diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts b/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts
index e5bf323399..8a269416a3 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts
@@ -112,19 +112,10 @@ export default async (cmd: Command): Promise<void> => {
       // @ts-ignore
       choices: ['SQLite', 'PostgreSQL'],
     },
-    {
-      type: 'list',
-      name: 'cacheType',
-      message: chalk.blue('Select cache store for the backend [required]'),
-      // @ts-ignore
-      choices: ['in-memory', 'memcache'],
-    },
   ];
   const answers: Answers = await inquirer.prompt(questions);
   answers.dbTypePG = answers.dbType === 'PostgreSQL';
   answers.dbTypeSqlite = answers.dbType === 'SQLite';
-  answers.cacheTypeMemory = answers.cacheType === 'in-memory';
-  answers.cacheTypeMemcache = answers.cacheType === 'memcache';
 
   const templateDir = paths.resolveOwn('templates/default-app');
   const tempDir = resolvePath(os.tmpdir(), answers.name);
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs
index 7a8eb8f13c..59cfd09753 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs
@@ -34,15 +34,8 @@ backend:
         #ca: # if you have a CA file and want to verify it you can uncomment this section
         #  $file: <file-path>/ca/server.crt
   {{/if}}
-  {{#if cacheTypeMemory}}
   cache:
     store: memory
-  {{/if}}
-  {{#if cacheTypeMemcache}}
-  cache:
-    store: memcache
-    connection: ${MEMCACHE_USER}:${MEMCACHE_PASSWORD}@${MEMCACHE_HOST}:$MEMCACHE_PORT}
-  {{/if}}
   # workingDirectory: /tmp # Use this to configure a working directory for the scaffolder, defaults to the OS temp-dir
 
 integrations:
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
index 885b0bbb0e..ebf4e6c835 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -209,9 +209,6 @@ async function createApp(
     }
     child.stdin?.write(`\n`);
 
-    await waitFor(() => stdout.includes('Select cache store for the backend'));
-    child.stdin?.write(`\n`);
-
     print('Waiting for app create script to be done');
     await waitForExit(child);