diff --git a/backend.go b/backend.go
index 7e7fbd3..71fe95a 100644
--- a/backend.go
+++ b/backend.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (sc *storageContext) getClient() (*ejbcaClient, error) {
 	}
 
 	logger.Trace("Creating new EJBCA authenticator")
-	authenticator, err := sc.Backend.newAuthenticator(sc.Context, config)
+	authenticator, err := sc.Backend.newAuthenticator(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (sc *storageContext) getClient() (*ejbcaClient, error) {
 	return sc.Backend.client, nil
 }
 
-func (b *ejbcaBackend) newAuthenticator(ctx context.Context, config *ejbcaConfig) (ejbca.Authenticator, error) {
+func (b *ejbcaBackend) newAuthenticator(config *ejbcaConfig) (ejbca.Authenticator, error) {
 	var err error
 	logger := b.Logger().Named("ejbcaBackend.newAuthenticator")
 
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 1c45753..ca2742c 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package ejbca
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ type ejbcaClient struct {
 	*ejbca.APIClient
 }
 
-type newEjbcaAuthenticatorFunc func(context.Context) (ejbca.Authenticator, error)
-
 // ejbcaAPIError is an intermediate interface that allows the EJBCA Vault PKI Engine to return
 // the EJBCA API error code as the Vault API error code.
 type ejbcaAPIError struct {