diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c917412f..40c78297 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -70,12 +70,7 @@
         "cs-check": "phpcs --colors -p src/ tests/",
         "cs-fix": "phpcbf --colors -p src/ tests/",
         "phpstan": "tools/phpstan analyse",
-        "psalm": "tools/psalm --show-info=false",
-        "psalm-baseline": "tools/psalm  --set-baseline=psalm-baseline.xml",
-        "stan": [
-            "@phpstan",
-            "@psalm"
-        ],
+        "stan": "@phpstan",
         "stan-baseline": "tools/phpstan --generate-baseline",
         "stan-setup": "phive install",
         "test": "phpunit",
diff --git a/psalm-baseline.xml b/psalm-baseline.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c064bb4..00000000
--- a/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<files psalm-version="5.26.1@d747f6500b38ac4f7dfc5edbcae6e4b637d7add0"/>
diff --git a/psalm.xml b/psalm.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 030432ff..00000000
--- a/psalm.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<psalm
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns="https://getpsalm.org/schema/config"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="https://getpsalm.org/schema/config vendor/vimeo/psalm/config.xsd"
-    autoloader="tests/bootstrap.php"
-    findUnusedPsalmSuppress="true"
-    findUnusedBaselineEntry="true"
-    findUnusedCode="false"
-    errorBaseline="psalm-baseline.xml"
->
-    <projectFiles>
-        <directory name="src" />
-        <ignoreFiles>
-            <directory name="vendor" />
-        </ignoreFiles>
-    </projectFiles>
-
-    <issueHandlers>
-        <MissingClosureReturnType errorLevel="info" />
-
-        <PropertyNotSetInConstructor errorLevel="info" />
-        <MissingClosureParamType errorLevel="info" />
-
-        <DocblockTypeContradiction errorLevel="info" />
-        <RedundantConditionGivenDocblockType errorLevel="info" />
-
-        <InvalidStringClass errorLevel="info" />
-        <MissingClassConstType errorLevel="info" />
-        <RiskyTruthyFalsyComparison errorLevel="info" />
-    </issueHandlers>
-</psalm>
diff --git a/src/Authenticator/CookieAuthenticator.php b/src/Authenticator/CookieAuthenticator.php
index e678987c..bf52518b 100644
--- a/src/Authenticator/CookieAuthenticator.php
+++ b/src/Authenticator/CookieAuthenticator.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 use ArrayAccess;
 use Authentication\Identifier\AbstractIdentifier;
-use Authentication\Identifier\IdentifierCollection;
 use Authentication\PasswordHasher\PasswordHasherTrait;
 use Authentication\UrlChecker\UrlCheckerTrait;
 use Cake\Http\Cookie\Cookie;
@@ -27,12 +26,11 @@
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
-use RuntimeException;
 
 /**
  * Cookie Authenticator
  *
- * Authenticates an identity based on a cookies data.
+ * Authenticates an identity based on a cookie data.
  */
 class CookieAuthenticator extends AbstractAuthenticator implements PersistenceInterface
 {
@@ -57,28 +55,6 @@ class CookieAuthenticator extends AbstractAuthenticator implements PersistenceIn
         'salt' => true,
     ];
 
-    /**
-     * @inheritDoc
-     */
-    public function __construct(IdentifierCollection $identifiers, array $config = [])
-    {
-        $this->_checkCakeVersion();
-
-        parent::__construct($identifiers, $config);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks the CakePHP Version by looking for the cookie implementation
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _checkCakeVersion(): void
-    {
-        if (!class_exists(Cookie::class)) {
-            throw new RuntimeException('Install CakePHP version >=3.5.0 to use the `CookieAuthenticator`.');
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * @inheritDoc
      */