diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index c9af37465..ef182ea68 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -851,10 +851,6 @@ useYacyReferer = false
 # if you want to tunnel other protocols, set to false
 secureHttps = true
 
-# specifies if the httpdFileHandler should cache 
-# the template-files from the htroot directory
-enableTemplateCache = true
-
 # specifies if the http post body should be transfered
 # using content-encoding gzip during index transfer
 # a) indexDistribution: which is done periodically if you have enabled 
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java
index 2879f840a..305e63bdc 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public class Network
     public static final ThreadGroup publishThreadGroup = new ThreadGroup("publishThreadGroup");
     public static final HashMap<String, String> seedUploadMethods = new HashMap<String, String>();
     public static final ConcurrentLog log = new ConcurrentLog("YACY");
-    public static long lastOnlineTime = 0;
     /** pseudo-random key derived from a time-interval while YaCy startup */
     public static long speedKey = 0;
     public static long magic = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -121,11 +120,6 @@ public class Network
         // ATTENTION, VERY IMPORTANT: before starting the thread, the httpd yacy server must be running!
 
         speedKey = System.currentTimeMillis() - time;
-        lastOnlineTime = 0;
-    }
-
-    synchronized static public void triggerOnlineAction() {
-        lastOnlineTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 
     public final void publishSeedList() {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDFileHandler.java b/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDFileHandler.java
index 5658693a1..556ffd9c2 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDFileHandler.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDFileHandler.java
@@ -77,19 +77,11 @@ public final class HTTPDFileHandler {
     private static File     htLocalePath   = null;
     public  static String   indexForward   = "";
 
-    protected static final class TemplateCacheEntry {
-        Date lastModified;
-        byte[] content;
-    }
-
-    public static final boolean useTemplateCache;
-
     //private Properties connectionProperties = null;
     // creating a logger
 
     static {
         final serverSwitch theSwitchboard = Switchboard.getSwitchboard();
-        useTemplateCache = theSwitchboard.getConfig("enableTemplateCache","true").equalsIgnoreCase("true");
 
         if (switchboard == null) {
             switchboard = theSwitchboard;
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDProxyHandler.java b/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDProxyHandler.java
index ea3930edd..b26ba0ef8 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDProxyHandler.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/server/http/HTTPDProxyHandler.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public final class HTTPDProxyHandler {
         if (sb != null) {
 
         // set timeout
-        timeout = Integer.parseInt(sb.getConfig("proxy.clientTimeout", "60000"));
+        timeout = sb.getConfigInt("proxy.clientTimeout", 60000);
 
         // do logger initialization
         try {
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ public final class HTTPDProxyHandler {
             // remembering the starting time of the request
             final Date requestDate = new Date(); // remember the time...
             conProp.put(HeaderFramework.CONNECTION_PROP_REQUEST_START, Long.valueOf(requestDate.getTime()));
-            if (yacyTrigger) net.yacy.peers.Network.triggerOnlineAction();
             sb.proxyLastAccess = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
             // using an ByteCount OutputStream to count the send bytes (needed for the logfile)