diff --git a/internal/snmp/translate.go b/internal/snmp/translate.go
index a452d0a840c9b..3af552d1b06c9 100644
--- a/internal/snmp/translate.go
+++ b/internal/snmp/translate.go
@@ -16,43 +16,14 @@ import (
 // or gosmi will fail without saying why
 var m sync.Mutex
 var once sync.Once
-var cache = make(map[string]bool)
 
-func appendPath(path string) {
-	m.Lock()
-	defer m.Unlock()
-
-	gosmi.AppendPath(path)
-}
-
-func loadModule(path string) error {
+func LoadMibsFromPath(paths []string, log telegraf.Logger) error {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
-
-	_, err := gosmi.LoadModule(path)
-	return err
-}
-
-func ClearCache() {
-	cache = make(map[string]bool)
-}
-
-func LoadMibsFromPath(paths []string, log telegraf.Logger) error {
 	once.Do(gosmi.Init)
-
+	var folders []string
 	for _, mibPath := range paths {
-		folders := []string{}
-
-		// Check if we loaded that path already and skip it if so
-		m.Lock()
-		cached := cache[mibPath]
-		cache[mibPath] = true
-		m.Unlock()
-		if cached {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		appendPath(mibPath)
+		gosmi.AppendPath(mibPath)
 		folders = append(folders, mibPath)
 		err := filepath.Walk(mibPath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 			// symlinks are files so we need to double check if any of them are folders
@@ -67,25 +38,26 @@ func LoadMibsFromPath(paths []string, log telegraf.Logger) error {
 			return nil
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Filepath could not be walked: %v", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Filepath could not be walked %v", err)
 		}
-
 		for _, folder := range folders {
 			err := filepath.Walk(folder, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 				// checks if file or directory
 				if info.IsDir() {
-					appendPath(path)
+					gosmi.AppendPath(path)
 				} else if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
-					if err := loadModule(info.Name()); err != nil {
-						log.Warn(err)
+					_, err := gosmi.LoadModule(info.Name())
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Warnf("Module could not be loaded %v", err)
 					}
 				}
 				return nil
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Filepath could not be walked: %v", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("Filepath could not be walked %v", err)
 			}
 		}
+		folders = []string{}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp_test.go b/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp_test.go
index 8ffb86fc2de33..2f6576eae2a6a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp_test.go
@@ -1311,12 +1311,3 @@ func TestTableJoinNoIndexAsTag_walk(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, tb.Rows, rtr2)
 	require.Contains(t, tb.Rows, rtr3)
 }
-
-func BenchmarkMibLoading(b *testing.B) {
-	log := testutil.Logger{}
-	path := []string{"testdata"}
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		err := snmp.LoadMibsFromPath(path, log)
-		require.NoError(b, err)
-	}
-}