diff --git a/app/Contracts/Repository/NodeRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Contracts/Repository/NodeRepositoryInterface.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2885c0773..000000000
--- a/app/Contracts/Repository/NodeRepositoryInterface.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Contracts\Repository;
-
-use App\Models\Node;
-use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
-
-interface NodeRepositoryInterface extends RepositoryInterface
-{
-    public const THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_LOW = 75;
-    public const THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_MEDIUM = 90;
-
-    /**
-     * Return the usage stats for a single node.
-     */
-    public function getUsageStats(Node $node): array;
-
-    /**
-     * Return the usage stats for a single node.
-     */
-    public function getUsageStatsRaw(Node $node): array;
-
-    /**
-     * Return a single node with location and server information.
-     */
-    public function loadServerCount(Node $node, bool $refresh = false): Node;
-
-    /**
-     * Attach a paginated set of allocations to a node mode including
-     * any servers that are also attached to those allocations.
-     */
-    public function loadNodeAllocations(Node $node, bool $refresh = false): Node;
-
-    /**
-     * Return a collection of nodes for all locations to use in server creation UI.
-     */
-    public function getNodesForServerCreation(): Collection;
-}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Nodes/NodeViewController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Nodes/NodeViewController.php
index bb46a519e..77ed4b735 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Nodes/NodeViewController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Nodes/NodeViewController.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use App\Models\Allocation;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory as ViewFactory;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use App\Traits\Controllers\JavascriptInjection;
 use App\Services\Helpers\SoftwareVersionService;
 
@@ -17,11 +16,13 @@ class NodeViewController extends Controller
 {
     use JavascriptInjection;
 
+    public const THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_LOW = 75;
+    public const THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_MEDIUM = 90;
+
     /**
      * NodeViewController constructor.
      */
     public function __construct(
-        private NodeRepository $repository,
         private SoftwareVersionService $versionService,
         private ViewFactory $view
     ) {
@@ -32,11 +33,37 @@ class NodeViewController extends Controller
      */
     public function index(Request $request, Node $node): View
     {
-        $node = $this->repository->loadServerCount($node);
+        $node->load('location')->loadCount('servers');
+
+        $stats = Node::query()
+            ->selectRaw('IFNULL(SUM(servers.memory), 0) as sum_memory, IFNULL(SUM(servers.disk), 0) as sum_disk')
+            ->join('servers', 'servers.node_id', '=', 'nodes.id')
+            ->where('node_id', '=', $node->id)
+            ->first();
+
+        $usageStats = Collection::make(['disk' => $stats->sum_disk, 'memory' => $stats->sum_memory])
+            ->mapWithKeys(function ($value, $key) use ($node) {
+                $maxUsage = $node->{$key};
+                if ($node->{$key . '_overallocate'} > 0) {
+                    $maxUsage = $node->{$key} * (1 + ($node->{$key . '_overallocate'} / 100));
+                }
+
+                $percent = ($value / $maxUsage) * 100;
+
+                return [
+                    $key => [
+                        'value' => number_format($value),
+                        'max' => number_format($maxUsage),
+                        'percent' => $percent,
+                        'css' => ($percent <= self::THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_LOW) ? 'green' : (($percent > self::THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_MEDIUM) ? 'red' : 'yellow'),
+                    ],
+                ];
+            })
+            ->toArray();
 
         return $this->view->make('admin.nodes.view.index', [
             'node' => $node,
-            'stats' => $this->repository->getUsageStats($node),
+            'stats' => $stats,
             'version' => $this->versionService,
         ]);
     }
@@ -64,7 +91,15 @@ class NodeViewController extends Controller
      */
     public function allocations(Request $request, Node $node): View
     {
-        $node = $this->repository->loadNodeAllocations($node);
+        $node->setRelation(
+            'allocations',
+            $node->allocations()
+                ->orderByRaw('server_id IS NOT NULL DESC, server_id IS NULL')
+                ->orderByRaw('INET_ATON(ip) ASC')
+                ->orderBy('port')
+                ->with('server:id,name')
+                ->paginate(50)
+        );
 
