diff --git a/cli/merge.go b/cli/merge.go
index 751fce9f..00a191f9 100644
--- a/cli/merge.go
+++ b/cli/merge.go
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ func mergeConfig(c *cli.Context) error {
 func createDefaultMerger() (*configmerge.Merger, error) {
 	opts := log.GetGlobalLoggerOpts()
 	logger := log.NewLogger(opts)
-
-	repoCache := configmerge.NewRepoCache()
-	configReader, err := configmerge.NewConfigReader(repoCache, logger)
+	configReader, err := configmerge.NewConfigReader(logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create config module reader: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/configmerge/config_reader.go b/configmerge/config_reader.go
index 9d324955..b13c9ef6 100644
--- a/configmerge/config_reader.go
+++ b/configmerge/config_reader.go
@@ -10,26 +10,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 )
 
-type RepoCache interface {
-	GetRepo(ref ConfigReference) string
-	SetRepo(dir string, ref ConfigReference)
-}
-
 type fileReader struct {
-	repoCache RepoCache
 	tmpDir    string
+	repoCache map[string]string
 	logger    Logger
 }
 
-func NewConfigReader(repoCache RepoCache, logger Logger) (ConfigReader, error) {
+func NewConfigReader(logger Logger) (ConfigReader, error) {
 	tmpDir, err := pathutilV2.NewPathProvider().CreateTempDir("config-merge")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return fileReader{
-		repoCache: repoCache,
 		tmpDir:    tmpDir,
+		repoCache: map[string]string{},
 		logger:    logger,
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@ func (f fileReader) Read(ref ConfigReference) ([]byte, error) {
 		return f.readFileFromFileSystem(ref.Path)
 	}
 
-	cachedRepoDir := f.repoCache.GetRepo(ref)
+	cachedRepoDir := f.getRepo(ref)
 	if cachedRepoDir != "" {
 		pth := filepath.Join(cachedRepoDir, ref.Path)
 		return f.readFileFromFileSystem(pth)
@@ -50,7 +45,7 @@ func (f fileReader) Read(ref ConfigReference) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	f.repoCache.SetRepo(repoDir, ref)
+	f.setRepo(repoDir, ref)
 	pth := filepath.Join(repoDir, ref.Path)
 	return f.readFileFromFileSystem(pth)
 }
@@ -135,3 +130,11 @@ func (f fileReader) cloneGitRepository(ref ConfigReference) (string, error) {
 
 	return repoDir, nil
 }
+
+func (f fileReader) getRepo(ref ConfigReference) string {
+	return f.repoCache[ref.RepoKey()]
+}
+
+func (f fileReader) setRepo(dir string, ref ConfigReference) {
+	f.repoCache[ref.RepoKey()] = dir
+}
diff --git a/configmerge/repo_cache.go b/configmerge/repo_cache.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d0dd3191..00000000
--- a/configmerge/repo_cache.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package configmerge
-
-type repoCache struct {
-	cache map[string]string
-}
-
-func NewRepoCache() RepoCache {
-	return repoCache{
-		cache: map[string]string{},
-	}
-}
-
-func (c repoCache) GetRepo(ref ConfigReference) string {
-	return c.cache[ref.RepoKey()]
-}
-
-func (c repoCache) SetRepo(dir string, ref ConfigReference) {
-	c.cache[ref.RepoKey()] = dir
-}