diff --git a/src/controllers/auth-middleware.ts b/src/controllers/auth-middleware.ts
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index 1d3fa4e..0000000
--- a/src/controllers/auth-middleware.ts
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@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { IHttpServerComponent } from "@well-known-components/interfaces";
-import { Context, StatusCode } from "../types";
-
-async function withAuthTokenValidation(
-  context: IHttpServerComponent.DefaultContext<Context<string>>,
-  next: () => Promise<IHttpServerComponent.IResponse>
-): Promise<IHttpServerComponent.IResponse> {
-  // Validate Authorization header
-  const authHeader = context.request.headers.get("Authorization");
-  if (!authHeader || !authHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
-    return {
-      status: StatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED,
-      body: {
-        ok: false,
-        message: "Missing or invalid Authorization header",
-      },
-    };
-  }
-
-  const token = authHeader.slice(7); // Extract token after 'Bearer '
-  const expectedToken = process.env.AUTH_TOKEN;
-
-  if (token !== expectedToken) {
-    return {
-      status: StatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED,
-      body: {
-        ok: false,
-        message: "Invalid authorization token",
-      },
-    };
-  }
-
-  return next();
-}
-
-export { withAuthTokenValidation };