diff --git a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Services/WebRootComponentManager.ts b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Services/WebRootComponentManager.ts
index 097a38c3e057..1c1dbb067db0 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Services/WebRootComponentManager.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Services/WebRootComponentManager.ts
@@ -470,10 +470,6 @@ function isDescriptorInDocument(descriptor: ComponentDescriptor): boolean {
 }
 
 function areWebAssemblyResourcesLikelyCached(config: MonoConfig): boolean {
-  if (!config.cacheBootResources) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   const hash = getWebAssemblyResourceHash(config);
   if (!hash) {
     return false;
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/Directory.Build.props b/src/Components/WebAssembly/Directory.Build.props
index 836334255bca..b64f9033fc9a 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/Directory.Build.props
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <WasmPreloadAssets>false</WasmPreloadAssets>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <BlazorCacheBootResources>false</BlazorCacheBootResources>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/BootResourceRequestLog.cs b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/BootResourceRequestLog.cs
index dcd1f2c94325..0dfd3e43bead 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/BootResourceRequestLog.cs
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/BootResourceRequestLog.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ public class BootResourceRequestLog
 {
     private readonly ConcurrentBag<string> _requestPaths = new ConcurrentBag<string>();
 
-    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> RequestPaths => _requestPaths;
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> RequestPathsWithNewContent => _requestPaths;
 
-    public void AddRequest(HttpRequest request)
+    public void AddRequest(string originalRequestPath, HttpResponse response)
     {
-        _requestPaths.Add(request.Path);
+        if (response.StatusCode != StatusCodes.Status304NotModified)
+        {
+            _requestPaths.Add(originalRequestPath);
+        }
     }
 
     public void Clear()
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/Startup.cs b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/Startup.cs
index 7225c954e2b8..bf75aad5012d 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env, BootReso
     {
         var mapAlternativePathApp = Configuration.GetValue<bool>("UseAlternativeBasePath");
         var mapAllApps = Configuration.GetValue<bool>("MapAllApps");
-        app.Use((context, next) =>
+        app.Use(async (context, next) =>
         {
+            string originalRequestPath = context.Request.Path;
+            await next(context);
+
             // This is used by E2E tests to verify that the correct resources were fetched,
             // and that it was possible to override the loading mechanism
             if (context.Request.Query.ContainsKey("customizedbootresource")
-            || context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("customizedbootresource")
-            || context.Request.Path.Value.EndsWith("/blazor.boot.json", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            || context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("customizedbootresource"))
             {
-                bootResourceRequestLog.AddRequest(context.Request);
+                bootResourceRequestLog.AddRequest(originalRequestPath, context.Response);
             }
-            return next(context);
         });
 
