diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/index.ts
index 209722e78862..994b4d78ff8e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-import fs from 'node:fs'
 import crypto from 'node:crypto'
-import { findUp } from 'find-up'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { loadConfigFromFile } from 'vite'
-import { configFiles } from '../../constants'
-import type { CliOptions } from '../cli/cli-api'
 import { slash } from '../../utils'
 import { FilesStatsCache } from './files'
 import { ResultsCache } from './results'
@@ -27,34 +22,4 @@ export class VitestCache {
       ? resolve(root, baseDir, crypto.createHash('md5').update(projectName, 'utf-8').digest('hex'))
       : resolve(root, baseDir)
   }
-
-  static async clearCache(options: CliOptions) {
-    const root = resolve(options.root || process.cwd())
-
-    const configPath = options.config === false
-      ? false
-      : options.config
-        ? resolve(root, options.config)
-        : await findUp(configFiles, { cwd: root } as any)
-
-    const config = configPath
-      ? (await loadConfigFromFile({ command: 'serve', mode: 'test' }, configPath))?.config
-      : undefined
-
-    const cache = config?.test?.cache
-    const projectName = config?.test?.name
-
-    if (cache === false)
-      throw new Error('Cache is disabled')
-
-    const cachePath = VitestCache.resolveCacheDir(root, cache?.dir, projectName)
-
-    let cleared = false
-
-    if (fs.existsSync(cachePath)) {
-      fs.rmSync(cachePath, { recursive: true, force: true })
-      cleared = true
-    }
-    return { dir: cachePath, cleared }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/test/cache/.gitignore b/test/cache/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a91fd2ba6b..000000000000
--- a/test/cache/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cache/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/cache/package.json b/test/cache/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7460dd246ae2..000000000000
--- a/test/cache/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@vitest/test-cache",
-  "type": "module",
-  "private": true,
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "vitest",
-    "coverage": "vitest run --coverage"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "vitest": "workspace:*"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/cache/test/clear-cache.test.ts b/test/cache/test/clear-cache.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 323461c43a66..000000000000
--- a/test/cache/test/clear-cache.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import fs, { promises as fsp } from 'node:fs'
-import { resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { VitestCache } from '../../../packages/vitest/src/node/cache/index'
-
-const root = resolve(__dirname, '..')
-
-const pathBase = resolve(root, 'cache/.vitest-base')
-const pathCustom = resolve(root, 'cache/.vitest-custom')
-
-describe('vitest cache', async () => {
-  await fsp.mkdir(pathBase, { recursive: true })
-  await fsp.mkdir(pathCustom, { recursive: true })
-
-  test('clears cache without specifying config path', async () => {
-    await VitestCache.clearCache({})
-
-    expect(fs.existsSync(pathBase)).toBe(false)
-  })
-
-  test('clears cache with specified config path', async () => {
-    await VitestCache.clearCache({ config: 'vitest-custom.config.ts' })
-
-    expect(fs.existsSync(pathCustom)).toBe(false)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/test/cache/vitest-custom.config.ts b/test/cache/vitest-custom.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6087616010f8..000000000000
--- a/test/cache/vitest-custom.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  test: {
-    cache: {
-      dir: 'cache/.vitest-custom',
-    },
-  },
-})
diff --git a/test/cache/vitest.config.ts b/test/cache/vitest.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6461c042ead9..000000000000
--- a/test/cache/vitest.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  test: {
-    pool: 'forks',
-    cache: {
-      dir: 'cache/.vitest-base',
-    },
-  },
-})