         $this->plainInject(['node' => Collection::wrap($node)->only(['id'])]);
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php
index 2189e42c4..ab670c137 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use App\Services\Nodes\NodeDeletionService;
 use App\Services\Allocations\AssignmentService;
 use App\Services\Helpers\SoftwareVersionService;
 use App\Http\Requests\Admin\Node\NodeFormRequest;
-use App\Contracts\Repository\NodeRepositoryInterface;
 use App\Http\Requests\Admin\Node\AllocationFormRequest;
 use App\Services\Allocations\AllocationDeletionService;
 use App\Http\Requests\Admin\Node\AllocationAliasFormRequest;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ class NodesController extends Controller
         protected CacheRepository $cache,
         protected NodeCreationService $creationService,
         protected NodeDeletionService $deletionService,
-        protected NodeRepositoryInterface $repository,
         protected NodeUpdateService $updateService,
         protected SoftwareVersionService $versionService,
         protected ViewFactory $view
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/CreateServerController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/CreateServerController.php
index 47907fbcb..afdf2f866 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/CreateServerController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/CreateServerController.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Prologue\Alerts\AlertsMessageBag;
 use Illuminate\View\Factory as ViewFactory;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use App\Http\Requests\Admin\ServerFormRequest;
 use App\Services\Servers\ServerCreationService;
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ class CreateServerController extends Controller
      */
     public function __construct(
         private AlertsMessageBag $alert,
-        private NodeRepository $nodeRepository,
         private ServerCreationService $creationService,
         private ViewFactory $view
     ) {
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ class CreateServerController extends Controller
         $eggs = Egg::with('variables')->get();
 
         \JavaScript::put([
-            'nodeData' => $this->nodeRepository->getNodesForServerCreation(),
+            'nodeData' => Node::getForServerCreation(),
             'eggs' => $eggs->keyBy('id'),
         ]);
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerTransferController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerTransferController.php
index 57d2c033e..b0b9740a0 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerTransferController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerTransferController.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use App\Models\ServerTransfer;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Services\Nodes\NodeJWTService;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 
 class ServerTransferController extends Controller
 {
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ class ServerTransferController extends Controller
         private AlertsMessageBag $alert,
         private ConnectionInterface $connection,
         private NodeJWTService $nodeJWTService,
-        private NodeRepository $nodeRepository
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -69,7 +67,13 @@ class ServerTransferController extends Controller
         $additional_allocations = array_map('intval', $validatedData['allocation_additional'] ?? []);
 
         // Check if the node is viable for the transfer.
-        $node = $this->nodeRepository->getNodeWithResourceUsage($node_id);
+        $node = Node::query()
+            ->select(['nodes.id', 'nodes.fqdn', 'nodes.scheme', 'nodes.daemon_token', 'nodes.daemonListen', 'nodes.memory', 'nodes.disk', 'nodes.memory_overallocate', 'nodes.disk_overallocate'])
+            ->selectRaw('IFNULL(SUM(servers.memory), 0) as sum_memory, IFNULL(SUM(servers.disk), 0) as sum_disk')
+            ->leftJoin('servers', 'servers.node_id', '=', 'nodes.id')
+            ->where('nodes.id', $node_id)
+            ->first();
+
         if (!$node->isViable($server->memory, $server->disk)) {
             $this->alert->danger(trans('admin/server.alerts.transfer_not_viable'))->flash();
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerViewController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerViewController.php
index 00ac8340e..377f65196 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerViewController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Servers/ServerViewController.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use App\Exceptions\DisplayException;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Services\Servers\EnvironmentService;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory as ViewFactory;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use App\Repositories\Eloquent\MountRepository;
 use App\Traits\Controllers\JavascriptInjection;
 use App\Repositories\Eloquent\DatabaseHostRepository;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ class ServerViewController extends Controller
     public function __construct(
         private DatabaseHostRepository $databaseHostRepository,
         private MountRepository $mountRepository,
-        private NodeRepository $nodeRepository,
         private EnvironmentService $environmentService,
         private ViewFactory $view
     ) {
@@ -118,14 +116,14 @@ class ServerViewController extends Controller
         }
 