         if (env.IsDevelopment())
diff --git a/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/BootResourceCachingTest.cs b/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/BootResourceCachingTest.cs
index b15e36dff42f..d40c7612866e 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/BootResourceCachingTest.cs
+++ b/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/BootResourceCachingTest.cs
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.E2ETest.Tests;
 public partial class BootResourceCachingTest
     : ServerTestBase<AspNetSiteServerFixture>
 {
-    // The cache name is derived from the application's base href value (in this case, '/')
-    private const string CacheName = "dotnet-resources-/";
-
     public BootResourceCachingTest(
         BrowserFixture browserFixture,
         AspNetSiteServerFixture serverFixture,
@@ -56,114 +53,13 @@ public void CachesResourcesAfterFirstLoad()
         Navigate("/");
         WaitUntilLoaded();
         var subsequentResourcesRequested = GetAndClearRequestedPaths();
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(subsequentResourcesRequested, path =>
-            path.Contains("/dotnet.native.", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
-            path.EndsWith(".wasm", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-        Assert.NotEmpty(subsequentResourcesRequested.Where(path => path.EndsWith(".js", StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(subsequentResourcesRequested, path =>
-            !path.Contains("/dotnet.native.", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
-            path.EndsWith(".wasm", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task IncrementallyUpdatesCache()
-    {
-        // Perform a first load to populate the cache
-        Navigate("/");
-        WaitUntilLoaded();
-        var cacheEntryUrls1 = GetCacheEntryUrls();
-        var cacheEntryForComponentsDll = cacheEntryUrls1.Single(IsFingerprintedComponentsEntry);
-        var cacheEntryForDotNetWasm = cacheEntryUrls1.Single(IsFingerprintedDotNetWasmEntry);
-        var cacheEntryForDotNetWasmWithChangedHash = cacheEntryForDotNetWasm.Replace(".sha256-", ".sha256-different");
-
-        // Remove some items we do need, and add an item we don't need
-        RemoveCacheEntry(cacheEntryForComponentsDll);
-        RemoveCacheEntry(cacheEntryForDotNetWasm);
-        AddCacheEntry(cacheEntryForDotNetWasmWithChangedHash, "ignored content");
-        var cacheEntryUrls2 = GetCacheEntryUrls();
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(cacheEntryForComponentsDll, cacheEntryUrls2);
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(cacheEntryForDotNetWasm, cacheEntryUrls2);
-        Assert.Contains(cacheEntryForDotNetWasmWithChangedHash, cacheEntryUrls2);
-
-        // On the next load, we'll fetch only the items we need (not things already cached)
-        GetAndClearRequestedPaths();
-        Navigate("about:blank");
-        Browser.Equal(string.Empty, () => Browser.Title);
-        Navigate("/");
-        WaitUntilLoaded();
-        var subsequentResourcesRequested = GetAndClearRequestedPaths();
-        Assert.Collection(subsequentResourcesRequested.Where(url => url.Contains(".wasm")),
-            requestedDll => Assert.True(IsFingerprintedComponentsEntry(requestedDll)),
-            requestedDll => Assert.True(IsFingerprintedDotNetWasmEntry(requestedDll)));
-
-        var cacheEntryUrls3 = GetCacheEntryUrls();
-        // wait until the cache was cleaned, max 500ms
-        for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
-        {
-            if (!cacheEntryUrls3.Contains(cacheEntryForDotNetWasmWithChangedHash))
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-            await Task.Delay(100); // wait for cache purge
-            cacheEntryUrls3 = GetCacheEntryUrls();
-        }
-        Assert.Contains(cacheEntryForComponentsDll, cacheEntryUrls3);
-        Assert.Contains(cacheEntryForDotNetWasm, cacheEntryUrls3);
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(cacheEntryForDotNetWasmWithChangedHash, cacheEntryUrls3);
-    }
-
-    [GeneratedRegex("/Microsoft\\.AspNetCore\\.Components\\.\\w*\\.wasm")]
-    private static partial Regex GetFingerprintedComponentsEntryRegex { get; }
-
-    [GeneratedRegex("/dotnet\\.native\\.\\w*\\.wasm")]
-    private static partial Regex GetFingerprintedDotNetWasmEntryRegex { get; }
-
-    private static bool IsFingerprintedComponentsEntry(string url)
-        => GetFingerprintedComponentsEntryRegex.IsMatch(url);
-
-    private static bool IsFingerprintedDotNetWasmEntry(string url)
-        => GetFingerprintedDotNetWasmEntryRegex.IsMatch(url);
-
-    private IReadOnlyCollection<string> GetCacheEntryUrls()
-    {
-        var js = @"
-                (async function(cacheName, completedCallback) {
-                    const cache = await caches.open(cacheName);
-                    const keys = await cache.keys();
-                    const urls = keys.map(r => r.url);
-                    completedCallback(urls);
-                }).apply(null, arguments)";
-        var jsExecutor = (IJavaScriptExecutor)Browser;
-        var result = (IEnumerable<object>)jsExecutor.ExecuteAsyncScript(js, CacheName);
-        return result.Cast<string>().ToList();
-    }
-
-    private void RemoveCacheEntry(string url)
-    {
-        var js = @"
-                (async function(cacheName, urlToRemove, completedCallback) {
-                    const cache = await caches.open(cacheName);
-                    await cache.delete(urlToRemove);
-                    completedCallback();
-                }).apply(null, arguments)";
-        ((IJavaScriptExecutor)Browser).ExecuteAsyncScript(js, CacheName, url);
-    }
-
-    private void AddCacheEntry(string url, string content)
-    {
-        var js = @"
-                (async function(cacheName, urlToAdd, contentToAdd, completedCallback) {
-                    const cache = await caches.open(cacheName);
-                    await cache.put(urlToAdd, new Response(contentToAdd));
-                    completedCallback();
-                }).apply(null, arguments)";
-        ((IJavaScriptExecutor)Browser).ExecuteAsyncScript(js, CacheName, url, content);
+        Assert.Empty(subsequentResourcesRequested);
     }
 
     private IReadOnlyCollection<string> GetAndClearRequestedPaths()
     {
         var requestLog = _serverFixture.Host.Services.GetRequiredService<BootResourceRequestLog>();
-        var result = requestLog.RequestPaths.ToList();
+        var result = requestLog.RequestPathsWithNewContent.ToList();
         requestLog.Clear();
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/src/Components/test/testassets/Directory.Build.props b/src/Components/test/testassets/Directory.Build.props
index a89953ccb515..f9fe6e921bf4 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/testassets/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Components/test/testassets/Directory.Build.props
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <WasmPreloadAssets>false</WasmPreloadAssets>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <BlazorCacheBootResources>false</BlazorCacheBootResources>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>