diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py b/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
index ae96481a71d..9427d72bfe7 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
@@ -76,15 +76,11 @@ def _download(self, url: str, dest: Path) -> None:
 
     @contextmanager
     def _cached_or_downloaded_file(self, link: Link) -> Iterator[Path]:
-        filepath = self._authenticator.get_cached_file_for_url(link.url)
-        if filepath:
+        self._log(f"Downloading: {link.url}", level="debug")
+        with temporary_directory() as temp_dir:
+            filepath = Path(temp_dir) / link.filename
+            self._download(link.url, filepath)
             yield filepath
-        else:
-            self._log(f"Downloading: {link.url}", level="debug")
-            with temporary_directory() as temp_dir:
-                filepath = Path(temp_dir) / link.filename
-                self._download(link.url, filepath)
-                yield filepath
 
     def _get_info_from_wheel(self, url: str) -> PackageInfo:
         from poetry.inspection.info import PackageInfo
diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py b/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
index beb20342ca8..edf6fe073e4 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 from cachecontrol import CacheControlAdapter
 from cachecontrol.caches import FileCache
-from cachecontrol.caches.file_cache import url_to_file_path
 from filelock import FileLock
 
 from poetry.config.config import Config
@@ -464,13 +463,6 @@ def _get_certs_for_url(self, url: str) -> RepositoryCertificateConfig:
             return selected.certs(config=self._config)
         return RepositoryCertificateConfig()
 
-    def get_cached_file_for_url(self, url: str) -> Path | None:
-        if self._cache_control is None:
-            return None
-
-        path = Path(url_to_file_path(url, self._cache_control))
-        return path if path.exists() else None
-
 
 _authenticator: Authenticator | None = None
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py b/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
index 335e2b50c1e..2a0d1bee564 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
@@ -627,22 +627,6 @@ def test_authenticator_git_repositories(
     assert not three.password
 
 
-def test_authenticator_get_cached_file_for_url__cache_miss(config: Config) -> None:
-    authenticator = Authenticator(config, NullIO())
-    assert (
-        authenticator.get_cached_file_for_url("https://foo.bar/cache/miss.whl") is None
-    )
-
-
-def test_authenticator_get_cached_file_for_url__cache_hit(config: Config) -> None:
-    authenticator = Authenticator(config, NullIO())
-    url = "https://foo.bar/files/foo-0.1.0.tar.gz"
-
-    authenticator._cache_control.set(url, b"hello")
-
-    assert authenticator.get_cached_file_for_url(url)
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("ca_cert", "client_cert", "result"),
     [