diff --git a/auth/build.gradle.kts b/auth/build.gradle.kts
index b6f692140f2..66c9e1b4fd1 100644
--- a/auth/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/auth/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ plugins {
 group = "gov.cdc.prime"
 version = "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
 
-val ktorVersion: String by project.properties
-val springCloudVersion: String by project.properties
-val springCloudAzureVersion: String by project.properties
-
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":shared"))
 
@@ -46,8 +42,8 @@ configurations.all {
 
 dependencyManagement {
     imports {
-        mavenBom("com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies:$springCloudAzureVersion")
-        mavenBom("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:$springCloudVersion")
+        mavenBom("com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies:5.14.0")
+        mavenBom("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:2023.0.3")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/gradle.properties b/auth/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 77e7944441a..00000000000
--- a/auth/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ktorVersion=2.3.12
-springCloudVersion=2023.0.3
-springCloudAzureVersion=5.14.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/config/ApplicationConfig.kt b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/config/ApplicationConfig.kt
index 861cbfbb3d5..6d81ecbfe38 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/config/ApplicationConfig.kt
+++ b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/config/ApplicationConfig.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import kotlin.time.TimeSource
  */
 @Configuration
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(ProxyConfigurationProperties::class)
-class ApplicationConfig @Autowired constructor(
+class ApplicationConfig(
     val proxyConfig: ProxyConfigurationProperties,
 ) {
 
diff --git a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthController.kt b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthController.kt
index afb6d6797de..b69f1dd2d0a 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthController.kt
+++ b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthController.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange
 
 @RestController
-class AuthController @Autowired constructor(
+class AuthController(
     private val proxyURIStrategy: ProxyURIStrategy,
 ) : Logging {
 
diff --git a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/HealthController.kt b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/HealthController.kt
index ca7fcefb468..e06306ebab2 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/HealthController.kt
+++ b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/HealthController.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
 import kotlin.time.TimeSource
 
 @RestController
-class HealthController @Autowired constructor(
+class HealthController(
     timeSource: TimeSource,
 ) {
 
diff --git a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/service/ProxyURIStrategy.kt b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/service/ProxyURIStrategy.kt
index c57be1ae871..b8089de1eee 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/service/ProxyURIStrategy.kt
+++ b/auth/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/service/ProxyURIStrategy.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface ProxyURIStrategy {
  */
 @Component
 @Profile("local")
-class PathPrefixProxyURIStrategy @Autowired constructor(
+class PathPrefixProxyURIStrategy(
     private val applicationConfig: ApplicationConfig,
 ) : ProxyURIStrategy {
     override fun getTargetURI(incomingUri: URI): URI {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class PathPrefixProxyURIStrategy @Autowired constructor(
                 incomingUri.fragment
             )
         } else {
-            throw IllegalStateException("no configured proxy target in path mappings")
+            throw IllegalStateException("no configured proxy target in path mappings for path=${incomingUri.path}")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/auth/src/main/resources/application.yml b/auth/src/main/resources/application.yml
index ccc652e4272..fa484028c9a 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/auth/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ proxy.pathMappings:
   - pathPrefix: /submissions
     baseUrl: http://localhost:8880
 
-logging:
-  level:
-    web: debug
-    org.springframework.web: debug
+#Uncomment for verbose logging
+#logging:
+#  level:
+#    web: debug
+#    org.springframework.web: debug
diff --git a/auth/src/test/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthControllerTest.kt b/auth/src/test/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthControllerTest.kt
index 56d406e8163..d6ba9e3a95b 100644
--- a/auth/src/test/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthControllerTest.kt
+++ b/auth/src/test/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/auth/controller/AuthControllerTest.kt
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@ import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension::class)
 @SpringBootTest
 @AutoConfigureWebTestClient
-class AuthControllerTest {
-
-    @Autowired
-    lateinit var webTestClient: WebTestClient
-
-    @MockBean
-    lateinit var mockedUriStrategy: ProxyURIStrategy
+class AuthControllerTest @Autowired constructor(
+    private val webTestClient: WebTestClient,
+    @MockBean private val mockedUriStrategy: ProxyURIStrategy
+) {
 
     private val server: MockWebServer = MockWebServer()
 
diff --git a/submissions/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/submissions/controllers/HealthController.kt b/submissions/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/submissions/controllers/HealthController.kt
index 067a171213d..b51bdb4f72d 100644
--- a/submissions/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/submissions/controllers/HealthController.kt
+++ b/submissions/src/main/kotlin/gov/cdc/prime/reportstream/submissions/controllers/HealthController.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package gov.cdc.prime.reportstream.submissions.controllers
 
-import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController