diff --git a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/azure_blob.py b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/azure_blob.py
index 431d132935a..00e9b9f2e97 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/azure_blob.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/azure_blob.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from . import ConcreteObjectStore
 from .caching import (
     CacheTarget,
     InProcessCacheMonitor,
+    parse_caching_config_dict_from_xml,
 )
 
 NO_BLOBSERVICE_ERROR_MESSAGE = (
@@ -51,18 +52,7 @@ def parse_config_xml(config_xml):
         container_name = container_xml.get("name")
         max_chunk_size = int(container_xml.get("max_chunk_size", 250))  # currently unused
 
-        cache_els = config_xml.findall("cache")
-        if len(cache_els) > 0:
-            c_xml = config_xml.findall("cache")[0]
-            cache_size = float(c_xml.get("size", -1))
-            staging_path = c_xml.get("path", None)
-
-            cache_dict = {
-                "size": cache_size,
-                "path": staging_path,
-            }
-        else:
-            cache_dict = {}
+        cache_dict = parse_caching_config_dict_from_xml(config_xml)
 
         tag, attrs = "extra_dir", ("type", "path")
         extra_dirs = config_xml.findall(tag)
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/caching.py b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/caching.py
index d7fa078341d..36b9dd44748 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/caching.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/caching.py
@@ -98,6 +98,23 @@ def _get_cache_size_files(cache_path) -> Tuple[int, FileListT]:
     return cache_size, file_list
 
 
+def parse_caching_config_dict_from_xml(config_xml):
+    cache_els = config_xml.findall("cache")
+    if len(cache_els) > 0:
+        c_xml = config_xml.findall("cache")[0]
+        cache_size = float(c_xml.get("size", -1))
+
+        staging_path = c_xml.get("path", None)
+
+        cache_dict = {
+            "size": cache_size,
+            "path": staging_path,
+        }
+    else:
+        cache_dict = {}
+    return cache_dict
+
+
 class InProcessCacheMonitor:
     def __init__(self, cache_target: CacheTarget, interval: int = 30, initial_sleep: Optional[int] = 2):
         # This Event object is initialized to False
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/s3.py b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/s3.py
index 6ea2d9c4ef0..2db7fd7e076 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/s3.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/s3.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from . import ConcreteObjectStore
 from .caching import (
     CacheTarget,
     InProcessCacheMonitor,
+    parse_caching_config_dict_from_xml,
 )
 from .s3_multipart_upload import multipart_upload
 
@@ -70,19 +71,7 @@ def parse_config_xml(config_xml):
         is_secure = string_as_bool(cn_xml.get("is_secure", "True"))
         conn_path = cn_xml.get("conn_path", "/")
 
-        cache_els = config_xml.findall("cache")
-        if len(cache_els) > 0:
-            c_xml = config_xml.findall("cache")[0]
-            cache_size = float(c_xml.get("size", -1))
-
-            staging_path = c_xml.get("path", None)
-
-            cache_dict = {
-                "size": cache_size,
-                "path": staging_path,
-            }
-        else:
-            cache_dict = {}
+        cache_dict = parse_caching_config_dict_from_xml(config_xml)
 
         tag, attrs = "extra_dir", ("type", "path")
         extra_dirs = config_xml.findall(tag)