diff --git a/lib/auth/grpcserver.go b/lib/auth/grpcserver.go
index 628eebe5faa84..2adde2520ca50 100644
--- a/lib/auth/grpcserver.go
+++ b/lib/auth/grpcserver.go
@@ -5732,7 +5732,6 @@ func NewGRPCServer(cfg GRPCServerConfig) (*GRPCServer, error) {
 	// modifies the tls.Config.NextProtos which causes problems due to multiplexing on the auth
 	// listener.
 	creds, err := NewTransportCredentials(TransportCredentialsConfig{
-		Authorizer:           cfg.Authorizer,
 		TransportCredentials: &httplib.TLSCreds{Config: cfg.TLS},
 		UserGetter:           cfg.Middleware,
 		GetAuthPreference:    cfg.AuthServer.Cache.GetAuthPreference,
diff --git a/lib/service/service.go b/lib/service/service.go
index da5666a1b1547..b1a0c2f38aa85 100644
--- a/lib/service/service.go
+++ b/lib/service/service.go
@@ -6392,7 +6392,6 @@ func (process *TeleportProcess) initSecureGRPCServer(cfg initSecureGRPCServerCfg
 
 	tlsConf := copyAndConfigureTLS(serverTLSConfig, process.log, cfg.accessPoint, clusterName)
 	creds, err := auth.NewTransportCredentials(auth.TransportCredentialsConfig{
-		Authorizer:           authorizer,
 		TransportCredentials: credentials.NewTLS(tlsConf),
 		UserGetter:           authMiddleware,
 		GetAuthPreference:    cfg.accessPoint.GetAuthPreference,