource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/inbound/CachingInboundEventSource.java
index 51d1ed287d..308b4a36de 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/inbound/CachingInboundEventSource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/inbound/CachingInboundEventSource.java
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.inbound;
 
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.CachingEventSource;
 
 public class CachingInboundEventSource<T> extends CachingEventSource<T> {
 
-  public CachingInboundEventSource(Cache<ResourceID, T> cache) {
-    super(cache);
-  }
-
   public void handleResourceEvent(T resource, ResourceID relatedResourceID) {
     super.handleEvent(resource, relatedResourceID);
   }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerEventSource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerEventSource.java
index 8095289221..07d1e20f54 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerEventSource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerEventSource.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -16,8 +19,10 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.Event;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.AbstractEventSource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.controller.ResourceCache;
 
-public class InformerEventSource<T extends HasMetadata> extends AbstractEventSource {
+public class InformerEventSource<T extends HasMetadata> extends AbstractEventSource
+    implements ResourceCache<T> {
 
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InformerEventSource.class);
 
@@ -132,4 +137,22 @@ public T getAssociated(HasMetadata resource) {
   public SharedInformer<T> getSharedInformer() {
     return sharedInformer;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<T> get(ResourceID resourceID) {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(sharedInformer.getStore()
+        .getByKey(Cache.namespaceKeyFunc(resourceID.getNamespace().orElse(null),
+            resourceID.getName())));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Stream<T> list(Predicate<T> predicate) {
+    return sharedInformer.getStore().list().stream().filter(predicate);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Stream<T> list(String namespace, Predicate<T> predicate) {
+    return sharedInformer.getStore().list().stream()
+        .filter(v -> namespace.equals(v.getMetadata().getNamespace()) && predicate.test(v));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSource.java
index bf9b41cf0e..61b76a5863 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSource.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -44,14 +42,13 @@ public class PerResourcePollingEventSource<T, R extends HasMetadata>
   private final long period;
 
   public PerResourcePollingEventSource(ResourceSupplier<T, R> resourceSupplier,
-      ResourceCache<R> resourceCache, long period, Cache<ResourceID, T> cache) {
-    this(resourceSupplier, resourceCache, period, cache, null);
+      ResourceCache<R> resourceCache, long period) {
+    this(resourceSupplier, resourceCache, period, null);
   }
 
   public PerResourcePollingEventSource(ResourceSupplier<T, R> resourceSupplier,
-      ResourceCache<R> resourceCache, long period, Cache<ResourceID, T> cache,
+      ResourceCache<R> resourceCache, long period,
       Predicate<R> registerPredicate) {
-    super(cache);
     this.resourceSupplier = resourceSupplier;
     this.resourceCache = resourceCache;
     this.period = period;
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSource.java
index b2c3fdff78..c979d35558 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSource.java
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
-import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
-
-import javax.cache.Cache;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -22,8 +19,7 @@ public class PollingEventSource<T> extends CachingEventSource<T> {
   private final long period;
 
   public PollingEventSource(Supplier<Map<ResourceID, T>> supplier,
-      long period, Cache<ResourceID, T> cache) {
-    super(cache);
+      long period) {
     this.supplierToPoll = supplier;
     this.period = period;
   }
@@ -46,8 +42,8 @@ public void run() {
   protected void getStateAndFillCache() {
     var values = supplierToPoll.get();
     values.forEach((k, v) -> super.handleEvent(v, k));
-    StreamSupport.stream(cache.spliterator(), false)
-        .filter(e -> !values.containsKey(e.getKey())).map(Cache.Entry::getKey)
+    cache.keySet().stream()
+        .filter(e -> !values.containsKey(e))
         .forEach(super::handleDelete);
   }
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSourceTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSourceTest.java
index 15fcca7253..7c264aa4ad 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSourceTest.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/CachingEventSourceTest.java
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source;
 
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-import javax.cache.CacheManager;
-import javax.cache.configuration.MutableConfiguration;
-import javax.cache.spi.CachingProvider;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.Event;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.EventHandler;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
-
-import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.jcache.spi.CaffeineCachingProvider;
 
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.SampleExternalResource.*;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -22,16 +14,11 @@
 class CachingEventSourceTest {
 
   private CachingEventSource<SampleExternalResource> cachingEventSource;
-  private Cache<ResourceID, SampleExternalResource> cache;
   private EventHandler eventHandlerMock = mock(EventHandler.class);
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setup() {
-    CachingProvider cachingProvider = new CaffeineCachingProvider();
-    CacheManager cacheManager = cachingProvider.getCacheManager();
-    cache = cacheManager.createCache("test-caching", new MutableConfiguration<>());
-
-    cachingEventSource = new SimpleCachingEventSource(cache);
+    cachingEventSource = new SimpleCachingEventSource();
     cachingEventSource.setEventHandler(eventHandlerMock);
     cachingEventSource.start();
   }
@@ -89,9 +76,6 @@ public void noEventOnDeleteIfResourceWasNotInCacheBefore() {
 
   public static class SimpleCachingEventSource
       extends CachingEventSource<SampleExternalResource> {
-    public SimpleCachingEventSource(Cache<ResourceID, SampleExternalResource> cache) {
-      super(cache);
-    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSourceTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSourceTest.java
index 6eb4b98e3b..ddf1d505fd 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSourceTest.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PerResourcePollingEventSourceTest.java
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-import javax.cache.CacheManager;
-import javax.cache.configuration.MutableConfiguration;
-import javax.cache.spi.CachingProvider;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -17,10 +12,7 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.controller.ResourceCache;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.simple.TestCustomResource;
 
