diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2018771c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from split_settings.tools import include
+
+def test_postprocess_auth_basic_enabled():
+    locals().update({'__file__': __file__})
+
+    include('../../../settings/defaults.py', scope=locals())
+    assert 'awx.api.authentication.LoggedBasicAuthentication' in locals()['REST_FRAMEWORK']['DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES']
+
+    locals().update({'AUTH_BASIC_ENABLED': False})
+    include('../../../settings/postprocess.py', scope=locals())
+    assert 'awx.api.authentication.LoggedBasicAuthentication' not in locals()['REST_FRAMEWORK']['DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES']
diff --git a/awx/settings/postprocess.py b/awx/settings/postprocess.py
index 544758e04f..fd54fd5050 100644
--- a/awx/settings/postprocess.py
+++ b/awx/settings/postprocess.py
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ if not all([SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_SP_ENTITY_ID, SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_SP_PUBLIC_CERT,
     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [x for x in AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS if x != 'awx.sso.backends.SAMLAuth']
 
 if not AUTH_BASIC_ENABLED:
-    REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'] = [x for x in REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'] if x != 'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication']
+    REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'] = [x for x in REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'] if x != 'awx.api.authentication.LoggedBasicAuthentication']