diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-inline-table.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-inline-table.js.es6
index c37863e76d0..365df161f9d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-inline-table.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-inline-table.js.es6
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(AsyncReport, {
   fetchReport() {
     this._super();
 
-    let payload = { data: { async: true, facets: ["total", "prev30Days"] } };
+    let payload = { data: { cache: true, facets: ["total", "prev30Days"] } };
 
     if (this.get("startDate")) {
       payload.data.start_date = this.get("startDate").format("YYYY-MM-DD[T]HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ");
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(AsyncReport, {
     }
 
     this.set("reports", Ember.Object.create());
-    this.set("reportKeys", []);
 
     return Ember.RSVP.Promise.all(this.get("dataSources").map(dataSource => {
       return ajax(dataSource, payload)
         .then(response => {
           this.set(`reports.${response.report.report_key}`, this.loadReport(response.report));
-          this.get("reportKeys").pushObject(response.report.report_key);
         });
     }));
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6
index 866e287b4b5..f0028b965d3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(AsyncReport, {
     this._super();
 
     let payload = {
-      data: { async: true, facets: ["prev_period"] }
+      data: { cache: true, facets: ["prev_period"] }
     };
 
     if (this.get("startDate")) {
@@ -58,13 +58,11 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(AsyncReport, {
     }
 
     this.set("reports", Ember.Object.create());
-    this.set("reportKeys", []);
 
     return Ember.RSVP.Promise.all(this.get("dataSources").map(dataSource => {
       return ajax(dataSource, payload)
         .then(response => {
           this.set(`reports.${response.report.report_key}`, this.loadReport(response.report));
-          this.get("reportKeys").pushObject(response.report.report_key);
         });
     }));
   },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/mixins/async-report.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/mixins/async-report.js.es6
index 352c0cb4359..481d92d37db 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/mixins/async-report.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/mixins/async-report.js.es6
@@ -4,44 +4,12 @@ export default Ember.Mixin.create({
   classNameBindings: ["isLoading"],
 
   reports: null,
-  reportKeys: null,
   isLoading: false,
   dataSourceNames: "",
 
   init() {
     this._super();
-
     this.set("reports", Ember.Object.create());
-    this.set("reportKeys", []);
-
-    this._channels = this.get("dataSources");
-    this._callback = (report) => {
-      if (this.get("reportKeys").includes(report.report_key)) {
-        Em.run.next(() => {
-          if (this.get("reportKeys").includes(report.report_key)) {
-            const previousReport = this.get(`reports.${report.report_key}`);
-            this.set(`reports.${report.report_key}`, this.loadReport(report, previousReport));
-            this.renderReport();
-          }
-        });
-      }
-    };
-
-    // in case we did not subscribe in time ensure we always grab the
-    // last thing on the channel
-    this.subscribe(-2);
-  },
-
-  subscribe(position) {
-    this._channels.forEach(channel => {
-      this.messageBus.subscribe(channel, this._callback, position);
-    });
-  },
-
-  unsubscribe() {
-    this._channels.forEach(channel => {
-      this.messageBus.unsubscribe(channel, this._callback);
-    });
   },
 
   @computed("dataSourceNames")
@@ -49,21 +17,12 @@ export default Ember.Mixin.create({
     return dataSourceNames.split(",").map(source => `/admin/reports/${source}`);
   },
 
-  willDestroyElement() {
-    this._super();
-
-    this.unsubscribe();
-  },
-
   didInsertElement() {
     this._super();
-
-    Ember.run.later(this, function() {
-      this.fetchReport()
-          .finally(() => {
-            this.renderReport();
-          });
-    }, 500);
+    this.fetchReport()
+        .finally(() => {
+          this.renderReport();
+        });
   },
 
   didUpdateAttrs() {
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/reports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/reports_controller.rb
index 58f3c0454e4..d67ee854329 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/reports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/reports_controller.rb
@@ -32,18 +32,36 @@ class Admin::ReportsController < Admin::AdminController
       limit = params[:limit].to_i
     end
 
-    report = Report.find(report_type,
-                          start_date: start_date,
-                          end_date: end_date,
-                          category_id: category_id,
-                          group_id: group_id,
-                          facets: facets,
-                          limit: limit,
-                          async: params[:async])
+    args = {
+      start_date: start_date,
+      end_date: end_date,
+      category_id: category_id,
+      group_id: group_id,
+      facets: facets,
+      limit: limit
+    }
 
