diff --git a/lib/private/AppFramework/DependencyInjection/DIContainer.php b/lib/private/AppFramework/DependencyInjection/DIContainer.php
index 89ebc60b22..7f416c3ed9 100644
--- a/lib/private/AppFramework/DependencyInjection/DIContainer.php
+++ b/lib/private/AppFramework/DependencyInjection/DIContainer.php
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 
 			$dispatcher->registerMiddleware(
 				new SessionMiddleware(
-					$c->query(IRequest::class),
 					$c->query(IControllerMethodReflector::class),
 					$c->query(ISession::class)
 				)
diff --git a/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddleware.php b/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddleware.php
index 7b52cc1e31..3cb60874b3 100644
--- a/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddleware.php
+++ b/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddleware.php
@@ -34,25 +34,14 @@ use OCP\ISession;
 
 class SessionMiddleware extends Middleware {
 
-	/**
-	 * @var IRequest
-	 */
-	private $request;
-
-	/**
-	 * @var ControllerMethodReflector
-	 */
+	/** @var ControllerMethodReflector */
 	private $reflector;
 
-	/**
-	 * @param IRequest $request
-	 * @param ControllerMethodReflector $reflector
-	 */
-	public function __construct(IRequest $request,
-								ControllerMethodReflector $reflector,
-								ISession $session
-) {
-		$this->request = $request;
+	/** @var ISession */
+	private $session;
+
+	public function __construct(ControllerMethodReflector $reflector,
+								ISession $session) {
 		$this->reflector = $reflector;
 		$this->session = $session;
 	}
diff --git a/tests/lib/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddlewareTest.php b/tests/lib/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddlewareTest.php
index 8d097e3a8a..813b0d54dc 100644
--- a/tests/lib/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddlewareTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/AppFramework/Middleware/SessionMiddlewareTest.php
@@ -25,20 +25,12 @@ class SessionMiddlewareTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	/** @var ControllerMethodReflector */
 	private $reflector;
 
-	/** @var Request */
-	private $request;
-
 	/** @var Controller */
 	private $controller;
 
 	protected function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
 
-		$this->request = new Request(
-			[],
-			$this->getMockBuilder('\OCP\Security\ISecureRandom')->getMock(),
-			$this->getMockBuilder(IConfig::class)->getMock()
-		);
 		$this->reflector = new ControllerMethodReflector();
 		$this->controller = $this->createMock(Controller::class);
 	}
@@ -50,7 +42,7 @@ class SessionMiddlewareTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$session = $this->getSessionMock(0);
 
 		$this->reflector->reflect($this, __FUNCTION__);
-		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->request, $this->reflector, $session);
+		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->reflector, $session);
 		$middleware->beforeController($this->controller, __FUNCTION__);
 	}
 
@@ -61,7 +53,7 @@ class SessionMiddlewareTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$session = $this->getSessionMock(1);
 
 		$this->reflector->reflect($this, __FUNCTION__);
-		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->request, $this->reflector, $session);
+		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->reflector, $session);
 		$middleware->afterController($this->controller, __FUNCTION__, new Response());
 	}
 
@@ -69,7 +61,7 @@ class SessionMiddlewareTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$session = $this->getSessionMock(1);
 
 		$this->reflector->reflect($this, __FUNCTION__);
-		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->request, $this->reflector, $session);
+		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->reflector, $session);
 		$middleware->beforeController($this->controller, __FUNCTION__);
 	}
 
@@ -77,7 +69,7 @@ class SessionMiddlewareTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$session = $this->getSessionMock(0);
 
 		$this->reflector->reflect($this, __FUNCTION__);
-		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->request, $this->reflector, $session);
+		$middleware = new SessionMiddleware($this->reflector, $session);
 		$middleware->afterController($this->controller, __FUNCTION__, new Response());
 	}