diff --git a/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml b/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
index a8f8c1ed..18a1792c 100644
--- a/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
+++ b/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
@@ -423,20 +423,6 @@ spec:
   kubernetes_config:
     burst: 200
     cache_duration: 300
-    cache_istio_types:
-    - "AuthorizationPolicy"
-    - "DestinationRule"
-    - "EnvoyFilter"
-    - "Gateway"
-    - "PeerAuthentication"
-    - "RequestAuthentication"
-    - "ServiceEntry"
-    - "Sidecar"
-    - "VirtualService"
-    - "WorkloadEntry"
-    - "WorkloadGroup"
-    cache_namespaces:
-    - ".*"
     cache_token_namespace_duration: 10
     excluded_workloads:
     - "CronJob"
diff --git a/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml b/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
index 01f1132c..06d67b4c 100644
--- a/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
+++ b/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
@@ -1192,16 +1192,6 @@ spec:
                   cache_duration:
                     description: "The ratio interval (expressed in seconds) used for the cache to perform a full refresh. Only used when `cache_enabled` is true."
                     type: integer
-                  cache_istio_types:
-                    description: "Kiali can cache VirtualService, DestinationRule, Gateway and ServiceEntry Istio resources if they are present on this list of Istio types. Other Istio types are not yet supported."
-                    type: array
-                    items:
-                      type: string
-                  cache_namespaces:
-                    description: "List of namespaces or regex defining namespaces to include in a cache."
-                    type: array
-                    items:
-                      type: string
                   cache_token_namespace_duration:
                     description: "This Kiali cache is a list of namespaces per user. This is typically a short-lived cache compared with the duration of the namespace cache defined by the `cache_duration` setting. This is specified in seconds."
                     type: integer
diff --git a/molecule/null-cr-values-test/kiali-cr.yaml b/molecule/null-cr-values-test/kiali-cr.yaml
index 6eed84a8..247e736a 100644
--- a/molecule/null-cr-values-test/kiali-cr.yaml
+++ b/molecule/null-cr-values-test/kiali-cr.yaml
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ spec:
   kubernetes_config:
     burst: null
     cache_duration: null
-    cache_istio_types: null
-    cache_namespaces: null
     cache_token_namespace_duration: null
     excluded_workloads: null
     qps: null
diff --git a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
index 157b48c1..94aa4a22 100644
--- a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -306,21 +306,6 @@ kiali_defaults:
   kubernetes_config:
     burst: 200
     cache_duration: 300
-    cache_istio_types:
-    - "AuthorizationPolicy"
-    - "DestinationRule"
-    - "EnvoyFilter"
-    - "Gateway"
-    - "PeerAuthentication"
-    - "RequestAuthentication"
-    - "ServiceEntry"
-    - "Sidecar"
-    - "VirtualService"
-    - "WorkloadEntry"
-    - "WorkloadGroup"
-
-    cache_namespaces:
-    - ".*"
     cache_token_namespace_duration: 10
     cluster_name: ""
     excluded_workloads: