diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/v2/authController.ts b/backend/src/controllers/v2/authController.ts
index 01ebcdfa07..ce2fae34fc 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/v2/authController.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/v2/authController.ts
@@ -204,20 +204,16 @@ export const login2 = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  * @param res
  */
 export const sendMfaToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-  const {
-    body: { email }
-  } = await validateRequest(reqValidator.SendMfaTokenV2, req);
-
   const code = await TokenService.createToken({
     type: TOKEN_EMAIL_MFA,
-    email
+    email: req.user.email
   });
 
   // send MFA code [code] to [email]
   await sendMail({
     template: "emailMfa.handlebars",
     subjectLine: "Infisical MFA code",
-    recipients: [email],
+    recipients: [req.user.email],
     substitutions: {
       code
     }
@@ -236,17 +232,17 @@ export const sendMfaToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  */
 export const verifyMfaToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   const {
-    body: { email, mfaToken }
+    body: { mfaToken }
   } = await validateRequest(reqValidator.VerifyMfaTokenV2, req);
 
   await TokenService.validateToken({
     type: TOKEN_EMAIL_MFA,
-    email,
+    email: req.user.email,
     token: mfaToken
   });
 
   const user = await User.findOne({
-    email
+    email: req.user.email
   }).select(
     "+salt +verifier +encryptionVersion +protectedKey +protectedKeyIV +protectedKeyTag +publicKey +encryptedPrivateKey +iv +tag +devices"
   );
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/v2/auth.ts b/backend/src/routes/v2/auth.ts
index c7aa6b066e..c24324e3fa 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/v2/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/v2/auth.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ router.post(
 );
 
 //remove above ones after depreciation
-router.post("/mfa/send", authLimiter, authController.sendMfaToken);
+router.post("/mfa/send", authLimiter, requireMfaAuth, authController.sendMfaToken);
 
 router.post("/mfa/verify", authLimiter, requireMfaAuth, authController.verifyMfaToken);
 
diff --git a/backend/src/validation/auth.ts b/backend/src/validation/auth.ts
index f32fc11972..071ad5e49b 100644
--- a/backend/src/validation/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/validation/auth.ts
@@ -84,15 +84,8 @@ export const ResetPasswordV1 = z.object({
   })
 });
 
-export const SendMfaTokenV2 = z.object({
-  body: z.object({
-    email: z.string().email().trim()
-  })
-});
-
 export const VerifyMfaTokenV2 = z.object({
   body: z.object({
-    email: z.string().email().trim(),
     mfaToken: z.string().trim()
   })
 });