diff --git a/proxstar/__init__.py b/proxstar/__init__.py
index 34b9cf0..a6c3ae6 100644
--- a/proxstar/__init__.py
+++ b/proxstar/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ from proxstar.vnc import (
 )
 from proxstar.auth import get_auth
 from proxstar.util import gen_password
-from proxstar.ldapdb import connect_ldap
 from proxstar.starrs import check_hostname, renew_ip
 from proxstar.proxmox import connect_proxmox, get_isos, get_pools, get_ignored_pools
 
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ engine = create_engine(app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'])
 Base.metadata.bind = engine
 DBSession = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
 db = DBSession()
-ldap_conn = connect_ldap()
 
 starrs = psycopg2.connect(
     "dbname='{}' user='{}' host='{}' password='{}'".format(
diff --git a/proxstar/ldapdb.py b/proxstar/ldapdb.py
index a0135fa..c737310 100644
--- a/proxstar/ldapdb.py
+++ b/proxstar/ldapdb.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-from functools import lru_cache
 from csh_ldap import CSHLDAP
 from flask import current_app as app
 
-from proxstar import logging, ldap_conn
+from proxstar import logging
 
 
 def connect_ldap():
@@ -14,28 +13,28 @@ def connect_ldap():
     return ldap
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=32)
 def is_rtp(user):
-    rtp_group = ldap_conn.get_group('rtp')
-    return rtp_group.check_member(ldap_conn.get_member(user, uid=True))
+    ldap = connect_ldap()
+    rtp_group = ldap.get_group('rtp')
+    return rtp_group.check_member(ldap.get_member(user, uid=True))
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=32)
 def is_active(user):
-    active_group = ldap_conn.get_group('active')
-    return active_group.check_member(ldap_conn.get_member(user, uid=True))
+    ldap = connect_ldap()
+    active_group = ldap.get_group('active')
+    return active_group.check_member(ldap.get_member(user, uid=True))
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=32)
 def is_current_student(user):
-    current_student_group = ldap_conn.get_group('current_student')
-    return current_student_group.check_member(ldap_conn.get_member(user, uid=True))
+    ldap = connect_ldap()
+    current_student_group = ldap.get_group('current_student')
+    return current_student_group.check_member(ldap.get_member(user, uid=True))
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=32)
 def is_user(user):
+    ldap = connect_ldap()
     try:
-        ldap_conn.get_member(user, uid=True)
+        ldap.get_member(user, uid=True)
         return True
     except:
         return False