diff --git a/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
     <entry name="memApplicationColor" type="Color">
       <default>blue</default>
     </entry>
-    <entry name="memCachedColor" type="Color">
-      <default>green</default>
-    </entry>
     <entry name="memBuffersColor" type="Color">
       <default>yellow</default>
     </entry>
diff --git a/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/ColorSettings.qml b/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/ColorSettings.qml
--- a/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/ColorSettings.qml
+++ b/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/ColorSettings.qml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
     property alias cfg_memApplicationColor: memApplicationColorPicker.color
     property alias cfg_memBuffersColor: memBuffersColorPicker.color
-    property alias cfg_memCachedColor: memCachedColorPicker.color
     property alias cfg_cpuUserColor: cpuUserColorPicker.color
     property alias cfg_cpuIOWaitColor: cpuIOWaitColorPicker.color
     property alias cfg_cpuSysColor: cpuSysColorPicker.color
@@ -116,15 +115,6 @@
                 id: memBuffersColorPicker
             }
 
-            Label {
-                text: i18nc("@label:chooser", "Cached:")
-                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
-            }
-
-            KQuickControls.ColorButton {
-                id: memCachedColorPicker
-            }
-
             Label {
                 text: i18nc("@title:group", "Swap")
                 Layout.columnSpan: 2
diff --git a/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/SystemLoadViewer.qml b/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/SystemLoadViewer.qml
--- a/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/SystemLoadViewer.qml
+++ b/applets/systemloadviewer/package/contents/ui/SystemLoadViewer.qml
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@
                                                  theme.linkColor]
 
     property var memoryColors: setColorsManually ? [plasmoid.configuration.memApplicationColor,
-                                                    plasmoid.configuration.memBuffersColor,
-                                                    plasmoid.configuration.memCachedColor]
+                                                    plasmoid.configuration.memBuffersColor]
                                                  : [theme.buttonFocusColor,
-                                                    theme.visitedLinkColor,
-                                                    theme.highlightColor]
+                                                    theme.visitedLinkColor]
 
     property var swapColors: setColorsManually ? [plasmoid.configuration.swapUsedColor]
                                                : [theme.highlightColor]
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@
         property string memFree: memPhysical + "free"
         property string memApplication: memPhysical + "application"
         property string memBuffers: memPhysical + "buf"
-        property string memCached: memPhysical + "cached"
         property string memUsed: memPhysical + "used"
         property string swap: "mem/swap/"
         property string swapUsed: swap + "used"
@@ -151,7 +148,7 @@
 
         property var totalCpuLoadProportions: [.0, .0, .0, .0]
         property int maxCpuIndex: 0
-        property var memoryUsageProportions: [.0, .0, .0]
+        property var memoryUsageProportions: [.0, .0]
         property double swapUsageProportion: .0
         property var cacheUsageProportions: [.0, .0]
 
@@ -162,7 +159,7 @@
         function sources() {
             var array = [niceLoad, userLoad, sysLoad,
                          ioWait, memFree, memApplication, memBuffers,
-                         memCached, memUsed, swapUsed, swapFree,
+                         memUsed, swapUsed, swapFree,
                          averageClock, totalLoad, cores, cacheDirty,
                          cacheWriteback]
 
@@ -199,10 +196,6 @@
             else if (sourceName == memBuffers) {
                 memoryUsageProportions[1] = fitMemoryUsage(data.value)
             }
-            else if (sourceName == memCached) {
-                memoryUsageProportions[2] = fitMemoryUsage(data.value)
-                memoryUsageProportionsChanged()
-            }
             else if (sourceName == swapUsed) {
                 swapUsageProportion = fitSwapUsage(data.value)
                 swapUsageProportionChanged()