         // Check if the panel doesn't have at least 2 nodes configured.
-        $nodes = $this->nodeRepository->all();
+        $nodeCount = Node::query()->count();
         $canTransfer = false;
-        if (count($nodes) >= 2) {
+        if ($nodeCount >= 2) {
             $canTransfer = true;
         }
 
         \JavaScript::put([
-            'nodeData' => $this->nodeRepository->getNodesForServerCreation(),
+            'nodeData' => Node::getForServerCreation(),
         ]);
 
         return $this->view->make('admin.servers.view.manage', [
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticate.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticate.php
index 6356769a9..40bbad07a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticate.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticate.php
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware\Api\Daemon;
 
+use App\Models\Node;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
-use App\Exceptions\Repository\RecordNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\BadRequestHttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException;
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ class DaemonAuthenticate
     /**
      * DaemonAuthenticate constructor.
      */
-    public function __construct(private Encrypter $encrypter, private NodeRepository $repository)
+    public function __construct(private Encrypter $encrypter)
     {
     }
 
@@ -42,24 +41,18 @@ class DaemonAuthenticate
         }
 
         $parts = explode('.', $bearer);
-        // Ensure that all of the correct parts are provided in the header.
+        // Ensure that all the correct parts are provided in the header.
         if (count($parts) !== 2 || empty($parts[0]) || empty($parts[1])) {
             throw new BadRequestHttpException('The Authorization header provided was not in a valid format.');
         }
 
-        try {
-            /** @var \App\Models\Node $node */
-            $node = $this->repository->findFirstWhere([
-                'daemon_token_id' => $parts[0],
-            ]);
+        /** @var Node $node */
+        $node = Node::query()->where('daemon_token_id', $parts[0])->firstOrFail();
 
-            if (hash_equals((string) $this->encrypter->decrypt($node->daemon_token), $parts[1])) {
-                $request->attributes->set('node', $node);
+        if (hash_equals((string) $this->encrypter->decrypt($node->daemon_token), $parts[1])) {
+            $request->attributes->set('node', $node);
 
-                return $next($request);
-            }
-        } catch (RecordNotFoundException $exception) {
-            // Do nothing, we don't want to expose a node not existing at all.
+            return $next($request);
         }
 
         throw new AccessDeniedHttpException('You are not authorized to access this resource.');
diff --git a/app/Models/Node.php b/app/Models/Node.php
index d57800723..a419cd73b 100644
--- a/app/Models/Node.php
+++ b/app/Models/Node.php
@@ -221,4 +221,26 @@ class Node extends Model
 
         return ($this->sum_memory + $memory) <= $memoryLimit && ($this->sum_disk + $disk) <= $diskLimit;
     }
+
+    public static function getForServerCreation()
+    {
+        return self::with('allocations')->get()->map(function (Node $item) {
+            $filtered = $item->getRelation('allocations')->where('server_id', null)->map(function ($map) {
+                return collect($map)->only(['id', 'ip', 'port']);
+            });
+
+            $item->ports = $filtered->map(function ($map) {
+                return [
+                    'id' => $map['id'],
+                    'text' => sprintf('%s:%s', $map['ip'], $map['port']),
+                ];
+            })->values();
+
+            return [
+                'id' => $item->id,
+                'text' => $item->name,
+                'allocations' => $item->ports,
+            ];
+        })->values();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Providers/RepositoryServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/RepositoryServiceProvider.php
index b7be96c83..594c43b1d 100644
--- a/app/Providers/RepositoryServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/RepositoryServiceProvider.php
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 namespace App\Providers;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use App\Repositories\Eloquent\SubuserRepository;
 use App\Repositories\Eloquent\EggVariableRepository;
-use App\Contracts\Repository\NodeRepositoryInterface;
 use App\Repositories\Eloquent\DatabaseHostRepository;
 use App\Contracts\Repository\SubuserRepositoryInterface;
 use App\Contracts\Repository\EggVariableRepositoryInterface;
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ class RepositoryServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         // Eloquent Repositories
         $this->app->bind(DatabaseHostRepositoryInterface::class, DatabaseHostRepository::class);
         $this->app->bind(EggVariableRepositoryInterface::class, EggVariableRepository::class);
-        $this->app->bind(NodeRepositoryInterface::class, NodeRepository::class);
         $this->app->bind(SubuserRepositoryInterface::class, SubuserRepository::class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Eloquent/NodeRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Eloquent/NodeRepository.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ea055db94..000000000
--- a/app/Repositories/Eloquent/NodeRepository.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Repositories\Eloquent;
-
-use App\Models\Node;
-use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
-use App\Contracts\Repository\NodeRepositoryInterface;
-
-class NodeRepository extends EloquentRepository implements NodeRepositoryInterface
-{
-    /**
-     * Return the model backing this repository.
-     */
-    public function model(): string
-    {
-        return Node::class;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the usage stats for a single node.
-     */
-    public function getUsageStats(Node $node): array
-    {
-        $stats = $this->getBuilder()
-            ->selectRaw('IFNULL(SUM(servers.memory), 0) as sum_memory, IFNULL(SUM(servers.disk), 0) as sum_disk')
-            ->join('servers', 'servers.node_id', '=', 'nodes.id')
-            ->where('node_id', '=', $node->id)
-            ->first();
-
-        return Collection::make(['disk' => $stats->sum_disk, 'memory' => $stats->sum_memory])
-            ->mapWithKeys(function ($value, $key) use ($node) {
-                $maxUsage = $node->{$key};
-                if ($node->{$key . '_overallocate'} > 0) {
-                    $maxUsage = $node->{$key} * (1 + ($node->{$key . '_overallocate'} / 100));
-                }
-
-                $percent = ($value / $maxUsage) * 100;
-
-                return [
-                    $key => [
-                        'value' => number_format($value),
-                        'max' => number_format($maxUsage),
-                        'percent' => $percent,
-                        'css' => ($percent <= self::THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_LOW) ? 'green' : (($percent > self::THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE_MEDIUM) ? 'red' : 'yellow'),
-                    ],
-                ];
-            })
-            ->toArray();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the usage stats for a single node.
-     */
-    public function getUsageStatsRaw(Node $node): array
-    {
-        $stats = $this->getBuilder()->select(
-            $this->getBuilder()->raw('IFNULL(SUM(servers.memory), 0) as sum_memory, IFNULL(SUM(servers.disk), 0) as sum_disk')
-        )->join('servers', 'servers.node_id', '=', 'nodes.id')->where('node_id', $node->id)->first();
-
-        return collect(['disk' => $stats->sum_disk, 'memory' => $stats->sum_memory])->mapWithKeys(function ($value, $key) use ($node) {
-            $maxUsage = $node->{$key};
-            if ($node->{$key . '_overallocate'} > 0) {
-                $maxUsage = $node->{$key} * (1 + ($node->{$key . '_overallocate'} / 100));
-            }
-
-            return [
-                $key => [
-                    'value' => $value,
-                    'max' => $maxUsage,
-                ],
-            ];
-        })->toArray();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return a single node with server information.
-     */
-    public function loadServerCount(Node $node, bool $refresh = false): Node
-    {
-        // This is quite ugly and can probably be improved down the road.
-        // And by probably, I mean it should.
-        if (is_null($node->servers_count) || $refresh) {
-            $node->load('servers');
-            $node->setRelation('servers_count', count($node->getRelation('servers')));
-            unset($node->servers);
-        }
-
-        return $node;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Attach a paginated set of allocations to a node mode including
-     * any servers that are also attached to those allocations.
-     */
-    public function loadNodeAllocations(Node $node, bool $refresh = false): Node
-    {
-        $node->setRelation(
-            'allocations',
-            $node->allocations()
-                ->orderByRaw('server_id IS NOT NULL DESC, server_id IS NULL')
-                ->orderByRaw('INET_ATON(ip) ASC')
-                ->orderBy('port')
-                ->with('server:id,name')
-                ->paginate(50)
-        );
-
-        return $node;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return a collection of nodes for all locations to use in server creation UI.
-     */
-    public function getNodesForServerCreation(): Collection
-    {
-        return $this->getBuilder()->with('allocations')->get()->map(function (Node $item) {
-            $filtered = $item->getRelation('allocations')->where('server_id', null)->map(function ($map) {
-                return collect($map)->only(['id', 'ip', 'port']);
-            });
-
-            $item->ports = $filtered->map(function ($map) {
-                return [
-                    'id' => $map['id'],
-                    'text' => sprintf('%s:%s', $map['ip'], $map['port']),
-                ];
-            })->values();
-
-            return [
-                'id' => $item->id,
-                'text' => $item->name,
-                'allocations' => $item->ports,
-            ];
-        })->values();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a node with the given id with the Node's resource usage.
-     */
-    public function getNodeWithResourceUsage(int $node_id): Node
-    {
-        $instance = $this->getBuilder()
-            ->select(['nodes.id', 'nodes.fqdn', 'nodes.scheme', 'nodes.daemon_token', 'nodes.daemonListen', 'nodes.memory', 'nodes.disk', 'nodes.memory_overallocate', 'nodes.disk_overallocate'])
-            ->selectRaw('IFNULL(SUM(servers.memory), 0) as sum_memory, IFNULL(SUM(servers.disk), 0) as sum_disk')
-            ->leftJoin('servers', 'servers.node_id', '=', 'nodes.id')
-            ->where('nodes.id', $node_id);
-
-        return $instance->first();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/Services/Databases/DatabaseManagementService.php b/app/Services/Databases/DatabaseManagementService.php
index 8efe2054f..efcccecca 100644
--- a/app/Services/Databases/DatabaseManagementService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Databases/DatabaseManagementService.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use App\Helpers\Utilities;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
 use App\Extensions\DynamicDatabaseConnection;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\DatabaseRepository;
 use App\Exceptions\Repository\DuplicateDatabaseNameException;
 use App\Exceptions\Service\Database\TooManyDatabasesException;
 use App\Exceptions\Service\Database\DatabaseClientFeatureNotEnabledException;
diff --git a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeCreationService.php b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeCreationService.php
index e3ce172a4..961a28e99 100644
--- a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeCreationService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeCreationService.php
@@ -6,17 +6,9 @@ use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use App\Models\Node;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
-use App\Contracts\Repository\NodeRepositoryInterface;
 
