diff --git a/src/cellrank/kernels/_utils.py b/src/cellrank/kernels/_utils.py
index e53bbd8b6..7524d85df 100644
--- a/src/cellrank/kernels/_utils.py
+++ b/src/cellrank/kernels/_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 from cellrank import logging as logg
 
-jit_kwargs = {"nogil": True, "cache": True, "fastmath": True}
+jit_kwargs = {"nogil": True, "fastmath": True}
 
 
 @nb.njit(parallel=False, **jit_kwargs)