diff --git a/go/http/raft_reverse_proxy.go b/go/http/raft_reverse_proxy.go
index 410c64ce6..c9ba0568f 100644
--- a/go/http/raft_reverse_proxy.go
+++ b/go/http/raft_reverse_proxy.go
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/openark/golib/log"
 
 	"github.com/go-martini/martini"
-	"github.com/openark/orchestrator/go/config"
 	"github.com/openark/orchestrator/go/raft"
 )
 
@@ -39,10 +37,6 @@ func raftReverseProxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c martini.Context)
 		return
 	}
 	r.Header.Del("Accept-Encoding")
-	switch strings.ToLower(config.Config.AuthenticationMethod) {
-	case "basic", "multi":
-		r.SetBasicAuth(config.Config.HTTPAuthUser, config.Config.HTTPAuthPassword)
-	}
 	proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(url)
 	proxy.Transport, err = orcraft.GetRaftHttpTransport()
 	if err != nil {