diff --git a/swh/web/settings/production.py b/swh/web/settings/production.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/production.py
@@ -10,15 +10,8 @@
 from .common import *  # noqa
 from .common import CACHES, MIDDLEWARE, REST_FRAMEWORK, WEBPACK_LOADER, swh_web_config
 
-# activate per-site caching
-if "GZip" in MIDDLEWARE[0]:
-    MIDDLEWARE.insert(1, "django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware")
-else:
-    MIDDLEWARE.insert(0, "django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware")
-
 MIDDLEWARE += [
     "swh.web.common.middlewares.HtmlMinifyMiddleware",
-    "django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware",
 ]
 
 if swh_web_config.get("throttling", {}).get("cache_uri"):