diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py b/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py
index 5eeaf0b357..18924f6465 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class _StaticWebContext(WSGIContext):
         self.container = container
         self.obj = obj
         self.app = staticweb.app
-        self.cache_timeout = staticweb.cache_timeout
         self.agent = '%(orig)s StaticWeb'
         # Results from the last call to self._get_container_info.
         self._index = self._error = self._listings = self._listings_css = \
@@ -447,8 +446,6 @@ class StaticWeb(object):
         self.app = app
         #: The filter configuration dict.
         self.conf = conf
-        #: The seconds to cache the x-container-meta-web-* headers.,
-        self.cache_timeout = int(conf.get('cache_timeout', 300))
 
     def __call__(self, env, start_response):
         """
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_staticweb.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_staticweb.py
index b237a86418..2771a2d142 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_staticweb.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_staticweb.py
@@ -24,34 +24,6 @@ from swift.common.swob import Request, Response
 from swift.common.middleware import staticweb
 
 
-class FakeMemcache(object):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.store = {}
-
-    def get(self, key):
-        return self.store.get(key)
-
-    def set(self, key, value, time=0):
-        self.store[key] = value
-        return True
-
-    def incr(self, key, time=0):
-        self.store[key] = self.store.setdefault(key, 0) + 1
-        return self.store[key]
-
-    @contextmanager
-    def soft_lock(self, key, timeout=0, retries=5):
-        yield True
-
-    def delete(self, key):
-        try:
-            del self.store[key]
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        return True
-
-
 meta_map = {
     'c1': {'status': 401},
     'c2': {},
@@ -418,14 +390,6 @@ class TestStaticWeb(unittest.TestCase):
         sw = staticweb.filter_factory(conf)(FakeApp())
         self.assertEquals(sw.conf, conf)
 
-    def test_cache_timeout_unset(self):
-        sw = staticweb.filter_factory({})(FakeApp())
-        self.assertEquals(sw.cache_timeout, 300)
-
-    def test_cache_timeout_set(self):
-        sw = staticweb.filter_factory({'cache_timeout': '1'})(FakeApp())
-        self.assertEquals(sw.cache_timeout, 1)
-
     def test_root(self):
         resp = Request.blank('/').get_response(self.test_staticweb)
         self.assertEquals(resp.status_int, 404)