diff --git a/src/Middleware/GuardMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/GuardMiddleware.php
index 6cc96e70..d5f8be60 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/GuardMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/GuardMiddleware.php
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Auth0\Laravel\Middleware;
 
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-
 /**
  * Assigns a specific guard to the request.
  *
diff --git a/src/ServiceProviderAbstract.php b/src/ServiceProviderAbstract.php
index 9947a573..3d444f43 100644
--- a/src/ServiceProviderAbstract.php
+++ b/src/ServiceProviderAbstract.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
-use function defined;
 use function is_string;
 
 /**
@@ -208,11 +207,6 @@ final public function registerMiddleware(
             /**
              * @var \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel $kernel
              */
-            if (! defined('AUTH0_LARAVEL_RUNNING_TESTS')) {
-                $kernel->pushMiddleware(AuthenticatorMiddleware::class);
-                $kernel->pushMiddleware(AuthenticatorMiddleware::class);
-            }
-
             $kernel->appendMiddlewareToGroup('web', AuthenticatorMiddleware::class);
             $kernel->appendMiddlewareToGroup('api', AuthorizerMiddleware::class);