diff --git a/supysonic/cache.py b/supysonic/cache.py
index 8553e17..125f1a8 100644
--- a/supysonic/cache.py
+++ b/supysonic/cache.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class Cache(object):
         self.min_time = min_time
         self.max_size = max_size
         self._auto_prune = auto_prune
-        self._protected = dict()
         self._lock = threading.RLock()
 
         # Create the cache directory
@@ -119,24 +118,6 @@ class Cache(object):
         """The current amount of data cached"""
         return self._size
 
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def protect(self, key):
-        """Protect a file from being purged from the cache
-
-        Ex:
-        >>> with cache.protect(key):
-        ...     cache.delete(key)
-        ProtectedError: File is protected from deletion
-        """
-        with self._lock:
-            self._protected[key] = self._protected.get(key, 0) + 1
-        yield
-        with self._lock:
-            if self._protected[key] <= 1:
-                del self._protected[key]
-            else:
-                self._protected[key] -= 1
-
     def touch(self, key):
         """Mark a cache entry as fresh"""
         with self._lock:
@@ -215,8 +196,6 @@ class Cache(object):
         with self._lock:
             if not self.has(key):
                 return
-            if key in self._protected:
-                raise ProtectedError("File is protected from deletion")
             if time() < self._files[key].expires:
                 raise ProtectedError("File has not expired")
 
diff --git a/tests/base/test_cache.py b/tests/base/test_cache.py
index b23d5cb..d5c2a30 100644
--- a/tests/base/test_cache.py
+++ b/tests/base/test_cache.py
@@ -218,35 +218,6 @@ class CacheTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         cache.set("key", val_small)
         self.assertEqual(cache.size, 1)
 
-    def test_protected(self):
-        cache = Cache(self.__dir, 20, min_time=0)
-        val = b'0123456789'
-
-        with cache.protect("key1"):
-            cache.set("key1", val)
-            cache.set("key2", val)
-            cache.set("key3", val)
-
-        self.assertTrue(cache.has("key1"))
-        self.assertFalse(cache.has("key2"))
-        self.assertTrue(cache.has("key3"))
-
-    def test_multi_protect(self):
-        cache = Cache(self.__dir, 10, min_time=0)
-        val = b'0123456789'
-        cache.set("key", val)
-        with cache.protect("key"):
-            with self.assertRaises(ProtectedError):
-                cache.delete("key")
-
-            with cache.protect("key"):
-                with self.assertRaises(ProtectedError):
-                    cache.delete("key")
-
-            with self.assertRaises(ProtectedError):
-                cache.delete("key")
-        cache.delete("key")
-
     def test_no_auto_prune(self):
         cache = Cache(self.__dir, 10, min_time=0, auto_prune=False)
         val = b'0123456789'
@@ -260,25 +231,6 @@ class CacheTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(cache.size, 10)
 
-    def test_clear(self):
-        cache = Cache(self.__dir, 40, min_time=0)
-        val = b'0123456789'
-
-        with cache.protect("key1"):
-            cache.set("key1", val)
-            cache.set("key2", val)
-            cache.set("key3", val)
-            cache.set("key4", val)
-            self.assertEqual(cache.size, 40)
-
-            cache.clear()
-
-            self.assertEqual(cache.size, 10)
-            self.assertTrue(cache.has("key1"))
-
-        cache.clear()
-        self.assertEqual(cache.size, 0)
-
     def test_min_time_clear(self):
         cache = Cache(self.__dir, 40, min_time=1)
         val = b'0123456789'