diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index c29a59e2b4..05c2e88aae 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ unsigned int TextureCache::temp_size;
 
 TextureCache::TexCache TextureCache::textures;
 
-TextureCache::TexPool TextureCache::texPool;
-
 TextureCache::BackupConfig TextureCache::backup_config;
 
 bool invalidate_texture_cache_requested;
@@ -70,13 +68,6 @@ void TextureCache::Invalidate()
 		delete iter->second;
 
 	textures.clear();
-	
-	TexPool::iterator
-		iter2 = texPool.begin(),
-		tcend2 = texPool.end();
-	for (; iter2 != tcend2; ++iter2)
-		delete iter2->second;
-	texPool.clear();
 }
 
 TextureCache::~TextureCache()
@@ -144,7 +135,7 @@ void TextureCache::Cleanup()
 			// EFB copies living on the host GPU are unrecoverable and thus shouldn't be deleted
 			&& ! iter->second->IsEfbCopy() )
 		{
-			PoolTexture(iter->second);
+			delete iter->second;
 			textures.erase(iter++);
 		}
 		else
@@ -152,21 +143,6 @@ void TextureCache::Cleanup()
 			++iter;
 		}
 	}
-	
-	TexPool::iterator iter2 = texPool.begin();
-	TexPool::iterator tcend2 = texPool.end();
-	while (iter2 != tcend2)
-	{
-		if (frameCount > TEXTURE_KILL_THRESHOLD + iter2->second->frameCount)
-		{
-			delete iter2->second;
-			texPool.erase(iter2++);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			++iter2;
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 void TextureCache::InvalidateRange(u32 start_address, u32 size)
@@ -179,7 +155,7 @@ void TextureCache::InvalidateRange(u32 start_address, u32 size)
 		const int rangePosition = iter->second->IntersectsMemoryRange(start_address, size);
 		if (0 == rangePosition)
 		{
-			PoolTexture(iter->second);
+			delete iter->second;
 			textures.erase(iter++);
 		}
 		else
@@ -239,7 +215,7 @@ void TextureCache::ClearRenderTargets()
 	{
 		if (iter->second->type == TCET_EC_VRAM)
 		{
-			PoolTexture(iter->second);
+			delete iter->second;
 			textures.erase(iter++);
 		}
 		else
@@ -450,8 +426,8 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int const stage,
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			// pool the texture and make a new one
-			PoolTexture(entry);
+			// delete the texture and make a new one
+			delete entry;
 			entry = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -472,7 +448,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int const stage,
 				// If we thought we could reuse the texture before, make sure to pool it now!
 				if(entry)
 				{
-					PoolTexture(entry);
+					delete entry;
 					entry = NULL;
 				}
 			}
@@ -500,15 +476,6 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int const stage,
 	const bool use_native_mips = use_mipmaps && !using_custom_lods && (width == nativeW && height == nativeH);
 	texLevels = (use_native_mips || using_custom_lods) ? texLevels : 1; // TODO: Should be forced to 1 for non-pow2 textures (e.g. efb copies with automatically adjusted IR)
 
-	// try to search for a pooled texture
-	if (NULL == entry)
-	{
-		// Try to find a matching texture in the pool. We pool unused texture as they often just change the type.
-		// This happens in eg efb2ram which overwrites half of a texture. So most of this textures are only pooled
-		// for some frames.
-		textures[texID] = entry = GetPooledTexture ( width, height, full_format, texLevels, false );
-	}
-	
 	// create the entry/texture
 	if (NULL == entry)
 	{
@@ -857,23 +824,16 @@ void TextureCache::CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat
 		else if (!(entry->type == TCET_EC_VRAM && entry->virtual_width == scaled_tex_w && entry->virtual_height == scaled_tex_h))
 		{
 			// remove it and recreate it as a render target
-			PoolTexture(entry);
+			delete entry;
 			entry = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (NULL == entry)
 	{
-		// search for a compatible pooled texture
-		entry = GetPooledTexture(scaled_tex_w, scaled_tex_h, 0, 0, true);
-		
-		if (NULL == entry)
-		{
-			// create the texture
-			entry = g_texture_cache->CreateRenderTargetTexture(scaled_tex_w, scaled_tex_h);
-		}
-		textures[dstAddr] = entry;
-		
+		// create the texture
+		textures[dstAddr] = entry = g_texture_cache->CreateRenderTargetTexture(scaled_tex_w, scaled_tex_h);
+
 		// TODO: Using the wrong dstFormat, dumb...
 		entry->SetGeneralParameters(dstAddr, 0, dstFormat, 1);
 		entry->SetDimensions(tex_w, tex_h, scaled_tex_w, scaled_tex_h);
@@ -885,33 +845,3 @@ void TextureCache::CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat
 
 	entry->FromRenderTarget(dstAddr, dstFormat, srcFormat, srcRect, isIntensity, scaleByHalf, cbufid, colmat);
 }
-
-TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::GetPooledTexture ( u32 width, u32 height, u32 full_format, u32 maxlevel, bool isEfbCopy )
-{
-	TCacheEntryBase* entry = NULL;
-	std::pair<TexPool::iterator, TexPool::iterator> bounds;
-	bounds = texPool.equal_range(std::make_pair(width, height));
-	while(!entry && bounds.first != bounds.second) {
-		entry = bounds.first->second;
-		if (
-			(isEfbCopy && entry->IsEfbCopy()) ||
-			(!isEfbCopy && entry->type == TCET_NORMAL && full_format == entry->format && entry->num_mipmaps == maxlevel) ||
-			(!isEfbCopy && entry->type == TCET_EC_DYNAMIC)
-		)
-		{
-			texPool.erase(bounds.first);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			entry = NULL;
-			bounds.first++;
-		}
-	}
-	return entry;
-}
-
-void TextureCache::PoolTexture(TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* entry)
-{
-	entry->frameCount = frameCount;
-	texPool.insert(std::make_pair(std::make_pair(entry->virtual_width, entry->virtual_height), entry));
-}
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
index c035ee8d23..1afcb8cd2d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
@@ -121,12 +121,8 @@ private:
 	static void DumpTexture(TCacheEntryBase* entry, unsigned int level);
 
 	typedef std::map<u32, TCacheEntryBase*> TexCache;
+
 	static TexCache textures;
-	
-	static TCacheEntryBase* GetPooledTexture(u32 width, u32 height, u32 full_format, u32 maxlevel, bool isEfbCopy);
-	static void PoolTexture(TCacheEntryBase *entry);
-	typedef std::multimap<std::pair<u32,u32>, TCacheEntryBase*> TexPool;
-	static TexPool texPool;
 
 	// Backup configuration values
 	static struct BackupConfig