diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
index ca84fb3c65..1d88c4e5a3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def get_course_about_section(course, section_key):
                 course.id, request.user, course, depth=2)
 
             loc = course.location._replace(category='about', name=section_key)
-            course_module = get_module(request.user, request, loc, student_module_cache, course.id)
+            course_module = get_module(request.user, request, loc, None, course.id)
 
             html = ''
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py
index 9f826b77f0..e926a0b114 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ def get_static_tab_by_slug(course, tab_slug):
 def get_static_tab_contents(request, cache, course, tab):
 
     loc = Location(course.location.tag, course.location.org, course.location.course, 'static_tab', tab['url_slug'])
-    course_module = get_module(request.user, request, loc, cache, course.id)
+    tab_module = get_module(request.user, request, loc, cache, course.id)
 
-    logging.debug('course_module = {0}'.format(course_module))
+    logging.debug('course_module = {0}'.format(tab_module))
 
     html = ''
 
-    if course_module is not None:
-        html = course_module.get_html()
+    if tab_module is not None:
+        html = tab_module.get_html()
 
     return html
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index bacc41fdf4..14bec50af3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -347,12 +347,7 @@ def course_info(request, course_id):
     course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'load')
     staff_access = has_access(request.user, course, 'staff')
 
-
-
-    cache = StudentModuleCache.cache_for_descriptor_descendents(
-            course.id, request.user, course, depth=2)
-
-    return render_to_response('courseware/info.html', {'request' : request, 'course_id' : course_id, 'cache' : cache, 
+    return render_to_response('courseware/info.html', {'request' : request, 'course_id' : course_id, 'cache' : None, 
             'course': course, 'staff_access': staff_access})
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie