diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 18e44cdc72..97157e4acd 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {
     },
 }
 
-# Use Redis as cache backend (except when testing).
+# Django Caching Configuration
 if is_testing():
     CACHES = {
         'default': {
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ if is_testing():
 else:
     CACHES = {
         'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'redis_cache.RedisCache',
-            'LOCATION': BROKER_URL,
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
+            'LOCATION': 'memcached:11211',
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/awx/settings/local_settings.py.docker_compose b/awx/settings/local_settings.py.docker_compose
index e1169e4291..c85d89cb21 100644
--- a/awx/settings/local_settings.py.docker_compose
+++ b/awx/settings/local_settings.py.docker_compose
@@ -48,21 +48,6 @@ if is_testing(sys.argv):
     
     MONGO_DB = 'system_tracking_test'
 
-# Django Caching Configuration
-if is_testing():
-    CACHES = {
-        'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
-        },
-    }
-else:
-    CACHES = {
-        'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
-            'LOCATION': 'memcached:11211',
-        },
-    }
-
 # Celery AMQP configuration.
 BROKER_URL = 'amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq//'