diff --git a/node/minify.js b/node/minify.js
index 7245b214..bc1612aa 100644
--- a/node/minify.js
+++ b/node/minify.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ exports.padJS = function(req, res)
         pathStr = path.normalize(__dirname + "/../var/minified_pad.js");
       }
       
-      res.sendfile(pathStr, { maxAge: server.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(pathStr);
     })
   }
   //minifying is disabled, so load the files with jquery
diff --git a/node/server.js b/node/server.js
index 712638d1..0166de44 100644
--- a/node/server.js
+++ b/node/server.js
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ var path = require('path');
 var minify = require('./minify');
 
 var serverName = "Etherpad-Lite ( http://j.mp/ep-lite )";
-//cache a week
-exports.maxAge = 1000*60*60*24*1;
 
 async.waterfall([
   //initalize the database
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     { 
       res.header("Server", serverName);
       var filePath = path.normalize(__dirname + "/.." + req.url.split("?")[0]);
-      res.sendfile(filePath, { maxAge: exports.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(filePath);
     });
     
     //serve minified files
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
       var filePath = path.normalize(__dirname + "/../static/pad.html");
-      res.sendfile(filePath, { maxAge: exports.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(filePath);
     });
     
     //serve timeslider.html under /p/$padname/timeslider
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
       var filePath = path.normalize(__dirname + "/../static/timeslider.html");
-      res.sendfile(filePath, { maxAge: exports.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(filePath);
     });
     
     //serve index.html under /
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
       var filePath = path.normalize(__dirname + "/../static/index.html");
-      res.sendfile(filePath, { maxAge: exports.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(filePath);
     });
     
     //serve robots.txt
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
       var filePath = path.normalize(__dirname + "/../static/robots.txt");
-      res.sendfile(filePath, { maxAge: exports.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(filePath);
     });
     
     //serve favicon.ico
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
       var filePath = path.normalize(__dirname + "/../static/favicon.ico");
-      res.sendfile(filePath, { maxAge: exports.maxAge });
+      res.sendfile(filePath);
     });
     
     //let the server listen