 class NodeCreationService
 {
-    /**
-     * NodeCreationService constructor.
-     */
-    public function __construct(protected NodeRepositoryInterface $repository)
-    {
-    }
-
     /**
      * Create a new node on the panel.
      *
@@ -28,6 +20,6 @@ class NodeCreationService
         $data['daemon_token'] = app(Encrypter::class)->encrypt(Str::random(Node::DAEMON_TOKEN_LENGTH));
         $data['daemon_token_id'] = Str::random(Node::DAEMON_TOKEN_ID_LENGTH);
 
-        return $this->repository->create($data, true, true);
+        return Node::query()->create($data);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeDeletionService.php b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeDeletionService.php
index c44d13cc0..9217f6467 100644
--- a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeDeletionService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeDeletionService.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace App\Services\Nodes;
 
 use App\Models\Node;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Translation\Translator;
-use App\Contracts\Repository\NodeRepositoryInterface;
 use App\Exceptions\Service\HasActiveServersException;
 
 class NodeDeletionService
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ class NodeDeletionService
      * NodeDeletionService constructor.
      */
     public function __construct(
-        protected NodeRepositoryInterface $repository,
         protected Translator $translator
     ) {
     }
@@ -33,6 +31,6 @@ class NodeDeletionService
             throw new HasActiveServersException($this->translator->get('exceptions.node.servers_attached'));
         }
 
-        return $this->repository->delete($node);
+        return $node->delete();
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeUpdateService.php b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeUpdateService.php
index 782ec9cd7..138ad2498 100644
--- a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeUpdateService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeUpdateService.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use App\Models\Node;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use App\Repositories\Daemon\DaemonConfigurationRepository;
 use App\Exceptions\Http\Connection\DaemonConnectionException;
 use App\Exceptions\Service\Node\ConfigurationNotPersistedException;
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ class NodeUpdateService
         private ConnectionInterface $connection,
         private DaemonConfigurationRepository $configurationRepository,
         private Encrypter $encrypter,
-        private NodeRepository $repository
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ class NodeUpdateService
 
