diff --git a/gateway/looping_test.go b/gateway/looping_test.go
index ea573350d80..7970deeeae9 100644
--- a/gateway/looping_test.go
+++ b/gateway/looping_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//go:build !race || unstable
-// +build !race unstable
+//go:build !race
+// +build !race
 
 // Looping by itself has race nature
 package gateway
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ func TestLooping(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("VirtualEndpoint or plugins", func(t *testing.T) {
-		test.Flaky(t) // TT-10511
-
 		ts.testPrepareVirtualEndpoint(`
             function testVirtData(request, session, config) {
                 var loopLocation = "/default"
@@ -328,8 +326,6 @@ func TestLooping(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConcurrencyReloads(t *testing.T) {
-	test.Racy(t) // TT-10510
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	ts := StartTest(nil)
diff --git a/gateway/middleware.go b/gateway/middleware.go
index 1b94cf0e12a..13a6d92b215 100644
--- a/gateway/middleware.go
+++ b/gateway/middleware.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/internal/cache"
@@ -233,30 +232,15 @@ func (gw *Gateway) mwList(mws ...TykMiddleware) []alice.Constructor {
 // BaseMiddleware wraps up the ApiSpec and Proxy objects to be included in a
 // middleware handler, this can probably be handled better.
 type BaseMiddleware struct {
-	Spec  *APISpec
-	Proxy ReturningHttpHandler
-	Gw    *Gateway `json:"-"`
-
-	loggerMu sync.Mutex
-	logger   *logrus.Entry
-}
-
-func (t *BaseMiddleware) Base() *BaseMiddleware {
-	t.loggerMu.Lock()
-	defer t.loggerMu.Unlock()
-
-	return &BaseMiddleware{
-		Spec:   t.Spec,
-		Proxy:  t.Proxy,
-		Gw:     t.Gw,
-		logger: t.logger,
-	}
+	Spec   *APISpec
+	Proxy  ReturningHttpHandler
+	logger *logrus.Entry
+	Gw     *Gateway `json:"-"`
 }
 
-func (t *BaseMiddleware) Logger() (logger *logrus.Entry) {
-	t.loggerMu.Lock()
-	defer t.loggerMu.Unlock()
+func (t BaseMiddleware) Base() *BaseMiddleware { return &t }
 
+func (t BaseMiddleware) Logger() (logger *logrus.Entry) {
 	if t.logger == nil {
 		t.logger = logrus.NewEntry(log)
 	}
@@ -265,21 +249,11 @@ func (t *BaseMiddleware) Logger() (logger *logrus.Entry) {
 }
 
 func (t *BaseMiddleware) SetName(name string) {
-	logger := t.Logger()
-
-	t.loggerMu.Lock()
-	defer t.loggerMu.Unlock()
-
-	t.logger = logger.WithField("mw", name)
+	t.logger = t.Logger().WithField("mw", name)
 }
 
 func (t *BaseMiddleware) SetRequestLogger(r *http.Request) {
-	logger := t.Logger()
-
-	t.loggerMu.Lock()
-	defer t.loggerMu.Unlock()
-
-	t.logger = t.Gw.getLogEntryForRequest(logger, r, ctxGetAuthToken(r), nil)
+	t.logger = t.Gw.getLogEntryForRequest(t.Logger(), r, ctxGetAuthToken(r), nil)
 }
 
 func (t BaseMiddleware) Init() {}
diff --git a/gateway/mw_organisation_activity_test.go b/gateway/mw_organisation_activity_test.go
index abb9b1b0457..8442495dfa5 100644
--- a/gateway/mw_organisation_activity_test.go
+++ b/gateway/mw_organisation_activity_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//go:build !race || unstable
-// +build !race unstable
+//go:build !race
+// +build !race
 
 package gateway
 
diff --git a/gateway/rpc_test.go b/gateway/rpc_test.go
index 5f6270b5613..2592659fb2f 100644
--- a/gateway/rpc_test.go
+++ b/gateway/rpc_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//go:build !race || unstable
-// +build !race unstable
+//go:build !race
+// +build !race
 
 package gateway