diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2 b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2
index 665511b0e6..eb08d9e6c0 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ data:
     source /etc/tower/conf.d/environment.sh
 
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
-    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$MEMCACHED_HOST port=11211" all
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "path=/var/run/redis/redis.sock" all
 
 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ data:
     source /etc/tower/conf.d/environment.sh
 
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
-    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$MEMCACHED_HOST port=11211" all
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "path=/var/run/redis/redis.sock" all
 
     awx-manage collectstatic --noinput --clear