diff --git a/packages/server/modules/auth/services/passportService.ts b/packages/server/modules/auth/services/passportService.ts
index 2b2ffe618..7fd658a22 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/auth/services/passportService.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/auth/services/passportService.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const passportAuthenticationCallbackFactory =
     }
 
     const infoMsg = resolveInfoMessage(info)
-    if (!user && !e) {
+    if (!user) {
       // no user despite there being no error, so authentication failed
       const message = infoMsg || 'Failed to authenticate, contact server admins'
       res.redirect(new URL(defaultErrorPath(message), getFrontendOrigin()).toString())