diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/commands.cfg b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/commands.cfg
index fb52d022d7..d9e0a35a27 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/commands.cfg
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/commands.cfg
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ define command{
         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -p $ARG1$ -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_rsa -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_redis -H 127.0.0.1 -C /var/lib/nagios/redis_password'
 }
 
-define command{
-        command_name    check_memcached_ssh
-        command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -p $ARG1$ -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_rsa -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_memcached -H 127.0.0.1 -E 0'
-}
-
 define command{
         command_name    check_rabbitmq_queues
         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -p $ARG1$ -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_rsa -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_rabbitmq_queues'
diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/conf.d/services.cfg b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/conf.d/services.cfg
index 3aa7899d6e..7626705c9e 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/conf.d/services.cfg
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios3/conf.d/services.cfg
@@ -286,15 +286,6 @@ define service {
         contact_groups                  page_admins
 }
 
-define service {
-        use                             generic-service
-        service_description             Check memcached service
-        check_command                   check_memcached_ssh!22
-        max_check_attempts              3
-        hostgroups                      frontends
-        contact_groups                  page_admins
-}
-
 define service {
         use                             generic-service
         service_description             Check rabbitmq queue sizes