diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index e01a5ebba..8bbfee169 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ RELEASE_CHECK_URL = getattr(configuration, 'RELEASE_CHECK_URL', None)
 REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLED = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLED', False)
 REMOTE_AUTH_AUTO_CREATE_USER = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_AUTO_CREATE_USER', False)
 REMOTE_AUTH_AUTO_CREATE_GROUPS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_AUTO_CREATE_GROUPS', False)
-REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND', 'netbox.authentication.RemoteUserBackend')
 REMOTE_AUTH_DEFAULT_GROUPS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_DEFAULT_GROUPS', [])
 REMOTE_AUTH_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS', {})
 REMOTE_AUTH_HEADER = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_HEADER', 'HTTP_REMOTE_USER')
@@ -139,6 +138,10 @@ REMOTE_AUTH_SUPERUSERS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_SUPERUSERS', [])
 REMOTE_AUTH_STAFF_GROUPS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_STAFF_GROUPS', [])
 REMOTE_AUTH_STAFF_USERS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_STAFF_USERS', [])
 REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR', '|')
+if REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLED:
+    REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND = 'netbox.authentication.RemoteUserBackend'
+else:
+    REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND', 'netbox.authentication.RemoteUserBackend')
 
 REPORTS_ROOT = getattr(configuration, 'REPORTS_ROOT', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'reports')).rstrip('/')
 RQ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT', 300)
@@ -423,9 +426,12 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
     'netbox.authentication.ObjectPermissionBackend',
 ]
-if REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLED:
-    if type(REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND) not in (list, tuple):
-        AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND] + AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS
+if type(REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND) not in (list, tuple):
+    REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND = [REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND]
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
+    *REMOTE_AUTH_BACKEND,
+    'netbox.authentication.ObjectPermissionBackend',
+]
 
 # Time zones
 USE_TZ = True