diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/auth/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/auth/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ca3b207e..00000000
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/auth/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import verifyWebhook from './verify-webhook';
-
-export default {
-  verifyWebhook,
-};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/auth/verify-webhook.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/auth/verify-webhook.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 22c2eaa9..00000000
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/auth/verify-webhook.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
-
-const verifyWebhook = async ($: IGlobalVariable) => {
-  return true;
-};
-
-export default verifyWebhook;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/index.ts
index fbd480b8..107ee47a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/webhook/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import defineApp from '../../helpers/define-app';
-import auth from './auth';
 import triggers from './triggers';
 
 export default defineApp({
@@ -11,6 +10,5 @@ export default defineApp({
   baseUrl: '',
   apiBaseUrl: '',
   primaryColor: '0059F7',
-  auth,
   triggers,
 });
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/webhooks/handler.ts b/packages/backend/src/controllers/webhooks/handler.ts
index 15a8d2e1..48717696 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/controllers/webhooks/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/webhooks/handler.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ export default async (request: IRequest, response: Response) => {
     return response.sendStatus(404);
   }
 
-
-  if (app.auth.verifyWebhook) {
+  if (app.auth?.verifyWebhook) {
     const $ = await globalVariable({
       flow,
       connection: await triggerStep.$relatedQuery('connection'),