diff --git a/src/apify/scrapy/middlewares/apify_proxy.py b/src/apify/scrapy/middlewares/apify_proxy.py
index 2f2f22cc0..de061f202 100644
--- a/src/apify/scrapy/middlewares/apify_proxy.py
+++ b/src/apify/scrapy/middlewares/apify_proxy.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from apify.scrapy.utils import get_basic_auth_header
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from scrapy import Request, Spider
+    from scrapy import Request
     from scrapy.crawler import Crawler
 
 
@@ -63,17 +63,16 @@ def from_crawler(cls: type[ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware], crawler: Crawler) -> Apify
 
         return cls(proxy_settings)
 
-    async def process_request(self, request: Request, spider: Spider) -> None:
+    async def process_request(self, request: Request) -> None:
         """Process a Scrapy request by assigning a new proxy.
 
         Args:
             request: Scrapy Request object.
-            spider: Scrapy Spider object.
 
         Raises:
             ValueError: If username and password are not provided in the proxy URL.
         """
-        Actor.log.debug(f'ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware.process_request: request={request}, spider={spider}')
+        Actor.log.debug(f'ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware.process_request: request={request}')
         url = await self._get_new_proxy_url()
 
         if not (url.username and url.password):
@@ -89,14 +88,12 @@ def process_exception(
         self,
         request: Request,
         exception: Exception,
-        spider: Spider,
     ) -> None:
         """Process an exception that occurs during request processing.
 
         Args:
             request: Scrapy Request object.
             exception: Exception object.
-            spider: Scrapy Spider object.
 
         Returns:
             Returning None, meaning Scrapy will continue processing this exception, executing any other
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ def process_exception(
             exception handling kicks in.
         """
         Actor.log.debug(
-            f'ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware.process_exception: request={request}, exception={exception}, spider={spider}',
+            f'ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware.process_exception: request={request}, exception={exception}',
         )
 
         if isinstance(exception, TunnelError):
diff --git a/tests/unit/scrapy/middlewares/test_apify_proxy.py b/tests/unit/scrapy/middlewares/test_apify_proxy.py
index 04e4e80e0..3c45d32f4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scrapy/middlewares/test_apify_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/unit/scrapy/middlewares/test_apify_proxy.py
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ def crawler(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Crawler:
     return crawler
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def spider() -> DummySpider:
-    """Fixture to create a "dummy" Scrapy spider."""
-    return DummySpider()
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def dummy_request() -> Request:
     """Fixture to create a "dummy" Scrapy spider."""
@@ -119,7 +113,6 @@ async def mock_new_url() -> str:
 async def test_process_request_with_proxy(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
     middleware: ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware,
-    spider: DummySpider,
     dummy_request: Request,
     proxy_url: str,
     expected_exception: type[Exception] | None,
@@ -131,12 +124,12 @@ async def mock_get_new_proxy_url() -> ParseResult:
     monkeypatch.setattr(middleware, '_get_new_proxy_url', mock_get_new_proxy_url)
 
     if expected_exception is None:
-        await middleware.process_request(dummy_request, spider)
+        await middleware.process_request(dummy_request)
         assert dummy_request.meta['proxy'] == proxy_url
         assert dummy_request.headers[b'Proxy-Authorization'] == expected_request_header
     else:
         with pytest.raises(expected_exception):
-            await middleware.process_request(dummy_request, spider)
+            await middleware.process_request(dummy_request)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -146,9 +139,8 @@ async def mock_get_new_proxy_url() -> ParseResult:
 )
 def test_handles_exceptions(
     middleware: ApifyHttpProxyMiddleware,
-    spider: DummySpider,
     dummy_request: Request,
     exception: Exception,
 ) -> None:
-    returned_value = middleware.process_exception(dummy_request, exception, spider)
+    returned_value = middleware.process_exception(dummy_request, exception)
     assert returned_value is None