diff --git a/src/middleware/auth.js b/src/middleware/auth.js
index 32fae28..34b6a4a 100644
--- a/src/middleware/auth.js
+++ b/src/middleware/auth.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 const passport = require('passport')
 // const BasicStrategy = require('passport-http').BasicStrategy
 const AnonymousStrategy = require('passport-anonymous')
-const wlogger = require('../util/winston-logging')
+// const wlogger = require('../util/winston-logging')
 
 // Used for debugging and iterrogating JS objects.
 const util = require('util')
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ util.inspect.defaultOptions = { depth: 1 }
 // let _this
 
 // Set default rate limit value for testing
-const PRO_PASSES = process.env.PRO_PASS ? process.env.PRO_PASS : 'BITBOX'
+// const PRO_PASSES = process.env.PRO_PASS ? process.env.PRO_PASS : 'BITBOX'
 // Convert the pro-tier password string into an array split by ':'.
-const PRO_PASS = PRO_PASSES.split(':')
+// const PRO_PASS = PRO_PASSES.split(':')
 
 // wlogger.verbose(`PRO_PASS set to: ${PRO_PASS}`)