diff --git a/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.c b/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.c
index c494b4e4201..6fbfc95631b 100644
--- a/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.c
+++ b/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         SSS_TOOL_COMMAND("client-data-backup", "Backup local data", 0, sssctl_client_data_backup),
         SSS_TOOL_COMMAND("client-data-restore", "Restore local data from backup", 0, sssctl_client_data_restore),
         SSS_TOOL_COMMAND("cache-remove", "Backup local data and remove cached content", 0, sssctl_cache_remove),
-        SSS_TOOL_COMMAND("cache-upgrade", "Perform cache upgrade", ERR_SYSDB_VERSION_TOO_OLD, sssctl_cache_upgrade),
         SSS_TOOL_COMMAND("cache-expire", "Invalidate cached objects", 0, sssctl_cache_expire),
         SSS_TOOL_COMMAND("cache-index", "Manage cache indexes", 0, sssctl_cache_index),
         SSS_TOOL_DELIMITER("Log files tools:"),
diff --git a/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.h b/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.h
index 3a53a890476..2b35609bdc7 100644
--- a/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.h
+++ b/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl.h
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ errno_t sssctl_cache_remove(struct sss_cmdline *cmdline,
                             struct sss_tool_ctx *tool_ctx,
                             void *pvt);
 
-errno_t sssctl_cache_upgrade(struct sss_cmdline *cmdline,
-                             struct sss_tool_ctx *tool_ctx,
-                             void *pvt);
-
 errno_t sssctl_cache_expire(struct sss_cmdline *cmdline,
                             struct sss_tool_ctx *tool_ctx,
                             void *pvt);
diff --git a/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl_data.c b/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl_data.c
index 82f80c61e58..ef7ae574bf2 100644
--- a/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl_data.c
+++ b/src/tools/sssctl/sssctl_data.c
@@ -259,40 +259,6 @@ errno_t sssctl_cache_remove(struct sss_cmdline *cmdline,
     return EOK;
 }
 
-errno_t sssctl_cache_upgrade(struct sss_cmdline *cmdline,
-                             struct sss_tool_ctx *tool_ctx,
-                             void *pvt)
-{
-    struct sysdb_upgrade_ctx db_up_ctx;
-    errno_t ret;
-
-    ret = sss_tool_popt(cmdline, NULL, SSS_TOOL_OPT_OPTIONAL, NULL, NULL);
-    if (ret != EOK) {
-        DEBUG(SSSDBG_CRIT_FAILURE, "Unable to parse command arguments\n");
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    if (sss_daemon_running()) {
-        return ERR_SSSD_RUNNING;
-    }
-
-    ret = confdb_get_domains(tool_ctx->confdb, &tool_ctx->domains);
-    if (ret != EOK) {
-        DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE, "No domains configured.\n");
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    db_up_ctx.cdb = tool_ctx->confdb;
-    ret = sysdb_init_ext(tool_ctx, tool_ctx->domains, &db_up_ctx,
-                         true, 0, 0);
-    if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSDB_VERSION_ERROR_DAEMON(ret);
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    return EOK;
-}
-
 errno_t sssctl_cache_expire(struct sss_cmdline *cmdline,
                             struct sss_tool_ctx *tool_ctx,
                             void *pvt)