diff --git a/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2 b/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
index d3a17fefd1..aeedd14005 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ config = {
             "expiration_time": None,
             "arguments": {
                 "url": "memcached01",
-                "distributed_lock": True,
             },
         },
     },
diff --git a/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2 b/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2
index c08b0738c6..39041536cd 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ config = {
                 "expiration_time": 300,
                 "arguments": {
                     "url": "memcached01:11211",
-                    "distributed_lock": True,
                 },
             },
         },