diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/throttled.rb b/lib/sidekiq/throttled.rb
index 8a549958..46a015fb 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/throttled.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/throttled.rb
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ module Sidekiq
   #       end
   #     end
   module Throttled
+    @configuration = Configuration.new
+
     class << self
-      # @return [Configuration]
-      def configuration
-        @configuration ||= Configuration.new
-      end
+      attr_reader :configuration
 
-      # Hooks throttler into sidekiq.
-      #
-      # @return [void]
       def setup!
-        Sidekiq::Throttled::Patches::BasicFetch.apply!
+        Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+          config.server_middleware do |chain|
+            chain.add Sidekiq::Throttled::Middleware
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       # Tells whenever job is throttled or not.
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ def setup!
       # @param [String] message Job's JSON payload
       # @return [Boolean]
       def throttled?(message)
-        message = JSON.parse message
-        job = message.fetch("wrapped") { message.fetch("class") { return false } }
-        jid = message.fetch("jid") { return false }
+        message = Sidekiq.load_json(message)
+        job     = message.fetch("wrapped") { message["class"] }
+        jid     = message["jid"]
 
-        Registry.get job do |strategy|
+        return false unless job && jid
+
+        Registry.get(job) do |strategy|
           return strategy.throttled?(jid, *message["args"])
         end
 
@@ -72,10 +74,4 @@ def throttled?(message)
       end
     end
   end
-
-  configure_server do |config|
-    config.server_middleware do |chain|
-      chain.add Sidekiq::Throttled::Middleware
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch.rb b/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch.rb
index c421520d..603db222 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ module Sidekiq
   module Throttled
     module Patches
       module BasicFetch
-        class << self
-          def apply!
-            Sidekiq::BasicFetch.prepend(self) unless Sidekiq::BasicFetch.include?(self)
-          end
-        end
-
         # Retrieves job from redis.
         #
         # @return [Sidekiq::Throttled::UnitOfWork, nil]
@@ -39,22 +33,9 @@ def retrieve_work
         def requeue_throttled(work)
           redis { |conn| conn.lpush(work.queue, work.job) }
         end
-
-        # Returns list of queues to try to fetch jobs from.
-        #
-        # @note It may return an empty array.
-        # @param [Array<String>] queues
-        # @return [Array<String>]
-        def queues_cmd
-          queues = super
-
-          # TODO: Refactor to be prepended as an integration mixin during configuration stage
-          #   Or via configurable queues reducer
-          queues -= Sidekiq::Pauzer.paused_queues.map { |name| "queue:#{name}" } if defined?(Sidekiq::Pauzer)
-
-          queues
-        end
       end
     end
   end
 end
+
+Sidekiq::BasicFetch.prepend(Sidekiq::Throttled::Patches::BasicFetch)
diff --git a/spec/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch_spec.rb b/spec/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch_spec.rb
index 78c4de13..a814ecfc 100644
--- a/spec/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/sidekiq/throttled/patches/basic_fetch_spec.rb
@@ -11,19 +11,11 @@ def perform(*); end
 
 RSpec.describe Sidekiq::Throttled::Patches::BasicFetch do
   subject(:fetch) do
-    if Gem::Version.new(Sidekiq::VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("7.0.0")
-      Sidekiq.instance_variable_set(:@config, Sidekiq::DEFAULTS.dup)
-      Sidekiq.queues = %w[default]
-      Sidekiq::BasicFetch.new(Sidekiq)
-    else
-      config = Sidekiq::Config.new
-      config.queues = %w[default]
-      Sidekiq::BasicFetch.new(config.default_capsule)
-    end
+    config = Sidekiq::Config.new
+    config.queues = %w[default]
+    Sidekiq::BasicFetch.new(config.default_capsule)
   end
 
-  before { described_class.apply! }
-
   describe "#retrieve_work" do
     def enqueued_jobs(queue)
       Sidekiq.redis do |conn|