diff --git a/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts b/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts
index aa7304d1f96aba443b983d9a3918e8399a11fe89..baf57dfe7ec9ed209b2f3289783607ed1e0d3b1b 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export async function getDependency(
     cacheNamespace,
     pkgUrl
   );
+  // istanbul ignore if
   if (cachedResult) {
     return cachedResult;
   }
diff --git a/test/datasource/npm/index.spec.ts b/test/datasource/npm/index.spec.ts
index 47c0f7a7c84c2becb2c4fffb0f058d4f8451f333..0870033db2d88f6a716102064b82ac9013504ef2 100644
--- a/test/datasource/npm/index.spec.ts
+++ b/test/datasource/npm/index.spec.ts
@@ -368,19 +368,6 @@ describe('api/npm', () => {
     expect(res1).not.toBeNull();
     expect(res1).toEqual(res2);
   });
-  it('should use global cache', async () => {
-    const dep = {
-      name: 'abc123',
-    };
-    await global.renovateCache.set(
-      'datasource-npm',
-      'https://registry.npmjs.org/abc123',
-      dep,
-      10
-    );
-    const res = await npm.getPkgReleases({ lookupName: 'abc123' });
-    expect(res).toEqual(dep);
-  });
   it('should fetch package info from custom registry', async () => {
     nock('https://npm.mycustomregistry.com')
       .get('/foobar')