diff --git a/services/vault/ingress.yaml b/services/vault/ingress.yaml
index 306556d..91d9ca4 100644
--- a/services/vault/ingress.yaml
+++ b/services/vault/ingress.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
     traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: websecure
-    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.middlewares: vault-vault-basicauth@kubernetescrd
     traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.serversscheme: https
     traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.serversTransport: vault-vault-to-https@kubernetescrd
 spec:
diff --git a/services/vault/kustomization.yaml b/services/vault/kustomization.yaml
index 4c3fbc5..1d7af87 100644
--- a/services/vault/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/vault/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ resources:
   - helmrelease.yaml
   - certificate.yaml
   - ingress.yaml
-  - middleware.yaml
   - serverstransport.yaml
diff --git a/services/vault/middleware.yaml b/services/vault/middleware.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a41961..0000000
--- a/services/vault/middleware.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# services/vault/middleware.yaml
-apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Middleware
-metadata:
-  name: vault-basicauth
-  namespace: vault
-spec:
-  basicAuth:
-    secret: vault-basic-auth