diff --git a/src/_h5ai/index.html.jade b/src/_h5ai/index.html.jade
index 34f875b8..1ef867ef 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/index.html.jade
+++ b/src/_h5ai/index.html.jade
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ html.no-js( lang="en" )
 				span.test-label cache directory
 				span.test-result ?
 				div.test-info web server has write access
-			li.test( data-id="temp" )
-				span.test-label temp directory
-				span.test-result ?
-				div.test-info web server has write access
 			li.test( data-id="thumbs" )
 				span.test-label image thumbs
 				span.test-result ?
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php
index 22174d61..f2b0465d 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ else if ($action === "getarchive") {
 	list($id, $as) = check_keys(array("id", "as"));
 	json_fail(2, "file not found", !preg_match("/^package-/", $id));
 
-	$target = $h5ai->getTempAbsPath() . "/" . $id;
+	$target = $h5ai->getCacheAbsPath() . "/" . $id;
 	json_fail(3, "file not found", !file_exists($target));
 
 	header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ else if ($action === "getchecks") {
 		$gd = array_key_exists("JPG Support", $gdinfo) && $gdinfo["JPG Support"] || array_key_exists("JPEG Support", $gdinfo) && $gdinfo["JPEG Support"];
 	}
 	$cache = @is_writable($h5ai->getCacheAbsPath());
-	$temp = @is_writable($h5ai->getTempAbsPath());
 	$tar = @preg_match("/tar$/", `which tar`) > 0;
 	$zip = @preg_match("/zip$/", `which zip`) > 0;
 	$convert = @preg_match("/convert$/", `which convert`) > 0;
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ else if ($action === "getchecks") {
 		"php" => $php,
 		"cache" => $cache,
 		"thumbs" => $gd,
-		"temp" => $temp,
 		"archive" => $archive,
 		"tar" => $tar,
 		"zip" => $zip,
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php
index cc3fa634..78947dd2 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Archive {
 			return 404;
 		}
 
-		$target = $this->h5ai->getTempAbsPath() . "/package-" . sha1(microtime(true) . rand()) .  "." . $format;
+		$target = $this->h5ai->getCacheAbsPath() . "/package-" . sha1(microtime(true) . rand()) .  "." . $format;
 
 		try {
 			if ($execution === "shell") {
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/H5ai.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/H5ai.php
index c0ad6bd4..bff79d80 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/H5ai.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/H5ai.php
@@ -127,13 +127,6 @@ class H5ai {
 	}
 
 
-	public function getTempAbsPath() {
-
-		// return H5ai::normalize_path(sys_get_temp_dir());
-		return $this->h5aiAbsPath . '/cache';
-	}
-
-
 	public function getOptions() {
 
 		return $this->options;