diff --git a/swh/web/settings/production.py b/swh/web/settings/production.py
index 93b49e56..b76084a2 100644
--- a/swh/web/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/production.py
@@ -1,53 +1,54 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 """
 Django production settings for swh-web.
 """
 
 from .common import * # noqa
 from .common import (
     MIDDLEWARE, CACHES, ALLOWED_HOSTS, WEBPACK_LOADER
 )
 from .common import swh_web_config
 from .common import REST_FRAMEWORK
 
 # 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']
 
-CACHES.update({
-    'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
-        'LOCATION': swh_web_config['throttling']['cache_uri'],
-    }
-})
+if swh_web_config.get('throttling', {}).get('cache_uri'):
+    CACHES.update({
+        'default': {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
+            'LOCATION': swh_web_config['throttling']['cache_uri'],
+        }
+    })
 
 # Setup support for proxy headers
 USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST = True
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
 
 # We're going through seven (or, in that case, 2) proxies thanks to Varnish
 REST_FRAMEWORK['NUM_PROXIES'] = 2
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS += [
     'archive.softwareheritage.org',
     'base.softwareheritage.org',
     'archive.internal.softwareheritage.org',
 ]
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
         'NAME': swh_web_config['production_db'],
     }
 }
 
 WEBPACK_LOADER['DEFAULT']['CACHE'] = True