diff --git a/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2 b/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
index 83e2544184..b6c74f037b 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ config = {
         "resolver_queue_size": 100,
         "dependency_fetch_chunk_size": 150,
         "dependency_cache_capacity": 50000,
-        # FIXME increase cache_l2_capacity once there is more disk space available
-        "cache_l2_capacity": 16,
+        "cache_l2_capacity": 100,
         "ignore_weak_deps": True,
     },
     "services": {