diff --git a/pangeo_forge_recipes/storage.py b/pangeo_forge_recipes/storage.py
index f8cdcdad..42e888f6 100644
--- a/pangeo_forge_recipes/storage.py
+++ b/pangeo_forge_recipes/storage.py
@@ -171,26 +171,19 @@ def _full_path(self, path: str) -> str:
         return os.path.join(self.root_path, new_path)
 
 
-@dataclass
 class CacheFSSpecTarget(FlatFSSpecTarget):
     """Alias for FlatFSSpecTarget"""
 
-    verify_existing: bool = True
-
     def cache_file(self, fname: str, secrets: Optional[dict], **open_kwargs) -> None:
         # check and see if the file already exists in the cache
         logger.info(f"Caching file '{fname}'")
-        exists = self.exists(fname)
-        if exists and self.verify_existing:
+        if self.exists(fname):
             cached_size = self.size(fname)
             remote_size = _get_url_size(fname, secrets, **open_kwargs)
             if cached_size == remote_size:
                 # TODO: add checksumming here
-                logger.info(f"File '{fname}' is already cached, and matches remote size.")
+                logger.info(f"File '{fname}' is already cached")
                 return
-        elif exists and not self.verify_existing:
-            logger.info(f"File '{fname}' is already cached, skipping verification.")
-            return
 
         input_opener = _get_opener(fname, secrets, **open_kwargs)
         target_opener = self.open(fname, mode="wb")
diff --git a/tests/test_storage.py b/tests/test_storage.py
index ca7b0174..1a1e2da7 100644
--- a/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -91,43 +91,6 @@ def test_caching_only_truncates_long_fnames_for_local_fs(fs_cls, fname_longer_th
         assert len(fname_in_full_path) > POSIX_MAX_FNAME_LENGTH
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("verify_existing", [True, False])
-def test_cache_no_verify_existing(tmpdir_factory: pytest.TempdirFactory, verify_existing: bool):
-    tmp_src = tmpdir_factory.mktemp("src")
-    tmp_dst = tmpdir_factory.mktemp("dst")
-    cache = CacheFSSpecTarget(LocalFileSystem(), tmp_dst, verify_existing=verify_existing)
-    src_fname = str(tmp_src / "source.txt")
-
-    # write the source file
-    with open(src_fname, mode="w") as f:
-        f.write("0")
-
-    # cache it
-    cache.cache_file(src_fname, secrets=None)
-
-    # overwrite source with new data
-    with open(src_fname, mode="w") as f:
-        f.write("00")
-
-    # cache it again
-    cache.cache_file(src_fname, secrets=None)
-
-    # open from cache
-    cached_fname = cache._full_path(src_fname)
-    with open(cached_fname) as f:
-        if not verify_existing:
-            # if we *do not* verify the existing cache, the second caching operation will be
-            # skipped due to the presence of the cached filename already existing in the cache.
-            # we expect the data to reflect the data contained in the initial source file.
-            assert f.read() == "0"
-        else:
-            # if we *do verify* the length of the existing data, we will recognize that the source
-            # file has changed since the first caching operation, and therefore the second caching
-            # operation will recognize the inconsistent lengths of the source data between the first
-            # and second caching operations, and re-cache the data the second time around.
-            assert f.read() == "00"
-
-
 def test_suffix(tmp_path):
     assert str((FSSpecTarget(LocalFileSystem(), tmp_path) / "test").root_path) == str(
         tmp_path / "test"