diff --git a/src/basic/config.rs b/src/basic/config.rs
index 298ffac3e..a11816c7a 100644
--- a/src/basic/config.rs
+++ b/src/basic/config.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use percent_encoding;
 use actix_web::http::header::{HeaderValue, IntoHeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue};
 
-use challenge::Challenge;
-
 /// Challenge configuration for [BasicAuth](./struct.BasicAuth.html) extractor.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -57,5 +55,3 @@ impl Default for Config {
         }
     }
 }
-
-impl Challenge for Config {}
diff --git a/src/challenge.rs b/src/challenge.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index de2eb566b..000000000
--- a/src/challenge.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-use std::fmt::Debug;
-use std::default::Default;
-
-use actix_web::http::header::IntoHeaderValue;
-
-pub trait Challenge: 'static + Debug + Clone + Send + Sync + IntoHeaderValue + Default {}
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 40aa75125..bcd182dcd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate base64;
 
 mod errors;
-mod challenge;
 pub mod basic;
diff --git a/src/schemes/basic.rs b/src/schemes/basic.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 89990c5bf..000000000
--- a/src/schemes/basic.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-use base64;
-use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpMessage, FromRequest};
-
-use errors::AuthError;
-
-/// Extractor for `Authorization: Basic {payload}` HTTP request header.
-///
-/// If header is not present, HTTP 401 will be returned.
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// ```rust
-/// use actix_web_httpauth::BasicAuth;
-///
-/// pub fn handler(auth: BasicAuth) -> String {
-///     format!("Hello, {}", auth.username)
-/// }
-/// ```
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
-pub struct BasicAuth {
-    pub username: String,
-    pub password: String,
-}
-
-
-impl<S> FromRequest<S> for BasicAuth {
-    type Config = ();
-    type Result = Result<Self, AuthError>;
-
-    fn from_request(req: &HttpRequest<S>, _cfg: &<Self as FromRequest<S>>::Config) -> <Self as FromRequest<S>>::Result {
-        let header = req.headers().get("Authorization")
-            .ok_or(AuthError::HeaderMissing)?
-            .to_str()?;
-        let mut parts = header.splitn(2, ' ');
-
-        // Authorization mechanism
-        match parts.next() {
-            None => return Err(AuthError::InvalidMechanism),
-            Some(mechanism) if mechanism != "Basic" => return Err(AuthError::InvalidMechanism),
-            _ => ()
-        }
-
-        // Authorization payload
-        let payload = parts.next().ok_or(AuthError::HeaderMalformed)?;
-        let payload = base64::decode(payload)?;
-        let payload = String::from_utf8(payload)?;
-        let mut parts = payload.splitn(2, ':');
-        let user = parts.next().ok_or(AuthError::HeaderMalformed)?;
-        let password = parts.next().ok_or(AuthError::HeaderMalformed)?;
-
-        Ok(BasicAuth{
-            username: user.to_string(),
-            password: password.to_string(),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use base64;
-    use actix_web::FromRequest;
-    use actix_web::test::TestRequest;
-
-    use super::{BasicAuth, AuthError};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_valid_auth() {
-        let value = format!("Basic {}", base64::encode("user:pass"));
-        let req = TestRequest::with_header("Authorization", value).finish();
-        let auth = BasicAuth::extract(&req);
-
-        assert!(auth.is_ok());
-        let auth = auth.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(auth.username, "user".to_string());
-        assert_eq!(auth.password, "pass".to_string());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_missing_header() {
-        let req = TestRequest::default().finish();
-        let auth = BasicAuth::extract(&req);
-
-        assert!(auth.is_err());
-        let err = auth.err().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(err, AuthError::HeaderMissing);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_invalid_mechanism() {
-        let value = format!("Digest {}", base64::encode("user:pass"));
-        let req = TestRequest::with_header("Authorization", value).finish();
-        let auth = BasicAuth::extract(&req);
-
-        assert!(auth.is_err());
-        let err = auth.err().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(err, AuthError::InvalidMechanism);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_invalid_format() {
-        let value = format!("Basic {}", base64::encode("user"));
-        let req = TestRequest::with_header("Authorization", value).finish();
-        let auth = BasicAuth::extract(&req);
-
-        assert!(auth.is_err());
-        let err = auth.err().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(err, AuthError::HeaderMalformed);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_user_without_password() {
-        let value = format!("Basic {}", base64::encode("user:"));
-        let req = TestRequest::with_header("Authorization", value).finish();
-        let auth = BasicAuth::extract(&req);
-
-        assert!(auth.is_ok());
-        assert_eq!(auth.unwrap(), BasicAuth {
-            username: "user".to_string(),
-            password: "".to_string(),
-        })
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/schemes/mod.rs b/src/schemes/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 43d195913..000000000
--- a/src/schemes/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-mod basic;
-
-pub use self::basic::BasicAuth;