diff --git a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStore.java b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStore.java
index fd497701e41a4cf67531cacd0b112accf5c2c076..0710b5a26e6f5b15470bbe38b0ed0bc7fd21642f 100644
--- a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStore.java
+++ b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStore.java
@@ -102,32 +102,31 @@ public List<Event> getEvents()
     }
 
     public void initCache(XWikiContext context) throws XWikiException
-    {
-        int cacheCapacity = (int) context.getWiki().ParamAsLong("xwiki.store.cache.capacity", 500);
-        int pageExistCacheCapacity = (int) context.getWiki().ParamAsLong("xwiki.store.cache.pageexistcapacity", 10000);
-
-        initCache(cacheCapacity, pageExistCacheCapacity, context);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void initCache(int capacity, int pageExistCacheCapacity, XWikiContext context) throws XWikiException
     {
         CacheManager cacheManager = Utils.getComponent(CacheManager.class);
 
         try {
-            Cache<XWikiDocument> pageCache =
-                cacheManager.createNewCache(new LRUCacheConfiguration("xwiki.store.pagecache", capacity));
-            setCache(pageCache);
+            int pageCacheCapacity = (int) context.getWiki().ParamAsLong("xwiki.store.cache.capacity", 500);
+            this.cache =
+                cacheManager.createNewCache(new LRUCacheConfiguration("xwiki.store.pagecache", pageCacheCapacity));
 
-            Cache<Boolean> pageExistcache = cacheManager
+            int pageExistCacheCapacity =
+                (int) context.getWiki().ParamAsLong("xwiki.store.cache.pageexistcapacity", 10000);
+            this.pageExistCache = cacheManager
                 .createNewCache(new LRUCacheConfiguration("xwiki.store.pageexistcache", pageExistCacheCapacity));
-            setPageExistCache(pageExistcache);
         } catch (CacheException e) {
             throw new XWikiException(XWikiException.MODULE_XWIKI_CACHE, XWikiException.ERROR_CACHE_INITIALIZING,
                 "Failed to initialize cache", e);
         }
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
+    @Override
+    public void initCache(int capacity, int pageExistCacheCapacity, XWikiContext context) throws XWikiException
+    {
+        // Do nothing
+    }
+
     @Override
     public XWikiStoreInterface getStore()
     {
@@ -170,15 +169,8 @@ public void saveXWikiDoc(XWikiDocument doc, XWikiContext context, boolean bTrans
     @Override
     public void flushCache()
     {
-        if (this.cache != null) {
-            this.cache.dispose();
-            this.cache = null;
-        }
-
-        if (this.pageExistCache != null) {
-            this.pageExistCache.dispose();
-            this.pageExistCache = null;
-        }
+        getCache().removeAll();
+        getPageExistCache().removeAll();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStoreInterface.java b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStoreInterface.java
index 83424757429cfd2bb704d4a25d068754318c38f8..3e6dd6874734dfbcc90f1c8f10c54829ec7885b5 100644
--- a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStoreInterface.java
+++ b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/XWikiCacheStoreInterface.java
@@ -30,5 +30,10 @@ public interface XWikiCacheStoreInterface extends XWikiStoreInterface
 
     void flushCache();
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated since 8.3. It does not make much sense to make this method public and it was not really doing
+     *             anything for a very long time in practice (since Infinispan is the default cache inmplementation)
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     void initCache(int capacity, int pageExistCapacity, XWikiContext context) throws XWikiException;
 }