-    raise Discourse::NotFound if report.blank?
+    report = nil
+    if (params[:cache])
+      report = Report.find_cached(report_type, args)
+    end
+
+    if report
+      return render_json_dump(report: report)
+    end
+
+    hijack do
+      report = Report.find(report_type, args)
+
+      raise Discourse::NotFound if report.blank?
+
+      if (params[:cache])
+        Report.cache(report, 35.minutes)
+      end
+
+      render_json_dump(report: report)
+    end
 
-    render_json_dump(report: report)
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/retrieve_report.rb b/app/jobs/regular/retrieve_report.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b1a000766a2..00000000000
--- a/app/jobs/regular/retrieve_report.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-require_dependency 'report'
-
-module Jobs
-  class RetrieveReport < Jobs::Base
-    sidekiq_options retry: false
-
-    def execute(args)
-      raise Discourse::InvalidParameters.new(:report_type) if !args['report_type']
-
-      type = args.delete('report_type')
-      report = Report.new(type)
-      report.start_date = (args['start_date'].present? ? args['start_date'].to_date : 30.days.ago).beginning_of_day
-      report.end_date = (args['end_date'].present? ? args['end_date'].to_date : start_date + 30.days).end_of_day
-      report.category_id = args['category_id'] if args['category_id']
-      report.group_id = args['group_id'] if args['group_id']
-      report.facets = args['facets'].map(&:to_sym) if args['facets']
-      report.limit = args['limit'].to_i if args['limit']
-      report.processing = false
-      report.average = args[:average] || false
-      report.percent = args[:percent] || false
-
-      Report.send("report_#{type}", report)
-      json = report.as_json
-
-      Discourse.cache.write(Report.cache_key(report), json, force: true, expires_in: 30.minutes)
-
-      MessageBus.publish("/admin/reports/#{type}", json, user_ids: User.staff.pluck(:id))
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/models/report.rb b/app/models/report.rb
index a90ab37d500..744275b155e 100644
--- a/app/models/report.rb
+++ b/app/models/report.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class Report
     singleton_class.instance_eval { define_method("report_#{name}", &block) }
   end
 
-  def self.find(type, opts = nil)
+  def self._get(type, opts = nil)
     opts ||= {}
 
     # Load the report
@@ -80,26 +80,30 @@ class Report
     report.end_date = opts[:end_date] if opts[:end_date]
     report.category_id = opts[:category_id] if opts[:category_id]
     report.group_id = opts[:group_id] if opts[:group_id]
-    report.async = opts[:async] || false
     report.facets = opts[:facets] || [:total, :prev30Days]
     report.limit = opts[:limit] if opts[:limit]
     report.processing = false
     report.average = opts[:average] || false
     report.percent = opts[:percent] || false
+
+    report
+  end
+
+  def self.find_cached(type, opts = nil)
+    report = _get(type, opts)
+    Discourse.cache.read(cache_key(report))
+  end
+
+  def self.cache(report, duration)
+    Discourse.cache.write(Report.cache_key(report), report.as_json, force: true, expires_in: duration)
+  end
+
+  def self.find(type, opts = nil)
+    report = _get(type, opts)
     report_method = :"report_#{type}"
 
     if respond_to?(report_method)
-      cached_report = Discourse.cache.read(cache_key(report))
-      if report.async
-        if cached_report
-          return cached_report
-        else
-          Jobs.enqueue(:retrieve_report, opts.merge(report_type: type))
-          report.processing = true
-        end
-      else
-        send(report_method, report)
-      end
+      send(report_method, report)
     elsif type =~ /_reqs$/
       req_report(report, type.split(/_reqs$/)[0].to_sym)
     else
diff --git a/spec/jobs/retrieve_report_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/retrieve_report_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c3eba3785..00000000000
--- a/spec/jobs/retrieve_report_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-require 'rails_helper'
-require_dependency 'jobs/base'
-
-describe Jobs::RetrieveReport do
-  it "correctly included full day in report" do
-    freeze_time '2016-02-03 10:00'.to_date
-
-    _topic = Fabricate(:topic)
-
-    args = {
-      report_type: :topics,
-      start_date: Time.now.beginning_of_day,
-      end_date: Time.now.end_of_day,
-      facets: [:total]
-    }.to_json
-
-    messages = MessageBus.track_publish("/admin/reports/topics") do
-      Jobs::RetrieveReport.new.execute(JSON.parse(args))
-    end
-
-    data = messages.first.data[:data]
-    expect(data).to eq([y: 1, x: Time.now.to_date])
-  end
-end