diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 4fee59a14b..d8c9d535d9 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 
 # Django
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User, AnonymousUser
-from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.db.models import Q, Count, F
 from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction, connection
@@ -228,16 +226,12 @@ class ApiV1PingView(APIView):
         Everything returned here should be considered public / insecure, as
         this requires no auth and is intended for use by the installer process.
         """
-        active_tasks = cache.get("active_celery_tasks", None)
         response = {
             'ha': is_ha_environment(),
             'version': get_awx_version(),
             'active_node': settings.CLUSTER_HOST_ID,
         }
 
-        if not isinstance(request.user, AnonymousUser):
-            response['celery_active_tasks'] = json.loads(active_tasks) if active_tasks is not None else None
-
         response['instances'] = []
         for instance in Instance.objects.all():
             response['instances'].append(dict(node=instance.hostname, heartbeat=instance.modified,
diff --git a/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py b/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py
index fbbb8b0fb5..8f54654727 100644
--- a/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # Python
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import logging
-import json
 from sets import Set
 
 # Django
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ class TaskManager():
         logger.debug("Failing inconsistent running jobs.")
         celery_task_start_time = tz_now()
         active_task_queues, active_tasks = self.get_active_tasks()
-        cache.set("active_celery_tasks", json.dumps(active_task_queues))
         cache.set('last_celery_task_cleanup', tz_now())
 
         if active_tasks is None:
diff --git a/docs/clustering.md b/docs/clustering.md
index 47e6d625a9..26924c45b7 100644
--- a/docs/clustering.md
+++ b/docs/clustering.md
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ of the Cluster. This includes:
 
 * The instance servicing the HTTP request
 * The last heartbeat time of all other instances in the cluster
-* The state of the Job Queue
 * The RabbitMQ cluster status
 * Instance Groups and Instance membership in those groups