diff --git a/lib/revs.js b/lib/revs.js
index ca14837..ebcc848 100644
--- a/lib/revs.js
+++ b/lib/revs.js
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-const pinflight = require('promise-inflight')
 const spawn = require('./spawn.js')
 const { LRUCache } = require('lru-cache')
+const linesToRevs = require('./lines-to-revs.js')
 
 const revsCache = new LRUCache({
   max: 100,
   ttl: 5 * 60 * 1000,
 })
 
-const linesToRevs = require('./lines-to-revs.js')
-
 module.exports = async (repo, opts = {}) => {
   if (!opts.noGitRevCache) {
     const cached = revsCache.get(repo)
@@ -17,12 +15,8 @@ module.exports = async (repo, opts = {}) => {
     }
   }
 
-  return pinflight(`ls-remote:${repo}`, () =>
-    spawn(['ls-remote', repo], opts)
-      .then(({ stdout }) => linesToRevs(stdout.trim().split('\n')))
-      .then(revs => {
-        revsCache.set(repo, revs)
-        return revs
-      })
-  )
+  const { stdout } = await spawn(['ls-remote', repo], opts)
+  const revs = linesToRevs(stdout.trim().split('\n'))
+  revsCache.set(repo, revs)
+  return revs
 }
diff --git a/test/revs.js b/test/revs.js
index ba6e5da..7f61595 100644
--- a/test/revs.js
+++ b/test/revs.js
@@ -120,3 +120,28 @@ t.test('check the revs', async t => {
   Object.keys(r.shas).forEach(sha => r.shas[sha].forEach(ref =>
     t.equal(r.refs[ref].sha, sha, `shas list is consistent ${ref}`)))
 })
+
+t.test('cache prevents repeated git ls-remote calls', async t => {
+  let callCount = 0
+  const originalSpawn = require('../lib/spawn.js')
+
+  // Mock `spawn` to track calls
+  require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/spawn.js')].exports = (...args) => {
+    callCount++
+    return originalSpawn(...args)
+  }
+
+  // Force reloading revs.js after modifying spawn
+  delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/revs.js')]
+  const revsModule = require('../lib/revs.js')
+
+  await revsModule(repo) // First call should hit `git ls-remote`
+  await revsModule(repo) // Second call should use cache
+
+  t.equal(callCount, 1, 'git ls-remote should be called only once due to caching')
+
+  // Restore original spawn.js
+  t.teardown(() => {
+    require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/spawn.js')].exports = originalSpawn
+  })
+})