diff --git a/software/memcached/instance.cfg b/software/memcached/instance.cfg
index 91d9486f4a30a769dd0f9e0be3e903ae532e9778..fb844c9d8b8d3e8038aa506bb09143a9f0763f90 100644
--- a/software/memcached/instance.cfg
+++ b/software/memcached/instance.cfg
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ develop-eggs-directory = ${buildout:develop-eggs-directory}
 [instance]
 recipe = ${instance-recipe:egg}:${instance-recipe:module}
 memcached_binary = ${memcached:location}/bin/memcached
-innobackupex_binary = ${xtrabackup:location}/bin/innobackupex
 openssl_binary = ${openssl:location}/bin/openssl
 rdiff_backup_binary = ${buildout:bin-directory}/rdiff-backup
 stunnel_binary = ${stunnel:location}/bin/stunnel
-xtrabackup_binary = ${xtrabackup:location}/bin/xtrabackup_51
diff --git a/software/memcached/software.cfg b/software/memcached/software.cfg
index a38e93db78fe63c8ad9fd28708d957f083832a69..c40fdd39364580e934deb86dab5e1e93286a5db1 100644
--- a/software/memcached/software.cfg
+++ b/software/memcached/software.cfg
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ extends =
   ../../component/stunnel/buildout.cfg
   ../../component/python-2.7/buildout.cfg
   ../../component/rdiff-backup/buildout.cfg
-  ../../component/xtrabackup/buildout.cfg
   
 versions = versions