diff --git a/authentik/events/middleware.py b/authentik/events/middleware.py
index fc98b09b5..b0bd71ae6 100644
--- a/authentik/events/middleware.py
+++ b/authentik/events/middleware.py
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ IGNORED_MODELS = [
     AuthenticatedSession,
     StaticToken,
 ]
-try:
+if settings.DEBUG:
     from silk.models import Request, Response, SQLQuery
 
     IGNORED_MODELS += [Request, Response, SQLQuery]
-except ImportError:
-    pass
 IGNORED_MODELS = tuple(IGNORED_MODELS)