diff --git a/middleware/http/bearer/bearer_middleware.go b/middleware/http/bearer/bearer_middleware.go
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--- a/middleware/http/bearer/bearer_middleware.go
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@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-package bearer
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-
-	"context"
-	"strings"
-
-	oidc "github.com/coreos/go-oidc"
-	"github.com/dapr/components-contrib/middleware"
-	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
-)
-
-type bearerMiddlewareMetadata struct {
-	IssuerURL string `json:"issuerURL"`
-	ClientID  string `json:"clientID"`
-}
-
-// NewBearerMiddleware returns a new oAuth2 middleware
-func NewBearerMiddleware() *Middleware {
-	return &Middleware{}
-}
-
-// Middleware is an oAuth2 authentication middleware
-type Middleware struct {
-}
-
-const (
-	bearerPrefix       = "bearer "
-	bearerPrefixLength = len(bearerPrefix)
-)
-
-// GetHandler retruns the HTTP handler provided by the middleware
-func (m *Middleware) GetHandler(metadata middleware.Metadata) (func(h fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler, error) {
-	meta, err := m.getNativeMetadata(metadata)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	provider, err := oidc.NewProvider(context.Background(), meta.IssuerURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	verifier := provider.Verifier(&oidc.Config{
-		ClientID: meta.ClientID,
-	})
-
-	return func(h fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
-		return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
-			authHeader := string(ctx.Request.Header.Peek(fasthttp.HeaderAuthorization))
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(authHeader), bearerPrefix) {
-				ctx.Error(fasthttp.StatusMessage(fasthttp.StatusUnauthorized), fasthttp.StatusUnauthorized)
-				return
-			}
-			rawToken := authHeader[bearerPrefixLength:]
-			_, err := verifier.Verify(ctx, rawToken)
-			if err != nil {
-				ctx.Error(fasthttp.StatusMessage(fasthttp.StatusUnauthorized), fasthttp.StatusUnauthorized)
-				return
-			}
-
-			h(ctx)
-		}
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func (m *Middleware) getNativeMetadata(metadata middleware.Metadata) (*bearerMiddlewareMetadata, error) {
-	b, err := json.Marshal(metadata.Properties)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var middlewareMetadata bearerMiddlewareMetadata
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &middlewareMetadata)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &middlewareMetadata, nil
-}
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