diff --git a/services/spelling/buildscript.txt b/services/spelling/buildscript.txt
index dc2b1648eb..ec700ab23e 100644
--- a/services/spelling/buildscript.txt
+++ b/services/spelling/buildscript.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ spelling
 --env-add=
 --node-version=10.19.0
 --acceptance-creds=None
---dependencies=mongo,redis
+--dependencies=mongo
 --docker-repos=gcr.io/overleaf-ops
 --env-pass-through=
 --data-dirs=cache
diff --git a/services/spelling/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/spelling/docker-compose.ci.yml
index b99da9b18e..aa98f3a225 100644
--- a/services/spelling/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/spelling/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       mongo:
         condition: service_healthy
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
     user: node
     command: npm run test:acceptance:_run
 
@@ -40,8 +38,5 @@ services:
       - ./:/tmp/build/
     command: tar -czf /tmp/build/build.tar.gz --exclude=build.tar.gz --exclude-vcs .
     user: root
-  redis:
-    image: redis
-
   mongo:
     image: mongo:3.6
diff --git a/services/spelling/docker-compose.yml b/services/spelling/docker-compose.yml
index 7c29241598..b7ab71d075 100644
--- a/services/spelling/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/spelling/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,8 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       mongo:
         condition: service_healthy
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
     command: npm run test:acceptance
 
-  redis:
-    image: redis
-
   mongo:
     image: mongo:3.6