         [$updated, $exception] = $this->connection->transaction(function () use ($data, $node) {
             /** @var \App\Models\Node $updated */
-            $updated = $this->repository->withFreshModel()->update($node->id, $data, true, true);
+            $updated = $node->replicate()->forceFill($data)->save();
 
             try {
                 // If we're changing the FQDN for the node, use the newly provided FQDN for the connection
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php b/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php
index fc408d119..b33a90bf3 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace App\Tests\Unit\Http\Middleware\Api\Daemon;
 
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
 use Mockery as m;
 use Mockery\MockInterface;
 use App\Models\Node;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
-use App\Repositories\Eloquent\NodeRepository;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
 use App\Exceptions\Repository\RecordNotFoundException;
 use App\Http\Middleware\Api\Daemon\DaemonAuthenticate;
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
 {
     private MockInterface $encrypter;
 
-    private MockInterface $repository;
-
     /**
      * Setup tests.
      */
@@ -28,11 +26,10 @@ class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
         parent::setUp();
 
         $this->encrypter = m::mock(Encrypter::class);
-        $this->repository = m::mock(NodeRepository::class);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test that if we are accessing the daemon.configuration route this middleware is not
+     * Test that if we are accessing the daemon configuration route this middleware is not
      * applied in order to allow an unauthenticated request to use a token to grab data.
      */
     public function testResponseShouldContinueIfRouteIsExempted()
@@ -83,16 +80,14 @@ class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
      */
     public function testResponseShouldFailIfTokenIsNotValid()
     {
+        $node = Node::factory()->create();
+
         $this->expectException(AccessDeniedHttpException::class);
 
-        /** @var \App\Models\Node $model */
-        $model = Node::factory()->make();
-
         $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($model->daemon_token_id . '.random_string_123');
+        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($node->daemon_token_id . '.random_string_123');
 
-        $this->repository->expects('findFirstWhere')->with(['daemon_token_id' => $model->daemon_token_id])->andReturn($model);
-        $this->encrypter->expects('decrypt')->with($model->daemon_token)->andReturns(decrypt($model->daemon_token));
+        $this->encrypter->expects('decrypt')->with($node->daemon_token)->andReturns(decrypt($node->daemon_token));
 
         $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
     }
@@ -103,13 +98,11 @@ class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
      */
     public function testResponseShouldFailIfNodeIsNotFound()
     {
-        $this->expectException(AccessDeniedHttpException::class);
+        $this->expectException(ModelNotFoundException::class);
 
         $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
         $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('abcd1234.random_string_123');
 
-        $this->repository->expects('findFirstWhere')->with(['daemon_token_id' => 'abcd1234'])->andThrow(RecordNotFoundException::class);
-
         $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
     }
 
@@ -118,18 +111,17 @@ class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
      */
     public function testSuccessfulMiddlewareProcess()
     {
-        /** @var \App\Models\Node $model */
-        $model = Node::factory()->make();
+        $node = Node::factory()->create();
+        $node->daemon_token = encrypt('the_same');
+        $node->save();
 
         $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($model->daemon_token_id . '.' . decrypt($model->daemon_token));
-
-        $this->repository->expects('findFirstWhere')->with(['daemon_token_id' => $model->daemon_token_id])->andReturn($model);
-        $this->encrypter->expects('decrypt')->with($model->daemon_token)->andReturns(decrypt($model->daemon_token));
+        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($node->daemon_token_id . '.the_same');
+        $this->encrypter->expects('decrypt')->with($node->daemon_token)->andReturns(decrypt($node->daemon_token));
 
         $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
         $this->assertRequestHasAttribute('node');
-        $this->assertRequestAttributeEquals($model, 'node');
+        $this->assertRequestAttributeEquals($node->fresh(), 'node');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -156,6 +148,6 @@ class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
      */
     private function getMiddleware(): DaemonAuthenticate
     {
-        return new DaemonAuthenticate($this->encrypter, $this->repository);
+        return new DaemonAuthenticate($this->encrypter);
     }
 }