diff --git a/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/basicauth/config/WebSecurityConfig.java b/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/basicauth/config/WebSecurityConfig.java
index faa803cde9..684354bf26 100644
--- a/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/basicauth/config/WebSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/basicauth/config/WebSecurityConfig.java
@@ -1,33 +1,19 @@
 package com.baeldung.springbootsecuritycors.basicauth.config;
 
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
 
-@Configuration
 @EnableWebSecurity
 public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @Override
-    protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
-        auth
-            .inMemoryAuthentication()
-                .withUser("user")
-                .password("{noop}password")
-                .roles("USER");
+    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+        http
+            .authorizeRequests()
+                .anyRequest().authenticated()
+                .and()
+            .httpBasic();
+       http.cors(); //disable this line to reproduce the CORS 401
     }
-
-@Override
-protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-    http
-        .csrf().disable()
-        .cors().and() //disable this line to reproduce the CORS 401
-        .authorizeRequests()
-            .anyRequest()
-            .authenticated()
-            .and()
-        .httpBasic();
-}
 }
diff --git a/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/controller/ResourceController.java b/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/controller/ResourceController.java
index d86c25e223..7292c7f4f4 100644
--- a/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/controller/ResourceController.java
+++ b/spring-security-cors/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecuritycors/controller/ResourceController.java
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 package com.baeldung.springbootsecuritycors.controller;
 
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.security.Principal;
 
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.CrossOrigin;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @RestController
-@CrossOrigin
+@CrossOrigin("http://localhost:4200")
 public class ResourceController {
 
-    @RequestMapping("/user")
-    public String user(HttpServletRequest request) {
-        return request.getUserPrincipal().getName();
+    @GetMapping("/user")
+    public String user(Principal principal) {
+        return principal.getName();
     }
 }
diff --git a/spring-security-cors/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-security-cors/src/main/resources/application.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 4835515744..0000000000
--- a/spring-security-cors/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-server.port=8080
-
-
diff --git a/spring-security-cors/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecurityrest/BasicAuthConfigurationIntegrationTest.java b/spring-security-cors/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecurityrest/BasicAuthConfigurationIntegrationTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 483e578ed4..0000000000
--- a/spring-security-cors/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootsecurityrest/BasicAuthConfigurationIntegrationTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.springbootsecurityrest;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.net.URL;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestClientException;
-
-import com.baeldung.springbootsecuritycors.basicauth.SpringBootSecurityApplication;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = RANDOM_PORT, classes = SpringBootSecurityApplication.class)
-public class BasicAuthConfigurationIntegrationTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenCredentials_whenRequested_thenLogin() throws IllegalStateException, IOException, RestClientException, URISyntaxException {
-        TestRestTemplate restTemplate = new TestRestTemplate();
-        URL base = new URL("http://192.168.1.101:8082/user");
-        ResponseEntity<String> response = restTemplate.withBasicAuth("user", "password").postForEntity(base.toURI(), null, String.class);
-        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, response.getStatusCode());
-    }
-    
-}