diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f861e5a2a..6d1432793 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "require": {
         "ext-imagick": "*",
         "acquia/drupal-environment-detector": "^1.0",
-        "acquia/memcache-settings": "^1.2",
         "citation-style-language/locales": "1.0.0",
         "citation-style-language/styles-distribution": "1.0.0",
         "composer/installers": ">=1.2",