diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 855e4ad..4feb18e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   set_fact:
     backup_backend: "{% if backups.mode in ['standalone-restic', 'hypervisor-restic'] %}restic{% else %}False{% endif %}"
     backup_executor: "{% if backups.mode in ['vm-via-hypervisor'] %}False{% else %}True{% endif %}"
+    backup_restic_cache: "{% if backups.backends.restic.repo_type == 'local' %}False{% else %}True{% endif %}"
 
 - name: create config folder
   file:
diff --git a/templates/backup-check.j2 b/templates/backup-check.j2
index 7f4a0bf..67f73bb 100755
--- a/templates/backup-check.j2
+++ b/templates/backup-check.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # restic backend
 source /etc/backup-client/restic.env
 
-restic check --read-data --cleanup-cache
+restic check --read-data \
+	--cleanup-cache{% if not backup_restic_cache %} --no-cache{% endif %}
 
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/templates/backup-retention.j2 b/templates/backup-retention.j2
index 478631d..3778e51 100755
--- a/templates/backup-retention.j2
+++ b/templates/backup-retention.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source /etc/backup-client/retention.env
 # restic backend
 source /etc/backup-client/restic.env
 restic forget \
-	--cleanup-cache \
+	--cleanup-cache {% if not backup_restic_cache %} --no-cache{% endif %} \
 	--verbose \
 	--prune \
 	--group-by "host,paths,tags" \
diff --git a/templates/backup-standalone.j2 b/templates/backup-standalone.j2
index fd1360e..20d1f43 100755
--- a/templates/backup-standalone.j2
+++ b/templates/backup-standalone.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ test -f "/etc/backup-client/enabled" || { echo "Standalone backup is disabled";
 source /etc/backup-client/restic.env
 
 restic backup \
+	--cleanup-cache {% if not backup_restic_cache %} --no-cache{% endif %} \
 	--verbose \
 	--exclude-caches \
 	--one-file-system \
diff --git a/templates/backup-vm.j2 b/templates/backup-vm.j2
index a4575b5..9c6ed30 100755
--- a/templates/backup-vm.j2
+++ b/templates/backup-vm.j2
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 		# restic backend
 		source /etc/backup-client/restic.env
 		restic backup \
+			--cleanup-cache {% if not backup_restic_cache %} --no-cache{% endif %} \
 			--verbose \
 			--host "$DOMAIN" \
 			--exclude-file "/etc/backup-client/vms/$DOMAIN/exclude_files" \