diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 036919c27b..25d24493f6 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -227,12 +227,6 @@ class Repository
         send(key)
       end
     end
-
-    branches.each do |branch|
-      unless cache.exist?(:"diverging_commit_counts_#{branch.name}")
-        send(:diverging_commit_counts, branch)
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   def expire_tags_cache
@@ -301,18 +295,6 @@ class Repository
     @tag_count = nil
   end
 
-  def rebuild_cache
-    cache_keys.each do |key|
-      cache.expire(key)
-      send(key)
-    end
-
-    branches.each do |branch|
-      cache.expire(:"diverging_commit_counts_#{branch.name}")
-      diverging_commit_counts(branch)
-    end
-  end
-
   def lookup_cache
     @lookup_cache ||= {}
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index 536fe66b21..a57229a4fd 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -780,4 +780,34 @@ describe Repository, models: true do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#build_cache' do
+    let(:cache) { repository.send(:cache) }
+
+    it 'builds the caches if they do not already exist' do
+      expect(cache).to receive(:exist?).
+        exactly(repository.cache_keys.length).
+        times.
+        and_return(false)
+
+      repository.cache_keys.each do |key|
+        expect(repository).to receive(key)
+      end
+
+      repository.build_cache
+    end
+
+    it 'does not build any caches that already exist' do
+      expect(cache).to receive(:exist?).
+        exactly(repository.cache_keys.length).
+        times.
+        and_return(true)
+
+      repository.cache_keys.each do |key|
+        expect(repository).to_not receive(key)
+      end
+
+      repository.build_cache
+    end
+  end
 end