diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index c8989d1b3c..19b3f6449c 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'util.middleware.ExceptionLoggingMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',