diff --git a/database/seeds/ComponentTableSeeder.php b/database/seeds/ComponentTableSeeder.php
index 7570dac0..2c97ba49 100644
--- a/database/seeds/ComponentTableSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/ComponentTableSeeder.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Models\Component;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class ComponentTableSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ class ComponentTableSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        Model::unguard();
-
         $defaultComponents = [
             [
                 'name'        => 'API',
diff --git a/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php b/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
index 7cb9c76b..6cdd5173 100644
--- a/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        Model::unguard();
-
         $this->call('UsersTableSeeder');
         $this->call('SettingsTableSeeder');
         $this->call('IncidentTableSeeder');
diff --git a/database/seeds/IncidentTableSeeder.php b/database/seeds/IncidentTableSeeder.php
index d9f9a8a0..85170dac 100644
--- a/database/seeds/IncidentTableSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/IncidentTableSeeder.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Models\Incident;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class IncidentTableSeeder extends Seeder
diff --git a/database/seeds/MetricPointSeeder.php b/database/seeds/MetricPointSeeder.php
index 333458a6..1a9cdc03 100644
--- a/database/seeds/MetricPointSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/MetricPointSeeder.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Models\MetricPoint;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class MetricPointSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ class MetricPointSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        Model::unguard();
-
         $metric = [
             'metric_id' => 1,
             'value'     => rand(1, 100),
diff --git a/database/seeds/MetricTableSeeder.php b/database/seeds/MetricTableSeeder.php
index 749b366c..e9521ac1 100644
--- a/database/seeds/MetricTableSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/MetricTableSeeder.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Models\Metric;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class MetricTableSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ class MetricTableSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        Model::unguard();
-
         $defaultMetrics = [
             [
                 'name'          => 'Demo Metric',
diff --git a/database/seeds/SettingsTableSeeder.php b/database/seeds/SettingsTableSeeder.php
index 5a08881b..65ec9782 100644
--- a/database/seeds/SettingsTableSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/SettingsTableSeeder.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Models\Setting;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class SettingsTableSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ class SettingsTableSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        Model::unguard();
-
         $defaultSettings = [
             [
                 'name'  => 'app_name',
diff --git a/database/seeds/UsersTableSeeder.php b/database/seeds/UsersTableSeeder.php
index 6eed1b69..d1afb11d 100644
--- a/database/seeds/UsersTableSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/UsersTableSeeder.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Models\User;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        Model::unguard();
-
         $users = [
             [
                 'username' => 'test',