diff --git a/assets/routes.php b/assets/routes.php
index 52fc071b..d616b665 100644
--- a/assets/routes.php
+++ b/assets/routes.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Controllers\TenantAssetController;
 
 Route::get('/tenancy/assets/{path?}', TenantAssetController::class)
     ->where('path', '(.*)')
-    ->middleware(config('tenancy.identification.default_middleware')) // todo@features Use tenancy()->defaultMiddleware() after merging #1021
     ->name('stancl.tenancy.asset');
 
 Route::prefix('/{' . PathIdentificationManager::getTenantParameterName() . '}/')->get('/tenancy/assets/{path?}', TenantAssetController::class)
diff --git a/src/Controllers/TenantAssetController.php b/src/Controllers/TenantAssetController.php
index 198292bb..980e5105 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/TenantAssetController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/TenantAssetController.php
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Controllers;
 
-use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
+use Illuminate\Routing\Controllers\HasMiddleware;
+use Illuminate\Routing\Controllers\Middleware;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
 use Throwable;
 
-class TenantAssetController extends Controller // todo@docs this was renamed from TenantAssetsController
+class TenantAssetController implements HasMiddleware // todo@docs this was renamed from TenantAssetsController
 {
+    public static function middleware()
+    {
+        return [
+            new Middleware(tenancy()->defaultMiddleware()),
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException
      */
diff --git a/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomain.php b/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomain.php
index a2175195..bb757c19 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomain.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomain.php
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ class InitializeTenancyByDomain extends IdentificationMiddleware implements Usab
             return $next($request);
         }
 
-        if (in_array($request->getHost(), config('tenancy.central_domains', []), true)) {
-            // Always bypass tenancy initialization when host is in central domains
-            return $next($request);
-        }
-
         return $this->initializeTenancy(
             $request,
             $next,
diff --git a/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain.php b/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain.php
index cb4461f8..7917472c 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain.php
@@ -15,18 +15,13 @@ class InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain extends InitializeTenancyBySubdomain
 {
     use UsableWithEarlyIdentification;
 
-    /** @return \Illuminate\Http\Response|mixed */
+    /** @return Response|mixed */
     public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): mixed
     {
         if ($this->shouldBeSkipped(tenancy()->getRoute($request))) {
             return $next($request);
         }
 
-        if (in_array($request->getHost(), config('tenancy.central_domains', []), true)) {
-            // Always bypass tenancy initialization when host is in central domains
-            return $next($request);
-        }
-
         $domain = $request->getHost();
 
         if ($this->isSubdomain($domain)) {
diff --git a/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyBySubdomain.php b/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyBySubdomain.php
index 142d7025..9429349a 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyBySubdomain.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/InitializeTenancyBySubdomain.php
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ class InitializeTenancyBySubdomain extends InitializeTenancyByDomain
             return $next($request);
         }
 
-        if (in_array($request->getHost(), config('tenancy.central_domains', []), true)) {
-            // Always bypass tenancy initialization when host is in central domains
-            return $next($request);
-        }
-
         $subdomain = $this->makeSubdomain($request->getHost());
 
         if (is_object($subdomain) && $subdomain instanceof Exception) {
diff --git a/src/helpers.php b/src/helpers.php
index 14ae54b9..a7de7624 100644
--- a/src/helpers.php
+++ b/src/helpers.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (! function_exists('global_cache')) {
      * @param  dynamic  key|key,default|data,expiration|null
      * @return mixed|\Illuminate\Cache\CacheManager
      *
-     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
      */
     function global_cache(): mixed
     {
diff --git a/tests/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomainsTest.php b/tests/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomainsTest.php
index 1f34bf7f..2cd293f2 100644
--- a/tests/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomainsTest.php
+++ b/tests/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomainsTest.php
@@ -212,10 +212,6 @@ test('placement of domain identification and access prevention middleware can ge
     pest()->get("http://localhost/central-route")->assertOk();
     expect(tenancy()->initialized)->toBeFalse();
 })->with([
-    'kernel identification, route-level access prevention' => [
-        'global_middleware' => [InitializeTenancyBySubdomain::class],
-        'route_middleware' => [PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains::class],
-    ],
     'route-level identification, kernel access prevention' => [
         'global_middleware' => [PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains::class],
         'route_middleware' => [InitializeTenancyBySubdomain::class],