diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts
index 65c910bcc0..686515b293 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts
@@ -129,11 +129,9 @@ export async function verify(
 ) {
   const { datasource } = ctx.request.body
 
-  const { config: { auth } = {} } = await sdk.datasources.get(datasource._id!)
+  const { config } = await sdk.datasources.get(datasource._id!)
 
-  const connector = await getConnector(
-    _.merge({ config: { auth } }, datasource)
-  )
+  const connector = await getConnector(_.merge(datasource, { config }))
   if (!connector.testConnection) {
     ctx.throw(400, "Connection information verification not supported")
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts
index 89e7422cb4..8dfdfe6d0f 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface Datasource extends Document {
   // the config is defined by the schema
   config?: {
     [key: string]: string | number | boolean | any[]
-  } & { auth?: object }
+  }
   plus?: boolean
   entities?: {
     [key: string]: Table