diff --git a/manifests/containerreconciler.pp b/manifests/containerreconciler.pp
index b756b48f..90802db0 100644
--- a/manifests/containerreconciler.pp
+++ b/manifests/containerreconciler.pp
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ class swift::containerreconciler(
     if !empty(grep(any2array($memcache_servers), '127.0.0.1')) {
       Class['memcached'] -> Class['swift::containerreconciler']
     }
+  } else {
+    swift_container_reconciler_config {
+      'filter:cache/memcache_servers': ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_enabled':      ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_cafile':       ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_certfile':     ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_keyfile':      ensure => absent;
+    }
   }
 
   swift_container_reconciler_config {
diff --git a/manifests/objectexpirer.pp b/manifests/objectexpirer.pp
index 409ec44b..53b368be 100644
--- a/manifests/objectexpirer.pp
+++ b/manifests/objectexpirer.pp
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ class swift::objectexpirer(
     if !empty(grep(any2array($memcache_servers), '127.0.0.1')) {
       Class['memcached'] -> Class['swift::objectexpirer']
     }
+  } else {
+    swift_object_expirer_config {
+      'filter:cache/memcache_servers': ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_enabled':      ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_cafile':       ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_certfile':     ensure => absent;
+      'filter:cache/tls_keyfile':      ensure => absent;
+    }
   }
 
   swift_object_expirer_config {
diff --git a/spec/classes/swift_objectexpirer_spec.rb b/spec/classes/swift_objectexpirer_spec.rb
index 6b46c623..08cb0a8c 100644
--- a/spec/classes/swift_objectexpirer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/swift_objectexpirer_spec.rb
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ describe 'swift::objectexpirer' do
       end
 
       it 'should not configure memcache servers' do
-        is_expected.to_not contain_swift_object_expirer_config(
-          'filter:cache/memcache_servers')
+        is_expected.to contain_swift_object_expirer_config(
+          'filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_ensure('absent')
       end
     end