diff --git a/resource.go b/resource.go
index b8d9deb619..d221316277 100644
--- a/resource.go
+++ b/resource.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package fyne
 type Resource interface {
 	Name() string
 	Content() []byte
-	CachePath() string
 }
 
 // StaticResource is a bundled resource compiled into the application.
@@ -30,18 +29,6 @@ func (r *StaticResource) Content() []byte {
 	return r.StaticContent
 }
 
-// CachePath will return the cached location of a resource.
-// If the resource has not previously been written to a cache this operation
-// will block until the data is available at the returned location.
-func (r *StaticResource) CachePath() string {
-	path := cachePath(r.StaticName)
-	if !pathExists(path) {
-		toFile(r)
-	}
-
-	return path
-}
-
 // NewStaticResource returns a new static resource object with the specified
 // name and content. Creating a new static resource in memory results in
 // sharable binary data that may be serialised to the location returned by
diff --git a/resource_test.go b/resource_test.go
index 7cdc743d72..3a38c16d04 100644
--- a/resource_test.go
+++ b/resource_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fyne
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -15,15 +14,3 @@ func TestNewResource(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, name, res.Name())
 	assert.Equal(t, content, res.Content())
 }
-
-func TestResourceFile(t *testing.T) {
-	content := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4}
-
-	res := NewStaticResource("file.dat", content)
-	path := res.CachePath()
-
-	assert.True(t, path != "")
-	assert.True(t, pathExists(path))
-
-	os.Remove(path)
-}
diff --git a/serialise.go b/serialise.go
index bb67e40e00..b0d2d0a250 100644
--- a/serialise.go
+++ b/serialise.go
@@ -3,23 +3,8 @@ package fyne
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 )
 
-func fromFile(name string) Resource {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cachePath(name))
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return NewStaticResource(name, data)
-}
-
-func toFile(res *StaticResource) {
-	ioutil.WriteFile(cachePath(res.StaticName), res.StaticContent, 0644)
-}
-
 // GoString converts a Resource object to Go code.
 // This is useful if serialising to a Go file for compilation into a binary.
 func (r *StaticResource) GoString() string {
diff --git a/serialise_test.go b/serialise_test.go
index e6c3bc0f5f..3b4a4a9c97 100644
--- a/serialise_test.go
+++ b/serialise_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fyne
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -14,25 +13,6 @@ var imgGo = `&fyne.StaticResource{
 	StaticContent: []byte{
 		137, 80, 78, 71, 13, 10, 26, 10, 0, 0, 0, 13, 73, 72, 68, 82, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0, 144, 119, 83, 222, 0, 0, 0, 9, 112, 72, 89, 115, 0, 0, 11, 19, 0, 0, 11, 19, 1, 0, 154, 156, 24, 0, 0, 0, 7, 116, 73, 77, 69, 7, 226, 6, 5, 15, 49, 19, 102, 121, 20, 234, 0, 0, 0, 29, 105, 84, 88, 116, 67, 111, 109, 109, 101, 110, 116, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 67, 114, 101, 97, 116, 101, 100, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 71, 73, 77, 80, 100, 46, 101, 7, 0, 0, 0, 12, 73, 68, 65, 84, 8, 215, 99, 248, 207, 192, 0, 0, 3, 1, 1, 0, 24, 221, 141, 176, 0, 0, 0, 0, 73, 69, 78, 68, 174, 66, 96, 130}}`
 
-func TestToFromFile(t *testing.T) {
-	path := cachePath(imgName)
-
-	res := NewStaticResource(imgName, imgBytes)
-	toFile(res)
-	assert.True(t, path != "")
-	if !pathExists(path) {
-		t.Errorf("%s was not written", imgName)
-		return
-	}
-
-	res2 := fromFile(imgName)
-	assert.True(t, res2 != nil)
-	assert.Equal(t, imgName, res2.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, imgBytes, res2.Content())
-
-	os.Remove(path)
-}
-
 func TestToGo(t *testing.T) {
 	res := NewStaticResource(imgName, imgBytes)
 
diff --git a/theme/icons.go b/theme/icons.go
index c34fd6e484..05dcfa8fc7 100644
--- a/theme/icons.go
+++ b/theme/icons.go
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ func (res *ThemedResource) Content() []byte {
 	return res.dark.Content()
 }
 
-// CachePath returns the cachepath of the correct resource for the current theme setting
-func (res *ThemedResource) CachePath() string {
-	if isThemeLight() {
-		return res.light.CachePath()
-	}
-
-	return res.dark.CachePath()
-}
-
 // NewThemedResource creates a resource that adapts to the current theme setting.
 // It is currently a simple pairing of a dark and light variant of the same resource.
 func NewThemedResource(dark, light fyne.Resource) *ThemedResource {
diff --git a/theme/icons_test.go b/theme/icons_test.go
index 3556b567d1..2e902ffdb3 100644
--- a/theme/icons_test.go
+++ b/theme/icons_test.go
@@ -25,12 +25,3 @@ func TestIconThemeChangeContent(t *testing.T) {
 	fyne.CurrentApp().Settings().SetTheme(LightTheme())
 	assert.NotEqual(t, content, cancel.Content())
 }
-
-func TestIconThemeChangePath(t *testing.T) {
-	fyne.CurrentApp().Settings().SetTheme(DarkTheme())
-	checked := CheckButtonIcon()
-	path := checked.CachePath()
-
-	fyne.CurrentApp().Settings().SetTheme(LightTheme())
-	assert.NotEqual(t, path, checked.CachePath())
-}