diff --git a/Sustainsys.Saml2.Owin/Saml2AuthenticationHandler.cs b/Sustainsys.Saml2.Owin/Saml2AuthenticationHandler.cs
index 7e604325c..a65a61282 100644
--- a/Sustainsys.Saml2.Owin/Saml2AuthenticationHandler.cs
+++ b/Sustainsys.Saml2.Owin/Saml2AuthenticationHandler.cs
@@ -60,16 +60,7 @@ protected async override Task<AuthenticationTicket> AuthenticateCoreAsync()
         [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming", "CA2204:Literals should be spelled correctly", MessageId = "ReturnUrl")]
         private AuthenticationTicket CreateErrorAuthenticationTicket(HttpRequestData httpRequestData, Exception ex)
         {
-            AuthenticationProperties authProperties = null;
-            if (httpRequestData.StoredRequestState?.RelayData != null)
-            {
-                authProperties = new AuthenticationProperties(
-                    httpRequestData.StoredRequestState.RelayData);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                authProperties = new AuthenticationProperties();
-            }
+            var authProperties = new AuthenticationProperties();
 
             if (httpRequestData.StoredRequestState?.ReturnUrl != null)
             {
diff --git a/Tests/Owin.Tests/Saml2AuthenticationMiddlewareTests.cs b/Tests/Owin.Tests/Saml2AuthenticationMiddlewareTests.cs
index 158e34fd7..82ac9a6e7 100644
--- a/Tests/Owin.Tests/Saml2AuthenticationMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/Owin.Tests/Saml2AuthenticationMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -985,7 +985,6 @@ public async Task Saml2AuthenticationMiddleware_AcsRedirectsToAuthProps_StoredRe
             context.Request.Method = "POST";
 
             var authProps = new AuthenticationProperties();
-            authProps.Dictionary.Add("key1", "value1");
 
             var state = new StoredRequestState(new EntityId("https://idp.example.com"),
                 null,
@@ -1051,78 +1050,6 @@ public async Task Saml2AuthenticationMiddleware_AcsRedirectsToAuthProps_StoredRe
             context.Authentication.AuthenticationResponseGrant.Should().BeNull();
         }
 
-        [TestMethod]
-        public async Task Saml2AuthenticationMiddleware_AcsRedirectsToAuthProps_StoredRequestStateWithNoRelayData()
-        {
-            var context = OwinTestHelpers.CreateOwinContext();
-            context.Request.Method = "POST";
-
-            var authProps = new AuthenticationProperties();
-
-            var state = new StoredRequestState(new EntityId("https://idp.example.com"),
-                new Uri("http://localhost/PathInRequestState?value=42"),
-                new Saml2Id("InResponseToId"),
-                null);
-
-            var relayState = SecureKeyGenerator.CreateRelayState();
-
-            var cookieData = HttpRequestData.ConvertBinaryData(
-                CreateAppBuilder().CreateDataProtector(
-                    typeof(Saml2AuthenticationMiddleware).FullName)
-                    .Protect(state.Serialize()));
-
-            context.Request.Headers["Cookie"] = $"{StoredRequestState.CookieNameBase}{relayState}={cookieData}";
-
-            var response =
-                @"<saml2p:Response xmlns:saml2p=""urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol""
-                xmlns:saml2=""urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion""
-                ID = """ + MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name + @""" Version=""2.0""
-                IssueInstant=""2013-01-01T00:00:00Z"">
-                <saml2:Issuer>
-                    https://idp.example.com
-                </saml2:Issuer>
-                <saml2p:Status>
-                    <saml2p:StatusCode Value=""urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success"" />
-                </saml2p:Status>
-                <saml2:Assertion
-                Version=""2.0"" ID=""" + MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name + @"_Assertion1""
-                IssueInstant=""2013-09-25T00:00:00Z"">
-                    <saml2:Issuer>https://idp.example.com</saml2:Issuer>
-                    <saml2:Subject>
-                        <saml2:NameID>SomeUser</saml2:NameID>
-                        <saml2:SubjectConfirmation Method=""urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer"" />
-                    </saml2:Subject>
-                    <saml2:Conditions NotOnOrAfter=""2100-01-01T00:00:00Z"" />
-                </saml2:Assertion>
-            </saml2p:Response>";
-
-            // No signature, that's an error.
-            var bodyData = new KeyValuePair<string, string>[] {
-                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("SAMLResponse",
-                    Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(response))),
-                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("RelayState",relayState)
-            };
-
-            var encodedBodyData = new FormUrlEncodedContent(bodyData);
-
-            context.Request.Body = encodedBodyData.ReadAsStreamAsync().Result;
-            context.Request.ContentType = encodedBodyData.Headers.ContentType.ToString();
-            context.Request.Host = new HostString("localhost");
-            context.Request.Path = new PathString("/Saml2/Acs");
-
-            var middleware = new Saml2AuthenticationMiddleware(null, CreateAppBuilder(),
-                new Saml2AuthenticationOptions(true)
-                {
-                    SignInAsAuthenticationType = "AuthType"
-                });
-
-            await middleware.Invoke(context);
-
-            context.Response.StatusCode.Should().Be(302);
-            context.Response.Headers["Location"].Should().Be("http://localhost/PathInRequestState?value=42&error=access_denied");
-            context.Authentication.AuthenticationResponseGrant.Should().BeNull();
-        }
-
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task Saml2AuthenticationMiddleware_AcsWorks()
         {