diff --git a/src/MD_STD_CACHE.php b/src/MD_STD_CACHE.php
index f8c5c12..08e76c9 100644
--- a/src/MD_STD_CACHE.php
+++ b/src/MD_STD_CACHE.php
@@ -10,26 +10,6 @@ declare(strict_types = 1);
  * Provides caching functions.
  */
 final class MD_STD_CACHE {
-
-    /** @var string */
-    public static string $redis_host = '127.0.0.1';
-    /** @var integer */
-    public static int $redis_port = 6379;
-
-    /**
-     * Opens a connection to redis.
-     *
-     * @return Redis
-     */
-    public static function open_redis_default():Redis {
-
-        $redis = new Redis();
-        $redis->connect(self::$redis_host, self::$redis_port, 1, null, 0, 0, ['auth' => [MD_CONF::$redis_pw]]);
-
-        return $redis;
-
-    }
-
     /**
      * Shutdown function for caching contents of output buffer.
      *
@@ -44,8 +24,6 @@ final class MD_STD_CACHE {
         $outputT = trim(MD_STD::minimizeHTMLString(MD_STD::ob_get_clean()));
         echo $outputT;
 
-        $redis = self::open_redis_default();
-
         $redis->set($redisKey, $outputT);
         $redis->expire($redisKey, $expiry);
         $redis->close();
@@ -68,8 +46,6 @@ final class MD_STD_CACHE {
             return '';
         }
 
-        $redis = self::open_redis_default();
-
         if ($redis->ping() !== false) {
 
             ob_start();