diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md
index 6f54448ca..db9aa1b82 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * The default CSV export format for all objects now includes all available data. Additionally, the CSV headers now use human-friendly titles rather than the raw field names.
 * Support for queryset caching configuration (`caching_config`) has been removed from the plugins API (see [#6639](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6639)).
 * The `cacheops_*` metrics have been removed from the Prometheus exporter (see [#6639](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6639)).
+* The `invalidate` management command has been removed.
 
 ### New Features
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 22344938e..2ba1a047a 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
         )
     raise
 
+# Warn on removed config parameters
+if hasattr(configuration, 'CACHE_TIMEOUT'):
+    warnings.warn("The CACHE_TIMEOUT configuration parameter was removed in v3.0.0 and no longer has any effect.")
+
 # Enforce required configuration parameters
 for parameter in ['ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'DATABASE', 'SECRET_KEY', 'REDIS']:
     if not hasattr(configuration, parameter):
@@ -231,8 +235,7 @@ CACHING_REDIS_PASSWORD = REDIS['caching'].get('PASSWORD', '')
 CACHING_REDIS_SENTINELS = REDIS['caching'].get('SENTINELS', [])
 CACHING_REDIS_SENTINEL_SERVICE = REDIS['caching'].get('SENTINEL_SERVICE', 'default')
 CACHING_REDIS_PROTO = 'rediss' if REDIS['caching'].get('SSL', False) else 'redis'
-# Unused?
-# CACHING_REDIS_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY = REDIS['caching'].get('INSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY', False)
+CACHING_REDIS_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY = REDIS['caching'].get('INSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY', False)
 
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
@@ -248,6 +251,8 @@ if CACHING_REDIS_SENTINELS:
     CACHES['default']['LOCATION'] = f'{CACHING_REDIS_PROTO}://{CACHING_REDIS_SENTINEL_SERVICE}/{CACHING_REDIS_DATABASE}'
     CACHES['default']['OPTIONS']['CLIENT_CLASS'] = 'django_redis.client.SentinelClient'
     CACHES['default']['OPTIONS']['SENTINELS'] = CACHING_REDIS_SENTINELS
+if CACHING_REDIS_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY:
+    CACHES['default']['OPTIONS']['CONNECTION_POOL_KWARGS']['ssl_cert_reqs'] = False
 
 
 #