diff --git a/tests/settings.py b/tests/settings.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/settings.py
+++ b/tests/settings.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 )
SessionAuthenticationMiddleware not available in Django<I> and <I>. We don't really need it to run tests.