diff --git a/internal/config/provider.go b/internal/config/provider.go
index 671c348f71da3a79f65c14c624bdaf2adc011411..108d6a667794e4f8f1beebe6997848a65d8fd6e6 100644
--- a/internal/config/provider.go
+++ b/internal/config/provider.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func Providers(cfg *Config) ([]catwalk.Provider, error) {
 }
 
 func loadProviders(autoUpdateDisabled bool, client ProviderClient, path string) ([]catwalk.Provider, error) {
-	cacheIsStale, cacheExists := isCacheStale(path)
+	_, cacheExists := isCacheStale(path)
 
 	catwalkGetAndSave := func() ([]catwalk.Provider, error) {
 		providers, err := client.GetProviders()
@@ -142,25 +142,6 @@ func loadProviders(autoUpdateDisabled bool, client ProviderClient, path string)
 		return providers, nil
 	}
 
-	backgroundCacheUpdate := func() {
-		go func() {
-			slog.Info("Updating providers cache in background", "path", path)
-
-			providers, err := client.GetProviders()
-			if err != nil {
-				slog.Error("Failed to fetch providers in background from Catwalk", "error", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if len(providers) == 0 {
-				slog.Error("Empty providers list from Catwalk")
-				return
-			}
-			if err := saveProvidersInCache(path, providers); err != nil {
-				slog.Error("Failed to update providers.json in background", "error", err)
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
 	switch {
 	case autoUpdateDisabled:
 		slog.Warn("Providers auto-update is disabled")
@@ -177,19 +158,6 @@ func loadProviders(autoUpdateDisabled bool, client ProviderClient, path string)
 		}
 		return providers, nil
 
-	case cacheExists && !cacheIsStale:
-		slog.Info("Recent providers cache is available.", "path", path)
-
-		providers, err := loadProvidersFromCache(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if len(providers) == 0 {
-			return catwalkGetAndSave()
-		}
-		backgroundCacheUpdate()
-		return providers, nil
-
 	default:
 		slog.Info("Cache is not available or is stale. Fetching providers from Catwalk.", "path", path)
 
diff --git a/internal/config/provider_test.go b/internal/config/provider_test.go
index 8b499919bca666915a89d38c1e5014a911f4d2d1..1262b60ef42050b9061c9f7c6be4dc431efe3548 100644
--- a/internal/config/provider_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/provider_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestProvider_loadProvidersWithIssues(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to write old providers to file: %v", err)
 	}
-	providers, err := loadProviders(false, client, tmpPath)
+	providers, err := loadProviders(true, client, tmpPath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotNil(t, providers)
 	require.Len(t, providers, 1)