diff --git a/v2/microservice_auth/client-credentials.mdx b/v2/microservice_auth/client-credentials.mdx
index 9af2981ad..d0d433e7f 100644
--- a/v2/microservice_auth/client-credentials.mdx
+++ b/v2/microservice_auth/client-credentials.mdx
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ You can use the [PyJWT](https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt) library to verify the
 
 ```python      
 from typing import Optional, List
-import requests
 import jwt
 from jwt import PyJWKClient
 
@@ -379,11 +378,11 @@ def validate_token(token: str) -> bool:
           return False
 
       scopes: List[str] = decoded.get('scp', [])
-      if not isinstance(scopes, list) or required_scope not in scopes:
+      if required_scope not in scopes:
         return False
 
       return True
-  except Exception as e:
+  except Exception:
       return False
 
 ```
diff --git a/v2/unified-login/customizations/verify-tokens.mdx b/v2/unified-login/customizations/verify-tokens.mdx
index 30c4f9af7..9da9d6265 100644
--- a/v2/unified-login/customizations/verify-tokens.mdx
+++ b/v2/unified-login/customizations/verify-tokens.mdx
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ You can use the [PyJWT](https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt) library to verify the
 
 ```python      
 from typing import Optional, List
-import requests
 import jwt
 from jwt import PyJWKClient
 
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ def validate_token(token: str) -> bool:
           token,
           signing_key.key,
           algorithms=['RS256'],
-          audience=audience,
           options={"require": ["stt", "client_id", "scp"]}
       )
 
@@ -191,11 +189,11 @@ def validate_token(token: str) -> bool:
 
 
       scopes: List[str] = decoded.get('scp', [])
-      if not isinstance(scopes, list) or required_scope not in scopes:
+      if required_scope not in scopes:
           return False
 
       return True
-  except Exception as e:
+  except Exception: 
       return False
 
 ```