diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3ffa1cebb..860bffa3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ jobs:
         run: php artisan key:generate
 
       - name: Unit tests
-        run: vendor/bin/phpunit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php tests/Unit
+        run: vendor/bin/phpunit tests/Unit
         if: ${{ always() }}
+        env:
+          DB_HOST: UNIT_NO_DB
+          SKIP_MIGRATIONS: true
 
       - name: Integration tests
         run: vendor/bin/phpunit tests/Integration
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php b/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b464f8fe..000000000
--- a/tests/Unit/Http/Middleware/Api/Daemon/DaemonAuthenticateTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-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 Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
-use App\Http\Middleware\Api\Daemon\DaemonAuthenticate;
-use App\Tests\Unit\Http\Middleware\MiddlewareTestCase;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\BadRequestHttpException;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException;
-
-class DaemonAuthenticateTest extends MiddlewareTestCase
-{
-    private MockInterface $encrypter;
-
-    /**
-     * Setup tests.
-     */
-    public function setUp(): void
-    {
-        parent::setUp();
-
-        $this->encrypter = m::mock(Encrypter::class);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * 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()
-    {
-        $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('daemon.configuration');
-
-        $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test that not passing in the bearer token will result in a HTTP/401 error with the
-     * proper response headers.
-     */
-    public function testResponseShouldFailIfNoTokenIsProvided()
-    {
-        $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturnNull();
-
-        try {
-            $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
-        } catch (HttpException $exception) {
-            $this->assertEquals(401, $exception->getStatusCode(), 'Assert that a status code of 401 is returned.');
-            $this->assertTrue(is_array($exception->getHeaders()), 'Assert that an array of headers is returned.');
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('WWW-Authenticate', $exception->getHeaders(), 'Assert exception headers contains WWW-Authenticate.');
-            $this->assertEquals('Bearer', $exception->getHeaders()['WWW-Authenticate']);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test that passing in an invalid node daemon secret will result in a bad request
-     * exception being returned.
-     *
-     * @dataProvider badTokenDataProvider
-     */
-    public function testResponseShouldFailIfTokenFormatIsIncorrect(string $token)
-    {
-        $this->expectException(BadRequestHttpException::class);
-
-        $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($token);
-
-        $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test that an access denied error is returned if the node is valid but the token
-     * provided is not valid.
-     */
-    public function testResponseShouldFailIfTokenIsNotValid()
-    {
-        $node = Node::factory()->create();
-
-        $this->expectException(AccessDeniedHttpException::class);
-
-        $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($node->daemon_token_id . '.random_string_123');
-
-        $this->encrypter->expects('decrypt')->with($node->daemon_token)->andReturns(decrypt($node->daemon_token));
-
-        $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test that an access denied exception is returned if the node is not found using
-     * the token ID provided.
-     */
-    public function testResponseShouldFailIfNodeIsNotFound()
-    {
-        $this->expectException(ModelNotFoundException::class);
-
-        $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('abcd1234.random_string_123');
-
-        $this->getMiddleware()->handle($this->request, $this->getClosureAssertions());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test a successful middleware process.
-     */
-    public function testSuccessfulMiddlewareProcess()
-    {
-        $node = Node::factory()->create();
-        $node->daemon_token = encrypt('the_same');
-        $node->save();
-
-        $this->request->expects('route->getName')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('random.route');
-        $this->request->expects('bearerToken')->withNoArgs()->andReturn($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');
-        $this->assertRequestAttributeEquals($node->fresh(), 'node');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Provides different tokens that should trigger a bad request exception due to
-     * their formatting.
-     *
-     * @return array|\string[][]
-     */
-    public static function badTokenDataProvider(): array
-    {
-        return [
-            ['foo'],
-            ['foobar'],
-            ['foo-bar'],
-            ['foo.bar.baz'],
-            ['.foo'],
-            ['foo.'],
-            ['foo..bar'],
-        ];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return an instance of the middleware using mocked dependencies.
-     */
-    private function getMiddleware(): DaemonAuthenticate
-    {
-        return new DaemonAuthenticate($this->encrypter);
-    }
-}