-import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.jcache.spi.CaffeineCachingProvider;
-
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
@@ -32,22 +24,17 @@ class PerResourcePollingEventSourceTest {
   private PerResourcePollingEventSource.ResourceSupplier<SampleExternalResource, TestCustomResource> supplier =
       mock(PerResourcePollingEventSource.ResourceSupplier.class);
   private ResourceCache<TestCustomResource> resourceCache = mock(ResourceCache.class);
-  private Cache<ResourceID, SampleExternalResource> cache;
   private EventHandler eventHandler = mock(EventHandler.class);
   private TestCustomResource testCustomResource = TestUtils.testCustomResource();
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setup() {
-    CachingProvider cachingProvider = new CaffeineCachingProvider();
-    CacheManager cacheManager = cachingProvider.getCacheManager();
-    cache = cacheManager.createCache("test-caching", new MutableConfiguration<>());
-
     when(resourceCache.get(any())).thenReturn(Optional.of(testCustomResource));
     when(supplier.getResources(any()))
         .thenReturn(Optional.of(SampleExternalResource.testResource1()));
 
     pollingEventSource =
-        new PerResourcePollingEventSource<>(supplier, resourceCache, PERIOD, cache);
+        new PerResourcePollingEventSource<>(supplier, resourceCache, PERIOD);
     pollingEventSource.setEventHandler(eventHandler);
   }
 
@@ -63,7 +50,7 @@ public void pollsTheResourceAfterAwareOfIt() throws InterruptedException {
 
   @Test
   public void registeringTaskOnAPredicate() throws InterruptedException {
-    pollingEventSource = new PerResourcePollingEventSource<>(supplier, resourceCache, PERIOD, cache,
+    pollingEventSource = new PerResourcePollingEventSource<>(supplier, resourceCache, PERIOD,
         testCustomResource -> testCustomResource.getMetadata().getGeneration() > 1);
     pollingEventSource.setEventHandler(eventHandler);
     pollingEventSource.start();
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSourceTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSourceTest.java
index 177760f94e..3a0c39243e 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSourceTest.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/polling/PollingEventSourceTest.java
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-import javax.cache.CacheManager;
-import javax.cache.configuration.MutableConfiguration;
-import javax.cache.spi.CachingProvider;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -17,8 +12,6 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.SampleExternalResource;
 
-import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.jcache.spi.CaffeineCachingProvider;
-
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.SampleExternalResource.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
@@ -26,16 +19,11 @@ class PollingEventSourceTest {
 
   private PollingEventSource<SampleExternalResource> pollingEventSource;
   private Supplier<Map<ResourceID, SampleExternalResource>> supplier = mock(Supplier.class);
-  private Cache<ResourceID, SampleExternalResource> cache;
   private EventHandler eventHandler = mock(EventHandler.class);
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setup() {
-    CachingProvider cachingProvider = new CaffeineCachingProvider();
-    CacheManager cacheManager = cachingProvider.getCacheManager();
-    cache = cacheManager.createCache("test-caching", new MutableConfiguration<>());
-
-    pollingEventSource = new PollingEventSource<>(supplier, 50, cache);
+    pollingEventSource = new PollingEventSource<>(supplier, 50);
     pollingEventSource.setEventHandler(eventHandler);
   }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4248fca4ce..b708b6b6be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@
         <formatter-maven-plugin.version>2.17.1</formatter-maven-plugin.version>
         <directory-maven-plugin.version>1.0</directory-maven-plugin.version>
         <impsort-maven-plugin.version>1.6.2</impsort-maven-plugin.version>
-        <jcache.version>1.1.1</jcache.version>
-        <caffein.version>3.0.4</caffein.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -170,21 +168,6 @@
                 <artifactId>operator-framework</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${jcache.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-                <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-                <version>${caffein.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jcache</artifactId>
-                <version>${caffein.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
index f5df325685..8693cf6154 100644
--- a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
@@ -67,19 +67,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
             <version>2.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jcache.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-            <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jcache</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/MySQLSchemaReconciler.java b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/MySQLSchemaReconciler.java
index 33b8df52df..7ecd883c01 100644
--- a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/MySQLSchemaReconciler.java
+++ b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/MySQLSchemaReconciler.java
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import javax.cache.Cache;
-import javax.cache.CacheManager;
-import javax.cache.configuration.MutableConfiguration;
-import javax.cache.spi.CachingProvider;
-
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -26,8 +21,6 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.schema.Schema;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.schema.SchemaService;
 
-import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.jcache.spi.CaffeineCachingProvider;
-
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
 @ControllerConfiguration
@@ -50,15 +43,10 @@ public MySQLSchemaReconciler(KubernetesClient kubernetesClient, MySQLDbConfig my
 
   @Override
   public void prepareEventSources(EventSourceRegistry<MySQLSchema> eventSourceRegistry) {
-    CachingProvider cachingProvider = new CaffeineCachingProvider();
-    CacheManager cacheManager = cachingProvider.getCacheManager();
-    Cache<ResourceID, Schema> schemaCache =
-        cacheManager.createCache("schema-cache", new MutableConfiguration<>());
 
     perResourcePollingEventSource =
         new PerResourcePollingEventSource<>(new SchemaPollingResourceSupplier(mysqlDbConfig),
-            eventSourceRegistry.getControllerResourceEventSource().getResourceCache(), POLL_PERIOD,
-            schemaCache);
+            eventSourceRegistry.getControllerResourceEventSource().getResourceCache(), POLL_PERIOD);
 
     eventSourceRegistry.registerEventSource(perResourcePollingEventSource);
   }