diff --git a/pkg/server/wire.go b/pkg/server/wire.go
index c475202953c..9668f60cd50 100644
--- a/pkg/server/wire.go
+++ b/pkg/server/wire.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations/annotationsimpl"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apikey/apikeyimpl"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/auth/jwt"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authn"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authn/authnimpl"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/cleanup"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/contexthandler"
@@ -358,7 +357,6 @@ var wireBasicSet = wire.NewSet(
 	tagimpl.ProvideService,
 	wire.Bind(new(tag.Service), new(*tagimpl.Service)),
 	authnimpl.ProvideService,
-	wire.Bind(new(authn.Service), new(*authnimpl.Service)),
 	supportbundlesimpl.ProvideService,
 	modules.WireSet,
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/authn/authnimpl/service.go b/pkg/services/authn/authnimpl/service.go
index 6761db3887a..dce5e78251e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/authn/authnimpl/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/authn/authnimpl/service.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func ProvideService(
 	features *featuremgmt.FeatureManager, oauthTokenService oauthtoken.OAuthTokenService,
 	socialService social.Service, cache *remotecache.RemoteCache,
 	ldapService service.LDAP, registerer prometheus.Registerer,
-) *Service {
+) authn.Service {
 	s := &Service{
 		log:            log.New("authn.service"),
 		cfg:            cfg,