diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index f8ad43383..6092f67f4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ django-contrib-postgres==0.0.1
 django-floppyforms==1.8.0
 django-extra-views==0.12.0
 django-model-utils==3.1.2
-django-speedinfo==1.4.0
 django-extensions==2.1.4
 django-image-cropping==1.2
 django-webpack-loader==1.6.0
diff --git a/sapl/settings.py b/sapl/settings.py
index 978d81531..e21a4fb7c 100644
--- a/sapl/settings.py
+++ b/sapl/settings.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 
     'haystack',
     'django.contrib.postgres',
-    'speedinfo',
 
     'webpack_loader',
 
@@ -176,8 +175,7 @@ SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
 
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'speedinfo.backends.proxy_cache',
-        'CACHE_BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
+        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
         'LOCATION': '/var/tmp/django_cache',
     }
 }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0216d13eb..fcc298bea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ install_requires = [
     'django-floppyforms==1.7.0',
     'django-extra-views==0.12.0',
     'django-model-utils==3.1.2',
-    'django-speedinfo==1.4.0',
     'django-extensions==2.1.4',
     'django-image-cropping==1.2.0',
     'django-webpack-loader==0.6.0',