diff --git a/api/middleware.go b/api/middleware.go
index 5428b035..eeeaaffc 100644
--- a/api/middleware.go
+++ b/api/middleware.go
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ func authMiddleware(authProvider func(*http.Request) (string, error)) func(c *gi
 				c.AbortWithError(http.StatusUnauthorized, err)
 				return
 			}
-			ctxKey := string(auth.IdentityProviderCtxKey)
-			c.Set(ctxKey, user)
+			c.Set(auth.IdentityProviderCtxKey, user)
 			c.Next()
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/auth/auth.go b/pkg/auth/auth.go
index a3059319..b2ce5c06 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/auth.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/auth.go
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ovh/utask/pkg/utils"
 )
 
-// CtxKey is a custom type based on string type
-// used to fix golint when IdentityProviderCtxKey
-// is set
-type CtxKey string
-
 // IdentityProviderCtxKey is the key used to store/retrieve identity data from Context
 const IdentityProviderCtxKey = "__identity_provider_key"
 
@@ -27,7 +22,7 @@ var (
 
 // WithIdentity adds identity data to a context
 func WithIdentity(ctx context.Context, id string) context.Context {
-	return context.WithValue(ctx, CtxKey(IdentityProviderCtxKey), id)
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, IdentityProviderCtxKey, id)
 }
 
 // Init reads authorization from configstore, bootstraps values