diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 810531e..d1b6ada 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ parsedatetime==1.5
 psycopg2==2.6.1
 py-bcrypt==0.4
 pycrypto==2.6.1
-pylibmc==1.5.0
 python-dateutil==2.4.2
 python-mimeparse==0.1.4
 python-postmark==0.4.7
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index bdabdbd..d5c3eaa 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ if 'DATABASE_URL' in os.environ:
             "http_auth": es.username + ':' + es.password
         }
 
-CACHES = {
-    'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyLibMCCache',
-        'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
-    }
-}
-
 ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES = {'auth.user': lambda u: "/%s/" % u.username}
 ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 0
 ADMINS = (('Nick Sergeant', 'nick@snipt.net'),)
@@ -133,9 +126,7 @@ LOGGING = {
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',