diff --git a/zerver/lib/url_preview/preview.py b/zerver/lib/url_preview/preview.py
index 623f39065a..5b5e71e4e9 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/url_preview/preview.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/url_preview/preview.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ from zerver.lib.url_preview.oembed import get_oembed_data
 from zerver.lib.url_preview.parsers import GenericParser, OpenGraphParser
 from zerver.lib.url_preview.types import UrlEmbedData, UrlOEmbedData
 
-# Use an in-memory cache for development, to make it easy to develop this code
-CACHE_NAME = "default" if not settings.DEVELOPMENT else "in-memory"
 # Based on django.core.validators.URLValidator, with ftp support removed.
 link_regex = re.compile(
     r"^(?:http)s?://"  # http:// or https://
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ def catch_network_errors(func: Callable[..., Any]) -> Callable[..., Any]:
 
 
 @catch_network_errors
-@cache_with_key(preview_url_cache_key, cache_name=CACHE_NAME, with_statsd_key="urlpreview_data")
+@cache_with_key(preview_url_cache_key, with_statsd_key="urlpreview_data")
 def get_link_embed_data(
     url: str, maxwidth: int = 640, maxheight: int = 480
 ) -> Optional[UrlEmbedData]:
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_link_embed.py b/zerver/tests/test_link_embed.py
index b02113a0e5..a08dfa3a2b 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_link_embed.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_link_embed.py
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ TEST_CACHES = {
         "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
         "LOCATION": "url-preview",
     },
-    "in-memory": {
-        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
-        "LOCATION": "url-preview",
-    },
 }
 
 
@@ -653,7 +649,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
         with self.settings(TEST_SUITE=False, CACHES=TEST_CACHES):
             with self.assertLogs(level="INFO") as info_logs:
                 FetchLinksEmbedData().consume(event)
-                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))[0]
             self.assertTrue(
                 "INFO:root:Time spent on get_link_embed_data for http://test.org/audio.mp3: "
                 in info_logs.output[0]
@@ -687,7 +683,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
         with self.settings(TEST_SUITE=False, CACHES=TEST_CACHES):
             with self.assertLogs(level="INFO") as info_logs:
                 FetchLinksEmbedData().consume(event)
-                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))[0]
             self.assertTrue(
                 "INFO:root:Time spent on get_link_embed_data for http://test.org/foo.html: "
                 in info_logs.output[0]
@@ -726,7 +722,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
         with self.settings(TEST_SUITE=False, CACHES=TEST_CACHES):
             with self.assertLogs(level="INFO") as info_logs:
                 FetchLinksEmbedData().consume(event)
-                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))[0]
             self.assertTrue(
                 "INFO:root:Time spent on get_link_embed_data for http://test.org/foo.html: "
                 in info_logs.output[0]
@@ -763,7 +759,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
         with self.settings(TEST_SUITE=False, CACHES=TEST_CACHES):
             with self.assertLogs(level="INFO") as info_logs:
                 FetchLinksEmbedData().consume(event)
-                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))[0]
             self.assertTrue(
                 "INFO:root:Time spent on get_link_embed_data for http://test.org/foo.html: "
                 in info_logs.output[0]
@@ -796,7 +792,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
         with self.settings(TEST_SUITE=False, CACHES=TEST_CACHES):
             with self.assertLogs(level="INFO") as info_logs:
                 FetchLinksEmbedData().consume(event)
-                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+                cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))[0]
             self.assertTrue(
                 "INFO:root:Time spent on get_link_embed_data for http://test.org/: "
                 in info_logs.output[0]
@@ -844,7 +840,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
                     )
 
                     # This did not get cached -- hence the lack of [0] on the cache_get
-                    cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")
+                    cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))
                     self.assertIsNone(cached_data)
 
         msg.refresh_from_db()
@@ -881,7 +877,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
             )
 
             # FIXME: Should we really cache this, especially without cache invalidation?
-            cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(error_url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+            cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(error_url))[0]
 
         self.assertIsNone(cached_data)
         msg.refresh_from_db()
@@ -921,7 +917,7 @@ class PreviewTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
                     lambda *args, **kwargs: mocked_data,
                 ):
                     FetchLinksEmbedData().consume(event)
-                    cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url), cache_name="in-memory")[0]
+                    cached_data = cache_get(preview_url_cache_key(url))[0]
             self.assertTrue(
                 "INFO:root:Time spent on get_link_embed_data for http://test.org/: "
                 in info_logs.output[0]
diff --git a/zproject/computed_settings.py b/zproject/computed_settings.py
index bc6371a5c9..a7f8cea755 100644
--- a/zproject/computed_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/computed_settings.py
@@ -361,9 +361,6 @@ CACHES = {
             "CULL_FREQUENCY": 10,
         },
     },
-    "in-memory": {
-        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
-    },
 }
 
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