diff --git a/swh/web/settings/production.py b/swh/web/settings/production.py
index 8cbbb299..a9894c8c 100644
--- a/swh/web/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/production.py
@@ -1,48 +1,41 @@
 # 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 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"):
     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
 
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
         "NAME": swh_web_config["production_db"],
     }
 }
 
 WEBPACK_LOADER["DEFAULT"]["CACHE"] = True