diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 03369d8..84faa4e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ awx_postgres_version: 10
 awx_awxweb_image: "{{ awx_awx_image | default('docker.io/ansible/awx:{}'.format(awx_awxweb_version)) }}"
 awx_awxtask_image: "{{ awx_awx_image | default('docker.io/ansible/awx:{}'.format(awx_awxtask_version)) }}"
 awx_postgres_image: docker.io/centos/postgresql-{{ awx_postgres_version }}-centos7
-awx_memcached_image: docker.io/library/memcached:alpine
 awx_redis_image: docker.io/library/redis:latest
 
 # Update postgresql from a lower version
@@ -51,11 +50,6 @@ awx_pg_username: awx
 awx_pg_password: awxpass
 
 
-awx_memcached_mem_request: 1
-awx_memcached_cpu_request: 500
-awx_memcached_socket_path: /var/run/memcached
-awx_memcached_socket_filename: memcached.sock
-
 awx_kubernetes_redis_config_mount_path: /usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf
 
 # for settings file
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index d8c885c..8a4aa43 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@
       mode: '0777'
       owner: '999'
 
-  - name: ensure awx memcached-socket directory exists
-    file:
-      path: "{{ awx_podman_dir }}/memcached-socket"
-      state: directory
-      mode: '0777'
-      owner: '1000'
-
   - name: ensure awx supervisor-socket directory exists
     file:
       path: "{{ awx_podman_dir }}/supervisor-socket"
diff --git a/templates/awx.yml.j2 b/templates/awx.yml.j2
index 0c01fb0..9d43829 100644
--- a/templates/awx.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/awx.yml.j2
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ spec:
     hostPath:
       path: {{ awx_podman_dir }}/rsyslog-dir
       type: Directory
-  - name: memcached-socket
-    hostPath:
-      path: {{ awx_podman_dir }}/memcached-socket
-      type: Directory
   - name: awx-data-volume
     hostPath:
       path: {{ awx_podman_dir }}/data
@@ -98,21 +94,6 @@ spec:
     - mountPath: /var/lib/pgsql/data:z
       name: db-volume
   #
-  # memcached container
-  #
-  - command:
-    - memcached
-    - -s
-    - {{ awx_memcached_socket_path }}/{{ awx_memcached_socket_filename }}
-    - -a
-    - 0666
-    env:
-    image: {{ awx_memcached_image }}
-    name: {{ awx_pod_name }}_memcached
-    volumeMounts:
-    - name: memcached-socket
-      mountPath: "{{ awx_memcached_socket_path }}"
-  #
   # awx-web container
   #
   - command:
@@ -170,8 +151,6 @@ spec:
     - mountPath: /etc/tower/conf.d/credentials.py:z
       name: credentials-py
       readOnly: true
-    - name: memcached-socket
-      mountPath: "{{ awx_memcached_socket_path }}"
 {% if awx_host_ssl_certificate is defined %}
     - mountPath: /etc/nginx/awxweb.pem:z
       name: ssl_certificate
@@ -246,8 +225,6 @@ spec:
     - mountPath: /etc/tower/conf.d/credentials.py:z
       name: credentials-py
       readOnly: true
-    - name: memcached-socket
-      mountPath: "{{ awx_memcached_socket_path }}"
 {% if awx_host_ssl_certificate is defined %}
     - mountPath: /etc/nginx/awxweb.pem:z
       name: ssl_certificate
diff --git a/templates/settings.py.j2 b/templates/settings.py.j2
index 974916a..a74006e 100644
--- a/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ LOGGING['handlers']['management_playbooks'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
 
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
-        'LOCATION': 'unix:/var/run/memcached/memcached.sock'
+        'BACKEND': 'django_redis.cache.RedisCache',
+        'LOCATION': 'unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock'
     },
 }
 
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index b51a12c..66c1e1d 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ awx_pod_label: "{{ awx_pod_name }}"
 
 awx_container_image_list:
   - "{{ awx_postgres_image }}"
-  - "{{ awx_memcached_image }}"
   - "{{ awx_redis_image }}"
   - "{{ awx_awxweb_image }}"
   - "{{ awx_awxtask_image }}"