diff --git a/test/private-api/auth.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/auth.e2e-spec.ts
index 4f2218f29..b4832b884 100644
--- a/test/private-api/auth.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/auth.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@
 */
 import request from 'supertest';
 
-import { AuthConfig } from '../../src/config/auth.config';
 import { LoginDto } from '../../src/identity/local/login.dto';
 import { RegisterDto } from '../../src/identity/local/register.dto';
 import { UpdatePasswordDto } from '../../src/identity/local/update-password.dto';
 import { UserRelationEnum } from '../../src/users/user-relation.enum';
 import { checkPassword } from '../../src/utils/password';
-import { setupSessionMiddleware } from '../../src/utils/session';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 
 describe('Auth', () => {
@@ -28,9 +26,6 @@ describe('Auth', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     testSetup = await TestSetupBuilder.create().build();
-
-    const authConfig = testSetup.configService.get('authConfig') as AuthConfig;
-    setupSessionMiddleware(testSetup.app, authConfig);
     await testSetup.app.init();
 
     username = 'hardcoded';
diff --git a/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts
index b3fa704ac..750337eac 100644
--- a/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import request from 'supertest';
 
-import { AuthConfig } from '../../src/config/auth.config';
 import { HistoryEntryImportDto } from '../../src/history/history-entry-import.dto';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../../src/history/history-entry.entity';
 import { HistoryService } from '../../src/history/history.service';
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ import { Note } from '../../src/notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesService } from '../../src/notes/notes.service';
 import { User } from '../../src/users/user.entity';
 import { UsersService } from '../../src/users/users.service';
-import { setupSessionMiddleware } from '../../src/utils/session';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 
 describe('History', () => {
@@ -37,10 +34,6 @@ describe('History', () => {
 
     const moduleRef = testSetup.moduleRef;
 
-    const config = moduleRef.get<ConfigService>(ConfigService);
-
-    const authConfig = config.get('authConfig') as AuthConfig;
-    setupSessionMiddleware(testSetup.app, authConfig);
     await testSetup.app.init();
     content = 'This is a test note.';
     historyService = moduleRef.get(HistoryService);
diff --git a/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts
index 13a7ffcf2..14801dc0b 100644
--- a/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import request from 'supertest';
 
-import { AuthConfig } from '../../src/config/auth.config';
 import { NotInDBError } from '../../src/errors/errors';
 import { Note } from '../../src/notes/note.entity';
 import { FullUserInfoDto } from '../../src/users/user-info.dto';
 import { User } from '../../src/users/user.entity';
-import { setupSessionMiddleware } from '../../src/utils/session';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 
 describe('Me', () => {
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@ describe('Me', () => {
     uploadPath =
       testSetup.configService.get('mediaConfig').backend.filesystem.uploadPath;
 
-    const authConfig = testSetup.configService.get('authConfig') as AuthConfig;
-    setupSessionMiddleware(testSetup.app, authConfig);
     await testSetup.app.init();
 
     user = await testSetup.userService.createUser('hardcoded', 'Testy');
diff --git a/test/private-api/media.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/media.e2e-spec.ts
index 7d4a09da9..4f9160d49 100644
--- a/test/private-api/media.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/media.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { User } from 'src/users/user.entity';
 import request from 'supertest';
 
-import { AuthConfig } from '../../src/config/auth.config';
 import { ConsoleLoggerService } from '../../src/logger/console-logger.service';
-import { setupSessionMiddleware } from '../../src/utils/session';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 import { ensureDeleted } from '../utils';
 
@@ -30,8 +28,6 @@ describe('Media', () => {
     testSetup.app.useStaticAssets(uploadPath, {
       prefix: '/uploads',
     });
-    const authConfig = testSetup.configService.get('authConfig') as AuthConfig;
-    setupSessionMiddleware(testSetup.app, authConfig);
     await testSetup.app.init();
 
     const logger = await testSetup.app.resolve(ConsoleLoggerService);
diff --git a/test/private-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
index e77062fbb..841652900 100644
--- a/test/private-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import request from 'supertest';
 
-import { AuthConfig } from '../../src/config/auth.config';
 import { NotInDBError } from '../../src/errors/errors';
 import { User } from '../../src/users/user.entity';
-import { setupSessionMiddleware } from '../../src/utils/session';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 
 describe('Notes', () => {
@@ -32,9 +30,6 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
     uploadPath =
       testSetup.configService.get('mediaConfig').backend.filesystem.uploadPath;
 
-    const authConfig = testSetup.configService.get('authConfig') as AuthConfig;
-    setupSessionMiddleware(testSetup.app, authConfig);
-
     await testSetup.app.init();
 
     user = await testSetup.userService.createUser('hardcoded', 'Testy');
diff --git a/test/private-api/tokens.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/tokens.e2e-spec.ts
index f85e604ec..0f88b8678 100644
--- a/test/private-api/tokens.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/tokens.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
  */
 import request from 'supertest';
 
-import { AuthConfig } from '../../src/config/auth.config';
 import { User } from '../../src/users/user.entity';
-import { setupSessionMiddleware } from '../../src/utils/session';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 
 describe('Tokens', () => {
@@ -22,10 +20,6 @@ describe('Tokens', () => {
 
     user = await testSetup.userService.createUser('hardcoded', 'Testy');
     await testSetup.identityService.createLocalIdentity(user, 'test');
-
-    const authConfig = testSetup.configService.get('authConfig') as AuthConfig;
-    setupSessionMiddleware(testSetup.app, authConfig);
-
     await testSetup.app.init();
 
     agent = request.agent(testSetup.app.getHttpServer());