diff --git a/backend/src/v2/driver/driver.go b/backend/src/v2/driver/driver.go
index 3869d52e476..c701aadc2ee 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/driver/driver.go
+++ b/backend/src/v2/driver/driver.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func Container(ctx context.Context, opts Options, mlmd *metadata.Client, cacheCl
 	cached := false
 	execution.Cached = &cached
 	if opts.Task.GetCachingOptions().GetEnableCache() && ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID != "" {
-		executorOutput, outputArtifacts, err := reuseCachedOutputs(ctx, execution.ExecutorInput, opts.Component.GetOutputDefinitions(), mlmd, ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID)
+		executorOutput, outputArtifacts, err := reuseCachedOutputs(ctx, execution.ExecutorInput, mlmd, ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return execution, err
 		}
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ func getItems(value *structpb.Value) (items []*structpb.Value, err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func reuseCachedOutputs(ctx context.Context, executorInput *pipelinespec.ExecutorInput, outputDefinitions *pipelinespec.ComponentOutputsSpec, mlmd *metadata.Client, cachedMLMDExecutionID string) (*pipelinespec.ExecutorOutput, []*metadata.OutputArtifact, error) {
+func reuseCachedOutputs(ctx context.Context, executorInput *pipelinespec.ExecutorInput, mlmd *metadata.Client, cachedMLMDExecutionID string) (*pipelinespec.ExecutorOutput, []*metadata.OutputArtifact, error) {
 	cachedMLMDExecutionIDInt64, err := strconv.ParseInt(cachedMLMDExecutionID, 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failure while transfering cachedMLMDExecutionID %s from string to int64: %w", cachedMLMDExecutionID, err)
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ func createPVC(
 	cached := false
 	execution.Cached = &cached
 	if opts.Task.GetCachingOptions().GetEnableCache() && ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID != "" {
-		executorOutput, outputArtifacts, err := reuseCachedOutputs(ctx, execution.ExecutorInput, opts.Component.GetOutputDefinitions(), mlmd, ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID)
+		executorOutput, outputArtifacts, err := reuseCachedOutputs(ctx, execution.ExecutorInput, mlmd, ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", createdExecution, pb.Execution_FAILED, err
 		}
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ func deletePVC(
 	cached := false
 	execution.Cached = &cached
 	if opts.Task.GetCachingOptions().GetEnableCache() && ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID != "" {
-		executorOutput, outputArtifacts, err := reuseCachedOutputs(ctx, execution.ExecutorInput, opts.Component.GetOutputDefinitions(), mlmd, ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID)
+		executorOutput, outputArtifacts, err := reuseCachedOutputs(ctx, execution.ExecutorInput, mlmd, ecfg.CachedMLMDExecutionID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return createdExecution, pb.Execution_FAILED, err
 		}