diff --git a/server/auth.js b/server/auth.js
index 5cf96b6ff..106182ddc 100644
--- a/server/auth.js
+++ b/server/auth.js
@@ -155,25 +155,11 @@ exports.basicAuth = async function (req, res, next) {
  * @param {express.NextFunction} next Next handler in chain
  * @returns {void}
  */
-exports.apiAuth = async function (req, res, next) {
-    if (!await Settings.get("disableAuth")) {
-        let usingAPIKeys = await Settings.get("apiKeysEnabled");
-        let middleware;
-        if (usingAPIKeys) {
-            middleware = basicAuth({
-                authorizer: apiAuthorizer,
-                authorizeAsync: true,
-                challenge: true,
-            });
-        } else {
-            middleware = basicAuth({
-                authorizer: userAuthorizer,
-                authorizeAsync: true,
-                challenge: true,
-            });
-        }
-        middleware(req, res, next);
-    } else {
-        next();
-    }
+exports.basicAuthMiddleware = async function (req, res, next) {
+    let middleware = basicAuth({
+        authorizer: apiAuthorizer,
+        authorizeAsync: true,
+        challenge: true,
+    });
+    middleware(req, res, next);
 };
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 12ebaee6f..3cb9f64a4 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ log.debug("server", "Importing Background Jobs");
 const { initBackgroundJobs, stopBackgroundJobs } = require("./jobs");
 const { loginRateLimiter, twoFaRateLimiter } = require("./rate-limiter");
 
-const { apiAuth } = require("./auth");
+const { basicAuthMiddleware } = require("./auth");
 const { login } = require("./auth");
 const passwordHash = require("./password-hash");
 
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ let needSetup = false;
     // Basic Auth Router here
 
     // Prometheus API metrics  /metrics
-    // With Basic Auth using the first user's username/password
-    app.get("/metrics", apiAuth, prometheusAPIMetrics());
+    // With Basic Auth using an API Key
+    app.get("/metrics", basicAuthMiddleware, prometheusAPIMetrics());
 
     app.use("/", expressStaticGzip("dist", {
         enableBrotli: true,