diff --git a/poetry/installation/pip_installer.py b/poetry/installation/pip_installer.py
index 336072e36fa..a65d7670f38 100644
--- a/poetry/installation/pip_installer.py
+++ b/poetry/installation/pip_installer.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 from poetry.repositories.pool import Pool
 from poetry.utils._compat import Path
 from poetry.utils._compat import encode
-from poetry.utils.cache import DownloadCache
 from poetry.utils.env import Env
 from poetry.utils.helpers import safe_rmtree
+from poetry.utils.temp import DownloadTmpDir
 
 from .base_installer import BaseInstaller
 
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ def install_git(self, package):
         from poetry.vcs import Git
 
         src_dir = self._env.path / "src" / package.name
-        tmp_dir = Path(DownloadCache.mkcache(package.source_url, prefix="pypoetry-git"))
+        tmp_dir = Path(
+            DownloadTmpDir.mkcache(package.source_url, prefix="pypoetry-git")
+        )
 
         if src_dir.exists():
             safe_rmtree(str(src_dir))
diff --git a/poetry/puzzle/provider.py b/poetry/puzzle/provider.py
index 3cdcdb490c2..97dbd1e1559 100644
--- a/poetry/puzzle/provider.py
+++ b/poetry/puzzle/provider.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 from poetry.utils._compat import OrderedDict
 from poetry.utils._compat import Path
 from poetry.utils._compat import urlparse
-from poetry.utils.cache import DownloadCache
 from poetry.utils.env import EnvCommandError
 from poetry.utils.env import EnvManager
 from poetry.utils.env import VirtualEnv
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
 from poetry.utils.helpers import temporary_directory
 from poetry.utils.inspector import Inspector
 from poetry.utils.setup_reader import SetupReader
+from poetry.utils.temp import DownloadTmpDir
 from poetry.utils.toml_file import TomlFile
 from poetry.vcs.git import Git
 from poetry.version.markers import MarkerUnion
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def get_package_from_vcs(
         if vcs != "git":
             raise ValueError("Unsupported VCS dependency {}".format(vcs))
 
-        tmp_dir = Path(DownloadCache.mkcache(url, prefix="pypoetry-git"))
+        tmp_dir = Path(DownloadTmpDir.mkcache(url, prefix="pypoetry-git"))
 
         git = Git()
 
diff --git a/poetry/utils/cache.py b/poetry/utils/temp.py
similarity index 53%
rename from poetry/utils/cache.py
rename to poetry/utils/temp.py
index 99f57d15d39..da65735b79f 100644
--- a/poetry/utils/cache.py
+++ b/poetry/utils/temp.py
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ def force_rm(action, name, exc):
 
 
 @atexit.register
-def cleanup_caches():
-    for source, cache in DownloadCache.cache_dirs.items():
+def cleanup_tmp():
+    for source, cache in DownloadTmpDir.tmp_dirs.items():
         shutil.rmtree(cache, onerror=force_rm)
 
 
-class DownloadCache:
-    cache_dirs = {}
+class DownloadTmpDir:
+    tmp_dirs = {}
 
     @classmethod
     def mkcache(cls, source, suffix="", prefix="", dir=""):
-        if source not in cls.cache_dirs:
-            cls.cache_dirs[source] = mkdtemp(suffix, prefix, dir)
+        if source not in cls.tmp_dirs:
+            cls.tmp_dirs[source] = mkdtemp(suffix, prefix, dir)
 
-        return cls.cache_dirs[source]
+        return cls.tmp_dirs[source]