diff --git a/pkgs/erasure/decode.go b/pkgs/erasure/decode.go
index 5616568a0..d78e0ab13 100644
--- a/pkgs/erasure/decode.go
+++ b/pkgs/erasure/decode.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ func (e *Encoder) Decode(chunks [][]byte, length int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return recovered_output[:length], nil
 }
 
-func Decode(chunks [][]byte, ep *EncoderParams, length int) (block []byte, err error) {
-	return GetEncoder(ep).Decode(chunks, length)
+func Decode(block [][]byte, ep *EncoderParams, length int) ([]byte, error) {
+	encoder := NewEncoder(ep)
+	return encoder.Decode(block, length)
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/erasure/encode.go b/pkgs/erasure/encode.go
index e60497b47..e1e4679b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/erasure/encode.go
+++ b/pkgs/erasure/encode.go
@@ -151,10 +151,7 @@ func (e *Encoder) Encode(block []byte) ([][]byte, int) {
 	return chunks, block_len
 }
 
-func GetEncoder(ep *EncoderParams) *Encoder {
-	return DefaultCache.GetC(ep)
-}
-
-func Encode(data []byte, ep *EncoderParams) (chunks [][]byte, length int) {
-	return GetEncoder(ep).Encode(data)
+func Encode(block []byte, ep *EncoderParams) ([][]byte, int) {
+	encoder := NewEncoder(ep)
+	return encoder.Encode(block)
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/erasure/lru.go b/pkgs/erasure/lru.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a9a02df2a..000000000
--- a/pkgs/erasure/lru.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Mini Object Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package erasure
-
-import (
-	"github.com/golang/groupcache/lru"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-// thread-safe LRU cache from GroupCache
-type Cache struct {
-	mutex sync.RWMutex
-	cache *lru.Cache
-}
-
-var DefaultCache *Cache = GetCache(0)
-
-// Allocate ``Cache`` LRU
-func GetCache(capacity int) *Cache {
-	return &Cache{
-		cache: lru.New(capacity),
-	}
-}
-
-// ``GetC()`` -- Grab encoder from LRU
-func (c *Cache) GetC(ep *EncoderParams) *Encoder {
-	if encoder, ret := c._Get(ep); ret {
-		return encoder
-	}
-	encoder := NewEncoder(ep)
-	c._Put(ep, encoder)
-	return encoder
-}
-
-// ``_Get()`` -- Get key from existing LRU
-func (c *Cache) _Get(ep *EncoderParams) (*Encoder, bool) {
-	c.mutex.RLock()
-	defer c.mutex.RUnlock()
-	if encoder, ret := c.cache.Get(ep); ret {
-		return encoder.(*Encoder), ret
-	}
-	return nil, false
-}
-
-// ``_Put()`` -- Add key to existing LRU
-func (c *Cache) _Put(ep *EncoderParams, encoder *Encoder) {
-	c.mutex.Lock()
-	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
-	c.cache.Add(ep, encoder)
-}