diff --git a/examples/cached-components/nuxt.config.js b/examples/cached-components/nuxt.config.js
index 6277640bf8..9ca68847a0 100644
--- a/examples/cached-components/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/examples/cached-components/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = {
-  cache: true
+  build: {
+    ssr: {
+      cache: require('lru-cache')({
+        max: 1000,
+        maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 15
+      })
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/examples/cached-components/package.json b/examples/cached-components/package.json
index 05750ddc83..1e7850343b 100644
--- a/examples/cached-components/package.json
+++ b/examples/cached-components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nuxt-cached-components",
   "dependencies": {
+    "lru-cache": "^4.0.2",
     "nuxt": "latest"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/nuxt.config.js b/examples/hello-world/nuxt.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b35102c3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello-world/nuxt.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = {
+    generate: {
+        minify: false
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index ab9b2571b4..c98127bee7 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -490,16 +490,7 @@ function webpackRunServer () {
 
 function createRenderer (bundle, manifest) {
   // Create bundle renderer to give a fresh context for every request
-  let cacheConfig = false
-  if (this.options.cache) {
-    this.options.cache = (typeof this.options.cache !== 'object' ? {} : this.options.cache)
-    cacheConfig = require('lru-cache')(_.defaults(this.options.cache, {
-      max: 1000,
-      maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 15
-    }))
-  }
   this.renderer = createBundleRenderer(bundle, Object.assign({
-    cache: cacheConfig,
     clientManifest: manifest,
     runInNewContext: false,
     inject: false,
diff --git a/lib/nuxt.js b/lib/nuxt.js
index 55fcf1919a..0e5e0308f6 100644
--- a/lib/nuxt.js
+++ b/lib/nuxt.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class Nuxt {
       layouts: {},
       serverMiddleware: [],
       ErrorPage: null,
-      cache: false,
       loading: {
         color: 'black',
         failedColor: 'red',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6119ebb401..2cdf59a97e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-vue-app": "^1.2.0",
     "chokidar": "^1.7.0",
-    "co": "^4.6.0",
     "compression": "^1.6.2",
     "connect": "^3.6.2",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.1",
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@
     "html-minifier": "^3.5.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.28.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
-    "lru-cache": "^4.0.2",
     "memory-fs": "^0.4.1",
     "offline-plugin": "^4.7.0",
     "opencollective": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3898862a9d..2a93aa4892 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@ lru-cache@^3.2.0:
   dependencies:
     pseudomap "^1.0.1"
 
-lru-cache@^4.0.0, lru-cache@^4.0.1, lru-cache@^4.0.2:
+lru-cache@^4.0.0, lru-cache@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.0.2.tgz#1d17679c069cda5d040991a09dbc2c0db377e55e"
   dependencies: