diff --git a/tests/utils_/test_cache.py b/tests/utils_/test_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e361006fd8e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils_/test_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+from vllm.utils.cache import CacheInfo, LRUCache
+
+
+class TestLRUCache(LRUCache):
+    def _on_remove(self, key, value):
+        if not hasattr(self, "_remove_counter"):
+            self._remove_counter = 0
+        self._remove_counter += 1
+
+
+def test_lru_cache():
+    cache = TestLRUCache(3)
+    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
+    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
+
+    cache.put(1, 1)
+    assert len(cache) == 1
+
+    cache.put(1, 1)
+    assert len(cache) == 1
+
+    cache.put(2, 2)
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+
+    cache.put(3, 3)
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {1, 2, 3}
+
+    cache.put(4, 4)
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 3, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 1
+
+    assert cache.get(2) == 2
+    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=1, total=1)
+    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=1, total=1)
+
+    assert cache[2] == 2
+    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=2, total=2)
+    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=1, total=1)
+
+    cache.put(5, 5)
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 5}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 2
+
+    assert cache.pop(5) == 5
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
+
+    assert cache.get(-1) is None
+    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=2, total=3)
+    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=1)
+
+    cache.pop(10)
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
+
+    cache.get(10)
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
+
+    cache.put(6, 6)
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 6}
+    assert 2 in cache
+    assert 4 in cache
+    assert 6 in cache
+
+    cache.remove_oldest()
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 6}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 4
+
+    cache.clear()
+    assert len(cache) == 0
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 6
+    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
+    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
+
+    cache._remove_counter = 0
+
+    cache[1] = 1
+    assert len(cache) == 1
+
+    cache[1] = 1
+    assert len(cache) == 1
+
+    cache[2] = 2
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+
+    cache[3] = 3
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {1, 2, 3}
+
+    cache[4] = 4
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 3, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 1
+    assert cache[2] == 2
+
+    cache[5] = 5
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 5}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 2
+
+    del cache[5]
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
+
+    cache.pop(10)
+    assert len(cache) == 2
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
+    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
+
+    cache[6] = 6
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 6}
+    assert 2 in cache
+    assert 4 in cache
+    assert 6 in cache
diff --git a/tests/utils_/test_utils.py b/tests/utils_/test_utils.py
index 71c82feac36bc..cd5fa550498be 100644
--- a/tests/utils_/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils_/test_utils.py
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ from vllm_test_utils.monitor import monitor
 from vllm.config import ParallelConfig, VllmConfig, set_current_vllm_config
 from vllm.transformers_utils.detokenizer_utils import convert_ids_list_to_tokens
 
-# isort: off
 from vllm.utils import (
-    CacheInfo,
     FlexibleArgumentParser,
-    LRUCache,
     MemorySnapshot,
     PlaceholderModule,
     bind_kv_cache,
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ from vllm.utils import (
     unique_filepath,
 )
 
-# isort: on
 from ..utils import create_new_process_for_each_test, error_on_warning
 
 
@@ -557,128 +553,6 @@ def test_bind_kv_cache_pp():
         assert ctx["layers.0.self_attn"].kv_cache[1] is kv_cache[1][0]
 
 
-class TestLRUCache(LRUCache):
-    def _on_remove(self, key, value):
-        if not hasattr(self, "_remove_counter"):
-            self._remove_counter = 0
-        self._remove_counter += 1
-
-
-def test_lru_cache():
-    cache = TestLRUCache(3)
-    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
-    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
-
-    cache.put(1, 1)
-    assert len(cache) == 1
-
-    cache.put(1, 1)
-    assert len(cache) == 1
-
-    cache.put(2, 2)
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-
-    cache.put(3, 3)
-    assert len(cache) == 3
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {1, 2, 3}
-
-    cache.put(4, 4)
-    assert len(cache) == 3
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 3, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 1
-
-    assert cache.get(2) == 2
-    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=1, total=1)
-    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=1, total=1)
-
-    assert cache[2] == 2
-    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=2, total=2)
-    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=1, total=1)
-
-    cache.put(5, 5)
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 5}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 2
-
-    assert cache.pop(5) == 5
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
-
-    assert cache.get(-1) is None
-    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=2, total=3)
-    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=1)
-
-    cache.pop(10)
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
-
-    cache.get(10)
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
-
-    cache.put(6, 6)
-    assert len(cache) == 3
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 6}
-    assert 2 in cache
-    assert 4 in cache
-    assert 6 in cache
-
-    cache.remove_oldest()
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 6}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 4
-
-    cache.clear()
-    assert len(cache) == 0
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 6
-    assert cache.stat() == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
-    assert cache.stat(delta=True) == CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
-
-    cache._remove_counter = 0
-
-    cache[1] = 1
-    assert len(cache) == 1
-
-    cache[1] = 1
-    assert len(cache) == 1
-
-    cache[2] = 2
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-
-    cache[3] = 3
-    assert len(cache) == 3
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {1, 2, 3}
-
-    cache[4] = 4
-    assert len(cache) == 3
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 3, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 1
-    assert cache[2] == 2
-
-    cache[5] = 5
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 5}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 2
-
-    del cache[5]
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
-
-    cache.pop(10)
-    assert len(cache) == 2
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4}
-    assert cache._remove_counter == 3
-
-    cache[6] = 6
-    assert len(cache) == 3
-    assert set(cache.cache) == {2, 4, 6}
-    assert 2 in cache
-    assert 4 in cache
-    assert 6 in cache
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("src_dtype", "tgt_dtype", "expected_result"),
     [
diff --git a/vllm/lora/models.py b/vllm/lora/models.py
index edf34b483e9ab..771c8608f4a8a 100644
--- a/vllm/lora/models.py
+++ b/vllm/lora/models.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import is_pooling_model
 from vllm.model_executor.models.module_mapping import MultiModelKeys
 from vllm.model_executor.models.utils import PPMissingLayer, WeightsMapper
 from vllm.model_executor.utils import get_packed_modules_mapping
-from vllm.utils import LRUCache, is_pin_memory_available
+from vllm.utils import is_pin_memory_available
+from vllm.utils.cache import LRUCache
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/vllm/multimodal/cache.py b/vllm/multimodal/cache.py
index 15aa91a040921..7febc393157fd 100644
--- a/vllm/multimodal/cache.py
+++ b/vllm/multimodal/cache.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ from vllm.distributed.device_communicators.shm_object_storage import (
 )
 from vllm.envs import VLLM_OBJECT_STORAGE_SHM_BUFFER_NAME
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
-from vllm.utils import GiB_bytes, LRUCache, MiB_bytes
+from vllm.utils import GiB_bytes, MiB_bytes
+from vllm.utils.cache import LRUCache
 from vllm.utils.jsontree import json_count_leaves, json_map_leaves, json_reduce_leaves
 
 from .inputs import (
diff --git a/vllm/utils/__init__.py b/vllm/utils/__init__.py
index c06bbbbb23aba..4a6a79ad067ba 100644
--- a/vllm/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/vllm/utils/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ from collections.abc import (
     Hashable,
     Iterable,
     Iterator,
-    KeysView,
     Mapping,
     Sequence,
 )
@@ -60,24 +59,19 @@ from concurrent.futures.process import ProcessPoolExecutor
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import cache, lru_cache, partial, wraps
 from pathlib import Path
-from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Callable,
     Generic,
     Literal,
-    NamedTuple,
     TextIO,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
-    cast,
-    overload,
 )
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-import cachetools
 import cbor2
 import cloudpickle
 import numpy as np
@@ -183,13 +177,6 @@ U = TypeVar("U")
 
 _K = TypeVar("_K", bound=Hashable)
 _V = TypeVar("_V")
-_T = TypeVar("_T")
-
-
-class _Sentinel: ...
-
-
-ALL_PINNED_SENTINEL = _Sentinel()
 
 
 class Device(enum.Enum):
@@ -215,243 +202,6 @@ class Counter:
         self.counter = 0
 
 
-class _MappingOrderCacheView(UserDict[_K, _V]):
-    def __init__(self, data: Mapping[_K, _V], ordered_keys: Mapping[_K, None]):
-        super().__init__(data)
-        self.ordered_keys = ordered_keys
-
-    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[_K]:
-        return iter(self.ordered_keys)
-
-    def keys(self) -> KeysView[_K]:
-        return KeysView(self.ordered_keys)
-
-
-class CacheInfo(NamedTuple):
-    hits: int
-    total: int
-
-    @property
-    def hit_ratio(self) -> float:
-        if self.total == 0:
-            return 0
-
-        return self.hits / self.total
-
-    def __sub__(self, other: CacheInfo):
-        return CacheInfo(
-            hits=self.hits - other.hits,
-            total=self.total - other.total,
-        )
-
-
-class LRUCache(cachetools.LRUCache[_K, _V], Generic[_K, _V]):
-    def __init__(self, capacity: float, getsizeof: Callable[[_V], float] | None = None):
-        super().__init__(capacity, getsizeof)
-
-        self.pinned_items = set[_K]()
-
-        self._hits = 0
-        self._total = 0
-        self._last_info = CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key: _K, *, update_info: bool = True) -> _V:
-        value = super().__getitem__(key)
-
-        if update_info:
-            self._hits += 1
-            self._total += 1
-
-        return value
-
-    def __delitem__(self, key: _K) -> None:
-        run_on_remove = key in self
-        value = self.__getitem__(key, update_info=False)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
-        super().__delitem__(key)
-        if key in self.pinned_items:
-            # Todo: add warning to inform that del pinned item
-            self._unpin(key)
-        if run_on_remove:
-            self._on_remove(key, value)
-
-    @property
-    def cache(self) -> Mapping[_K, _V]:
-        """Return the internal cache dictionary in order (read-only)."""
-        return _MappingOrderCacheView(
-            self._Cache__data,  # type: ignore
-            self.order,
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def order(self) -> Mapping[_K, None]:
-        """Return the internal order dictionary (read-only)."""
-        return MappingProxyType(self._LRUCache__order)  # type: ignore
-
-    @property
-    def capacity(self) -> float:
-        return self.maxsize
-
-    @property
-    def usage(self) -> float:
-        if self.maxsize == 0:
-            return 0
-
-        return self.currsize / self.maxsize
-
-    def stat(self, *, delta: bool = False) -> CacheInfo:
-        """
-        Gets the cumulative number of hits and queries against this cache.
-
-        If `delta=True`, instead gets these statistics
-        since the last call that also passed `delta=True`.
-        """
-        info = CacheInfo(hits=self._hits, total=self._total)
-
-        if delta:
-            info_delta = info - self._last_info
-            self._last_info = info
-            info = info_delta
-
-        return info
-
-    def touch(self, key: _K) -> None:
-        try:
-            self._LRUCache__order.move_to_end(key)  # type: ignore
-        except KeyError:
-            self._LRUCache__order[key] = None  # type: ignore
-
-    @overload
-    def get(self, key: _K, /) -> _V | None: ...
-
-    @overload
-    def get(self, key: _K, /, default: Union[_V, _T]) -> Union[_V, _T]: ...
-
-    def get(
-        self, key: _K, /, default: Union[_V, _T] | None = None
-    ) -> Union[_V, _T] | None:
-        value: Union[_V, _T] | None
-        if key in self:
-            value = self.__getitem__(key, update_info=False)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
-
-            self._hits += 1
-        else:
-            value = default
-
-        self._total += 1
-        return value
-
-    @overload
-    def pop(self, key: _K) -> _V: ...
-
-    @overload
-    def pop(self, key: _K, default: Union[_V, _T]) -> Union[_V, _T]: ...
-
-    def pop(
-        self, key: _K, default: Union[_V, _T] | None = None
-    ) -> Union[_V, _T] | None:
-        value: Union[_V, _T] | None
-        if key not in self:
-            return default
-
-        value = self.__getitem__(key, update_info=False)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
-        self.__delitem__(key)
-        return value
-
-    def put(self, key: _K, value: _V) -> None:
-        self.__setitem__(key, value)
-
-    def pin(self, key: _K) -> None:
-        """
-        Pins a key in the cache preventing it from being
-        evicted in the LRU order.
-        """
-        if key not in self:
-            raise ValueError(f"Cannot pin key: {key} not in cache.")
-        self.pinned_items.add(key)
-
-    def _unpin(self, key: _K) -> None:
-        """
-        Unpins a key in the cache allowing it to be
-        evicted in the LRU order.
-        """
-        self.pinned_items.remove(key)
-
-    def _on_remove(self, key: _K, value: _V | None) -> None:
-        pass
-
-    def remove_oldest(self, *, remove_pinned: bool = False) -> None:
-        if len(self) == 0:
-            return
-
-        self.popitem(remove_pinned=remove_pinned)
-
-    def _remove_old_if_needed(self) -> None:
-        while self.currsize > self.capacity:
-            self.remove_oldest()
-
-    def popitem(self, remove_pinned: bool = False):
-        """Remove and return the `(key, value)` pair least recently used."""
-        if not remove_pinned:
-            # pop the oldest item in the cache that is not pinned
-            lru_key = next(
-                (key for key in self.order if key not in self.pinned_items),
-                ALL_PINNED_SENTINEL,
-            )
-            if lru_key is ALL_PINNED_SENTINEL:
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    "All items are pinned, cannot remove oldest from the cache."
-                )
-        else:
-            lru_key = next(iter(self.order))
-        value = self.pop(cast(_K, lru_key))
-        return (lru_key, value)
-
-    def clear(self) -> None:
-        while len(self) > 0:
-            self.remove_oldest(remove_pinned=True)
-
-        self._hits = 0
-        self._total = 0
-        self._last_info = CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
-
-
-class PyObjectCache:
-    """Used to cache python objects to avoid object allocations
-    across scheduler iterations.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, obj_builder):
-        self._obj_builder = obj_builder
-        self._index = 0
-
-        self._obj_cache = []
-        for _ in range(128):
-            self._obj_cache.append(self._obj_builder())
-
-    def _grow_cache(self):
-        # Double the size of the cache
-        num_objs = len(self._obj_cache)
-        for _ in range(num_objs):
-            self._obj_cache.append(self._obj_builder())
-
-    def get_object(self):
-        """Returns a pre-allocated cached object. If there is not enough
-        objects, then the cache size will double.
-        """
-        if self._index >= len(self._obj_cache):
-            self._grow_cache()
-            assert self._index < len(self._obj_cache)
-
-        obj = self._obj_cache[self._index]
-        self._index += 1
-
-        return obj
-
-    def reset(self):
-        """Makes all cached-objects available for the next scheduler iteration."""
-        self._index = 0
-
-
 @cache
 def get_max_shared_memory_bytes(gpu: int = 0) -> int:
     """Returns the maximum shared memory per thread block in bytes."""
diff --git a/vllm/utils/cache.py b/vllm/utils/cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a57ef9b70ccc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vllm/utils/cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections import UserDict
+from collections.abc import Hashable, Iterator, KeysView, Mapping
+from types import MappingProxyType
+from typing import Callable, Generic, NamedTuple, TypeVar, Union, cast, overload
+
+import cachetools
+
+_K = TypeVar("_K", bound=Hashable)
+_V = TypeVar("_V")
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+
+
+class _Sentinel: ...
+
+
+ALL_PINNED_SENTINEL = _Sentinel()
+
+
+class _MappingOrderCacheView(UserDict[_K, _V]):
+    def __init__(self, data: Mapping[_K, _V], ordered_keys: Mapping[_K, None]):
+        super().__init__(data)
+        self.ordered_keys = ordered_keys
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[_K]:
+        return iter(self.ordered_keys)
+
+    def keys(self) -> KeysView[_K]:
+        return KeysView(self.ordered_keys)
+
+
+class CacheInfo(NamedTuple):
+    hits: int
+    total: int
+
+    @property
+    def hit_ratio(self) -> float:
+        if self.total == 0:
+            return 0
+
+        return self.hits / self.total
+
+    def __sub__(self, other: CacheInfo):
+        return CacheInfo(
+            hits=self.hits - other.hits,
+            total=self.total - other.total,
+        )
+
+
+class LRUCache(cachetools.LRUCache[_K, _V], Generic[_K, _V]):
+    def __init__(self, capacity: float, getsizeof: Callable[[_V], float] | None = None):
+        super().__init__(capacity, getsizeof)
+
+        self.pinned_items = set[_K]()
+
+        self._hits = 0
+        self._total = 0
+        self._last_info = CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key: _K, *, update_info: bool = True) -> _V:
+        value = super().__getitem__(key)
+
+        if update_info:
+            self._hits += 1
+            self._total += 1
+
+        return value
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key: _K) -> None:
+        run_on_remove = key in self
+        value = self.__getitem__(key, update_info=False)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+        super().__delitem__(key)
+        if key in self.pinned_items:
+            # Todo: add warning to inform that del pinned item
+            self._unpin(key)
+        if run_on_remove:
+            self._on_remove(key, value)
+
+    @property
+    def cache(self) -> Mapping[_K, _V]:
+        """Return the internal cache dictionary in order (read-only)."""
+        return _MappingOrderCacheView(
+            self._Cache__data,  # type: ignore
+            self.order,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def order(self) -> Mapping[_K, None]:
+        """Return the internal order dictionary (read-only)."""
+        return MappingProxyType(self._LRUCache__order)  # type: ignore
+
+    @property
+    def capacity(self) -> float:
+        return self.maxsize
+
+    @property
+    def usage(self) -> float:
+        if self.maxsize == 0:
+            return 0
+
+        return self.currsize / self.maxsize
+
+    def stat(self, *, delta: bool = False) -> CacheInfo:
+        """
+        Gets the cumulative number of hits and queries against this cache.
+
+        If `delta=True`, instead gets these statistics
+        since the last call that also passed `delta=True`.
+        """
+        info = CacheInfo(hits=self._hits, total=self._total)
+
+        if delta:
+            info_delta = info - self._last_info
+            self._last_info = info
+            info = info_delta
+
+        return info
+
+    def touch(self, key: _K) -> None:
+        try:
+            self._LRUCache__order.move_to_end(key)  # type: ignore
+        except KeyError:
+            self._LRUCache__order[key] = None  # type: ignore
+
+    @overload
+    def get(self, key: _K, /) -> _V | None: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def get(self, key: _K, /, default: Union[_V, _T]) -> Union[_V, _T]: ...
+
+    def get(
+        self, key: _K, /, default: Union[_V, _T] | None = None
+    ) -> Union[_V, _T] | None:
+        value: Union[_V, _T] | None
+        if key in self:
+            value = self.__getitem__(key, update_info=False)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+
+            self._hits += 1
+        else:
+            value = default
+
+        self._total += 1
+        return value
+
+    @overload
+    def pop(self, key: _K) -> _V: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def pop(self, key: _K, default: Union[_V, _T]) -> Union[_V, _T]: ...
+
+    def pop(
+        self, key: _K, default: Union[_V, _T] | None = None
+    ) -> Union[_V, _T] | None:
+        value: Union[_V, _T] | None
+        if key not in self:
+            return default
+
+        value = self.__getitem__(key, update_info=False)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+        self.__delitem__(key)
+        return value
+
+    def put(self, key: _K, value: _V) -> None:
+        self.__setitem__(key, value)
+
+    def pin(self, key: _K) -> None:
+        """
+        Pins a key in the cache preventing it from being
+        evicted in the LRU order.
+        """
+        if key not in self:
+            raise ValueError(f"Cannot pin key: {key} not in cache.")
+        self.pinned_items.add(key)
+
+    def _unpin(self, key: _K) -> None:
+        """
+        Unpins a key in the cache allowing it to be
+        evicted in the LRU order.
+        """
+        self.pinned_items.remove(key)
+
+    def _on_remove(self, key: _K, value: _V | None) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def remove_oldest(self, *, remove_pinned: bool = False) -> None:
+        if len(self) == 0:
+            return
+
+        self.popitem(remove_pinned=remove_pinned)
+
+    def _remove_old_if_needed(self) -> None:
+        while self.currsize > self.capacity:
+            self.remove_oldest()
+
+    def popitem(self, remove_pinned: bool = False):
+        """Remove and return the `(key, value)` pair least recently used."""
+        if not remove_pinned:
+            # pop the oldest item in the cache that is not pinned
+            lru_key = next(
+                (key for key in self.order if key not in self.pinned_items),
+                ALL_PINNED_SENTINEL,
+            )
+            if lru_key is ALL_PINNED_SENTINEL:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "All items are pinned, cannot remove oldest from the cache."
+                )
+        else:
+            lru_key = next(iter(self.order))
+        value = self.pop(cast(_K, lru_key))
+        return (lru_key, value)
+
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        while len(self) > 0:
+            self.remove_oldest(remove_pinned=True)
+
+        self._hits = 0
+        self._total = 0
+        self._last_info = CacheInfo(hits=0, total=0)