diff --git a/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php b/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
--- a/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
@@ -568,29 +568,6 @@
     return $this->getUserSetting(PhabricatorPronounSetting::SETTINGKEY);
   }
 
-  public function loadPreferences() {
-    if ($this->preferences) {
-      return $this->preferences;
-    }
-
-    $preferences = null;
-    if ($this->getPHID()) {
-      $preferences = id(new PhabricatorUserPreferencesQuery())
-        ->setViewer($this)
-        ->withUsers(array($this))
-        ->executeOne();
-    }
-
-    if (!$preferences) {
-      $preferences = new PhabricatorUserPreferences();
-      $preferences->setUserPHID($this->getPHID());
-      $preferences->attachUser($this);
-    }
-
-    $this->preferences = $preferences;
-    return $preferences;
-  }
-
   public function loadEditorLink(
     $path,
     $line,
diff --git a/src/applications/settings/storage/PhabricatorUserPreferences.php b/src/applications/settings/storage/PhabricatorUserPreferences.php
--- a/src/applications/settings/storage/PhabricatorUserPreferences.php
+++ b/src/applications/settings/storage/PhabricatorUserPreferences.php
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  // TODO: Remove this once all edits go through the Editor. For now, some
-  // old edits just do direct saves so make sure we nuke the cache.
-  public function save() {
-    PhabricatorUserCache::clearCache(
-      PhabricatorUserPreferencesCacheType::KEY_PREFERENCES,
-      $this->getUserPHID());
-
-    return parent::save();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Load or create a preferences object for the given user.
    *