diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelper.java
index 99c4188fd..dffa4399d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelper.java
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 import com.nike.cerberus.error.DefaultApiError;
 import com.okta.sdk.clients.AuthApiClient;
 import com.okta.sdk.clients.UserApiClient;
+import com.okta.sdk.framework.ApiClientConfiguration;
 import com.okta.sdk.models.auth.AuthResult;
 import com.okta.sdk.models.factors.Factor;
 import com.okta.sdk.models.usergroups.UserGroup;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.WordUtils;
 
+import javax.inject.Named;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -56,20 +58,27 @@ public class OktaAuthHelper {
 
     private final UserApiClient userApiClient;
 
-    @Inject
-    public OktaAuthHelper(final AuthApiClient authApiClient, final UserApiClient userApiClient) {
-
-        this.objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        this.objectMapper.findAndRegisterModules();
-        this.objectMapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(PropertyNamingStrategy.SNAKE_CASE);
-        this.objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
-        this.objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);
-        this.objectMapper.disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES);
-        this.objectMapper.enable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_EMPTY_JSON_ARRAYS);
-        this.objectMapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
-
-        this.authClient = authApiClient;
+    public OktaAuthHelper(AuthApiClient authClient,
+                          UserApiClient userApiClient,
+                          ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+
+        this.authClient = authClient;
         this.userApiClient = userApiClient;
+        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+    }
+
+    @Inject
+    public OktaAuthHelper(@Named("auth.connector.okta.api_key") final String oktaApiKey,
+                          @Named("auth.connector.okta.base_url") final String baseUrl,
+                          final ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(oktaApiKey != null, "okta api key cannot be null");
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(baseUrl != null, "okta base url cannot be null");
+
+        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+
+        this.authClient = new AuthApiClient(new ApiClientConfiguration(baseUrl, oktaApiKey));
+        this.userApiClient = new UserApiClient(new ApiClientConfiguration(baseUrl, oktaApiKey));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java
index c00abac25..bf8470955 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package com.nike.cerberus.server.config.guice;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import com.nike.backstopper.apierror.projectspecificinfo.ProjectApiErrors;
 import com.nike.cerberus.config.CmsEnvPropertiesLoader;
@@ -65,9 +64,6 @@
 
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
-import com.okta.sdk.clients.AuthApiClient;
-import com.okta.sdk.clients.UserApiClient;
-import com.okta.sdk.framework.ApiClientConfiguration;
 import com.typesafe.config.Config;
 
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory;
@@ -299,26 +295,4 @@ public CmsRequestSecurityValidator authRequestSecurityValidator(
     public CompletableFuture<AppInfo> appInfoFuture(AsyncHttpClientHelper asyncHttpClientHelper) {
         return AwsUtil.getAppInfoFutureWithAwsInfo(asyncHttpClientHelper);
     }
-
-    @Singleton
-    @Provides
-    public AuthApiClient authApiClient(@Named("auth.connector.okta.api_key") final String oktaApiKey,
-                                       @Named("auth.connector.okta.base_url") final String baseUrl) {
-
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(oktaApiKey != null, "okta api key cannot be null");
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(baseUrl != null, "okta base url cannot be null");
-
-        return new AuthApiClient(new ApiClientConfiguration(baseUrl, oktaApiKey));
-    }
-
-    @Singleton
-    @Provides
-    public UserApiClient userApiClient(@Named("auth.connector.okta.api_key") final String oktaApiKey,
-                                       @Named("auth.connector.okta.base_url") final String baseUrl) {
-
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(oktaApiKey != null, "okta api key cannot be null");
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(baseUrl != null, "okta base url cannot be null");
-
-        return new UserApiClient(new ApiClientConfiguration(baseUrl, oktaApiKey));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelperTest.java
index 7dab36eeb..848d5433d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/nike/cerberus/auth/connector/okta/OktaAuthHelperTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package com.nike.cerberus.auth.connector.okta;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.nike.backstopper.exception.ApiException;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations.initMocks;
 
 /**
  * Tests the OktaAuthHelper class
@@ -50,18 +54,20 @@ public class OktaAuthHelperTest {
     private OktaAuthHelper oktaAuthHelper;
 
     // dependencies
+    @Mock
     private AuthApiClient authApiClient;
+
+    @Mock
     private UserApiClient userApiClient;
 
     @Before
     public void setup() {
+        initMocks(this);
 
-        // mock dependencies
-        authApiClient = mock(AuthApiClient.class);
-        userApiClient = mock(UserApiClient.class);
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
         // create test object
-        oktaAuthHelper = new OktaAuthHelper(authApiClient, userApiClient);
+        oktaAuthHelper = new OktaAuthHelper(authApiClient, userApiClient, mapper);
     }
 
     /////////////////////////