diff --git a/debian/debian_config.py b/debian/debian_config.py
index 8c327a50e..76117e9cd 100644
--- a/debian/debian_config.py
+++ b/debian/debian_config.py
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors'] = [
         'hobo.context_processors.theme_base',
         ] + TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors']
 
-if not 'MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES' in globals():
-    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = global_settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
-
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+MIDDLEWARE = (
     'hobo.middleware.utils.StoreRequestMiddleware',
     'hobo.middleware.xforwardedfor.XForwardedForMiddleware',
     'hobo.middleware.VersionMiddleware', # /__version__
     'hobo.middleware.cors.CORSMiddleware',
-) + MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
+) + MIDDLEWARE
 
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
diff --git a/wcs/compat.py b/wcs/compat.py
index cfce1c3f0..18a1d8192 100644
--- a/wcs/compat.py
+++ b/wcs/compat.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from threading import Lock
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from quixote import get_publisher, get_request
 from quixote.errors import PublishError
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def request(request):
     pub._clear_request()
 
 
-class PublishErrorMiddleware(object):
+class PublishErrorMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     def process_exception(self, request, exception):
         if not isinstance(exception, PublishError):
             return None
diff --git a/wcs/middleware.py b/wcs/middleware.py
index 47410e434..3723312fb 100644
--- a/wcs/middleware.py
+++ b/wcs/middleware.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from quixote import get_publisher
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ from .qommon.http_response import HTTPResponse
 from .compat import CompatHTTPRequest, CompatWcsPublisher
 
 
-class PublisherInitialisationMiddleware(object):
+class PublisherInitialisationMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     '''Initializes the publisher according to the request server name.'''
     def process_request(self, request):
         pub = get_publisher()
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ class PublisherInitialisationMiddleware(object):
         return response
 
 
-class AfterJobsMiddleware(object):
+class AfterJobsMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     ASYNC = True
 
     def process_response(self, request, response):
diff --git a/wcs/settings.py b/wcs/settings.py
index 974ba2da2..e6aa89663 100644
--- a/wcs/settings.py
+++ b/wcs/settings.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
     },
 ]
 
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+MIDDLEWARE = (
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'wcs.middleware.PublisherInitialisationMiddleware',
     #'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',