diff --git a/awx/conf/settings.py b/awx/conf/settings.py
index a35a5354c8..350a4df049 100644
--- a/awx/conf/settings.py
+++ b/awx/conf/settings.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ from awx.conf import settings_registry
 from awx.conf.models import Setting
 from awx.conf.migrations._reencrypt import decrypt_field as old_decrypt_field
 
-import cachetools
-
 # FIXME: Gracefully handle when settings are accessed before the database is
 # ready (or during migrations).
 
@@ -138,14 +136,6 @@ def filter_sensitive(registry, key, value):
     return value
 
 
-# settings.__getattr__ is called *constantly*, and the LOG_AGGREGATOR_ ones are
-# so ubiquitous when external logging is enabled that they should kept in memory
-# with a short TTL to avoid even having to contact memcached
-# the primary use case for this optimization is the callback receiver
-# when external logging is enabled
-LOGGING_SETTINGS_CACHE = cachetools.TTLCache(maxsize=50, ttl=1)
-
-
 class EncryptedCacheProxy(object):
 
     def __init__(self, cache, registry, encrypter=None, decrypter=None):
@@ -447,17 +437,11 @@ class SettingsWrapper(UserSettingsHolder):
         return self._get_default('SETTINGS_MODULE')
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
-        if name.startswith('LOG_AGGREGATOR_'):
-            cached = LOGGING_SETTINGS_CACHE.get(name)
-            if cached:
-                return cached
         value = empty
         if name in self.all_supported_settings:
             with _ctit_db_wrapper(trans_safe=True):
                 value = self._get_local(name)
         if value is not empty:
-            if name.startswith('LOG_AGGREGATOR_'):
-                LOGGING_SETTINGS_CACHE[name] = value
             return value
         value = self._get_default(name)
         # sometimes users specify RabbitMQ passwords that contain