diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 58a5949c653..68dce05fc59 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -73,5 +73,24 @@ module Gitlab
         resource '/api/*', headers: :any, methods: [:get, :post, :options, :put, :delete]
       end
     end
+
+    # Use Redis caching across all environments
+    redis_config_file = Rails.root.join('config', 'resque.yml')
+
+    redis_url_string = if File.exists?(redis_config_file)
+                         YAML.load_file(redis_config_file)[Rails.env]
+                       else
+                         "redis://localhost:6379"
+                       end
+
+    # Redis::Store does not handle Unix sockets well, so let's do it for them
+    redis_config_hash = Redis::Store::Factory.extract_host_options_from_uri(redis_url_string)
+    redis_uri = URI.parse(redis_url_string)
+    if redis_uri.scheme == 'unix'
+      redis_config_hash[:path] = redis_uri.path
+    end
+
+    redis_config_hash[:namespace] = 'cache:gitlab'
+    config.cache_store = :redis_store, redis_config_hash
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/7_cache_settings.rb b/config/initializers/7_cache_settings.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5367a4d431c..00000000000
--- a/config/initializers/7_cache_settings.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Gitlab::Application.configure do
-  redis_config_file = Rails.root.join('config', 'resque.yml')
-
-  redis_url_string = if File.exists?(redis_config_file)
-                       YAML.load_file(redis_config_file)[Rails.env]
-                     else
-                       "redis://localhost:6379"
-                     end
-
-  # Redis::Store does not handle Unix sockets well, so let's do it for them
-  redis_config_hash = Redis::Store::Factory.extract_host_options_from_uri(redis_url_string)
-  redis_uri = URI.parse(redis_url_string)
-  if redis_uri.scheme == 'unix'
-    redis_config_hash[:path] = redis_uri.path
-  end
-
-  redis_config_hash[:namespace] = 'cache:gitlab'
-
-  config.cache_store = :redis_store, redis_config_hash
-end