diff --git a/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go b/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
index 1ee8a2686..93ab7833a 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ func FrontendConfigFromStruct(cfg *config.Config, logger log.Logger) (map[string
 						"cache_nodes":               cfg.OCS.StatCacheNodes,
 						"cache_database":            cfg.OCS.StatCacheDatabase,
 						"cache_table":               cfg.OCS.StatCacheTable,
-						"cache_ttl":                 cfg.OCS.StatCacheTTL / time.Second,
+						"cache_ttl":                 cfg.OCS.StatCacheTTL,
 						"cache_size":                cfg.OCS.StatCacheSize,
 						"cache_disable_persistence": cfg.OCS.StatCacheDisablePersistence,
 						"cache_auth_username":       cfg.OCS.StatCacheAuthUsername,
diff --git a/services/storage-system/pkg/revaconfig/config.go b/services/storage-system/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
index 2a4333712..555755209 100644
--- a/services/storage-system/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
+++ b/services/storage-system/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package revaconfig
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	userpb "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/identity/user/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-system/pkg/config"
 )
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ func metadataDrivers(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 				"cache_store":               cfg.FileMetadataCache.Store,
 				"cache_nodes":               cfg.FileMetadataCache.Nodes,
 				"cache_database":            cfg.FileMetadataCache.Database,
-				"cache_ttl":                 cfg.FileMetadataCache.TTL / time.Second,
+				"cache_ttl":                 cfg.FileMetadataCache.TTL,
 				"cache_size":                cfg.FileMetadataCache.Size,
 				"cache_disable_persistence": cfg.FileMetadataCache.DisablePersistence,
 				"cache_auth_username":       cfg.FileMetadataCache.AuthUsername,