diff --git a/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py b/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py
index 256933c937a..3125a70f5b4 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 from kolibri.core.tasks import compat
 from kolibri.core.utils.cache import DiskCacheRLock
-from kolibri.core.utils.cache import process_cache
 
 
 # An object on which to store data about the current job
@@ -121,4 +120,4 @@ def shutdown(self):
         self.stop()
 
 
-db_task_write_lock = DiskCacheRLock(process_cache, "db_task_write_lock")
+db_task_write_lock = DiskCacheRLock("db_task_write_lock")
diff --git a/kolibri/core/utils/cache.py b/kolibri/core/utils/cache.py
index 2d31c060667..88171d67e44 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/utils/cache.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/utils/cache.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ class DiskCacheRLock(object):
     https://github.com/grantjenks/python-diskcache/blob/2d1f43ea2be4c82a430d245de6260c3e18059ba1/diskcache/recipes.py
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, cache, key, expire=None):
-        self._cache = cache
+    def __init__(self, key, expire=None):
+        self._cache = process_cache
         self._key = key
         self._expire = expire
 
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ def __init__(self, cache, namespace, **params):
         params.update(KEY_PREFIX=namespace)
         super(NamespacedCacheProxy, self).__init__(params)
         self.cache = cache
-        self._lock = DiskCacheRLock(
-            process_cache, "namespaced_cache_{}".format(namespace)
-        )
+        self._lock = DiskCacheRLock("namespaced_cache_{}".format(namespace))
 
     def _get_keys(self):
         """