diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ImageController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ImageController.cs
index 71ea8d14ed..c08d18e2dc 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ImageController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ImageController.cs
@@ -1901,8 +1901,7 @@ public class ImageController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             Blur = blur,
             BackgroundColor = backgroundColor,
             ForegroundLayer = foregroundLayer,
-            SupportedOutputFormats = outputFormats,
-            StrictCacheHandling = true
+            SupportedOutputFormats = outputFormats
         };
 
         return await GetImageResult(
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Drawing/ImageProcessingOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Drawing/ImageProcessingOptions.cs
index 02a4a8e18c..953cfe698e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Drawing/ImageProcessingOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Drawing/ImageProcessingOptions.cs
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Drawing
 
         public bool RequiresAutoOrientation { get; set; }
 
-        public bool StrictCacheHandling { get; set; }
-
         private bool HasDefaultOptions(string originalImagePath)
         {
             return HasDefaultOptionsWithoutSize(originalImagePath) &&