diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/middleware.py b/common/djangoapps/student/middleware.py
index ca2a4eedf5..940c249662 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/middleware.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/middleware.py
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ disabled accounts from accessing the site.
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 from student.models import UserStanding
 
 
-class UserStandingMiddleware(object):
+class UserStandingMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Checks a user's standing on request. Returns a 403 if the user's
     status is 'disabled'.
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/middleware.py b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/middleware.py
index 7205340758..836eab3a06 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/middleware.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/middleware.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import six.moves.urllib.parse  # pylint: disable=import-error
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from requests import HTTPError
 from social_django.middleware import SocialAuthExceptionMiddleware
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ from student.helpers import get_next_url_for_login_page
 from . import pipeline
 
 
-class ExceptionMiddleware(SocialAuthExceptionMiddleware):
+class ExceptionMiddleware(SocialAuthExceptionMiddleware, MiddlewareMixin):
     """Custom middleware that handles conditional redirection."""
 
     def get_redirect_uri(self, request, exception):
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/track/middleware.py b/common/djangoapps/track/middleware.py
index 61e0efdfd9..6e8abb96cb 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/track/middleware.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/track/middleware.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import sys
 
 import six
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from eventtracking import tracker
 from ipware.ip import get_ip
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ META_KEY_TO_CONTEXT_KEY = {
 }
 
 
-class TrackMiddleware(object):
+class TrackMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Tracks all requests made, as well as setting up context for other server
     emitted events.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_wiki/middleware.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_wiki/middleware.py
index 293049a935..5463e6f4f1 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_wiki/middleware.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_wiki/middleware.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from six import text_type
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
 from wiki.models import reverse
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ from openedx.features.enterprise_support.api import get_enterprise_consent_url
 from student.models import CourseEnrollment
 
 
-class WikiAccessMiddleware(object):
+class WikiAccessMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     This middleware wraps calls to django-wiki in order to handle authentication and redirection
     between the root wiki and the course wikis.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/middleware.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/middleware.py
index d5a40b957c..3ec3fa525a 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/middleware.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/middleware.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ Middleware for the courseware app
 
 
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from lms.djangoapps.courseware.exceptions import Redirect
 from openedx.core.lib.request_utils import COURSE_REGEX
 
 
-class RedirectMiddleware(object):
+class RedirectMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Catch Redirect exceptions and redirect the user to the expected URL.
     """
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class RedirectMiddleware(object):
             return redirect(exception.url)
 
 
-class CacheCourseIdMiddleware(object):
+class CacheCourseIdMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """Middleware that adds course_id to user request session."""
 
     def process_request(self, request):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/middleware.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/middleware.py
index 5d98540668..fd76a9060e 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/middleware.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/middleware.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from six import text_type
 
 from lms.djangoapps.discussion.django_comment_client.utils import JsonError
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangoapps.django_comment_common.comment_client import Comment
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class AjaxExceptionMiddleware(object):
+class AjaxExceptionMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware that captures CommentClientRequestErrors during ajax requests
     and tranforms them into json responses
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/utils.py
index 7708474dc2..6675516fce 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import connection
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey, UsageKey
 from opaque_keys.edx.locations import i4xEncoder
 from pytz import UTC
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ class HtmlResponse(HttpResponse):
         super(HtmlResponse, self).__init__(html, content_type='text/plain')
 
 
-class ViewNameMiddleware(object):
+class ViewNameMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Django middleware object to inject view name into request context
     """
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ class ViewNameMiddleware(object):
         request.view_name = view_func.__name__
 
 
-class QueryCountDebugMiddleware(object):
+class QueryCountDebugMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     This middleware will log the number of queries run
     and the total time taken for each request (with a
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/middleware.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/middleware.py
index 0258f7f431..7fc73658fb 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/middleware.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/middleware.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from pytz import UTC
 import six
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ from openedx.core.lib.cache_utils import get_cache
 from openedx.core.lib.mobile_utils import is_request_from_mobile_app
 
 
-class AppVersionUpgrade(object):
+class AppVersionUpgrade(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware class to keep track of mobile application version being used.
     """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py
index 9925fd8035..13b113f434 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import HASH_SESSION_KEY
 from django.contrib.auth.middleware import AuthenticationMiddleware
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, User
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.safe_sessions.middleware import SafeSessionMiddleware
 
@@ -94,12 +95,13 @@ from .model import cache_model
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class CacheBackedAuthenticationMiddleware(AuthenticationMiddleware):
+class CacheBackedAuthenticationMiddleware(AuthenticationMiddleware, MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     See documentation above.
     """
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         cache_model(User)
+        super(CacheBackedAuthenticationMiddleware, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def process_request(self, request):
         try:
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/contentserver/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/contentserver/middleware.py
index 39b0dfac09..ff810fff5b 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/contentserver/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/contentserver/middleware.py
@@ -3,31 +3,40 @@ Middleware to serve assets.
 """
 
 
-import logging
 import datetime
+import logging
+
 import six
+from django.http import (
+    HttpResponse,
+    HttpResponseBadRequest,
+    HttpResponseForbidden,
+    HttpResponseNotFound,
+    HttpResponseNotModified,
+    HttpResponsePermanentRedirect
+)
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
+from opaque_keys.edx.locator import AssetLocator
+from six import text_type
+
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.header_control import force_header_for_response
+from student.models import CourseEnrollment
+from xmodule.assetstore.assetmgr import AssetManager
+from xmodule.contentstore.content import XASSET_LOCATION_TAG, StaticContent
+from xmodule.exceptions import NotFoundError
+from xmodule.modulestore import InvalidLocationError
+from xmodule.modulestore.exceptions import ItemNotFoundError
+
+from .caching import get_cached_content, set_cached_content
+from .models import CdnUserAgentsConfig, CourseAssetCacheTtlConfig
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 try:
     import newrelic.agent
 except ImportError:
     newrelic = None  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-from django.http import (
-    HttpResponse, HttpResponseNotModified, HttpResponseForbidden,
-    HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotFound, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect)
-from six import text_type
-from student.models import CourseEnrollment
 
-from xmodule.assetstore.assetmgr import AssetManager
-from xmodule.contentstore.content import StaticContent, XASSET_LOCATION_TAG
-from xmodule.modulestore import InvalidLocationError
-from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
-from opaque_keys.edx.locator import AssetLocator
-from openedx.core.djangoapps.header_control import force_header_for_response
-from .caching import get_cached_content, set_cached_content
-from xmodule.modulestore.exceptions import ItemNotFoundError
-from xmodule.exceptions import NotFoundError
-
-from .models import CourseAssetCacheTtlConfig, CdnUserAgentsConfig
 
 # TODO: Soon as we have a reasonable way to serialize/deserialize AssetKeys, we need
 # to change this file so instead of using course_id_partial, we're just using asset keys
@@ -35,7 +44,7 @@ from .models import CourseAssetCacheTtlConfig, CdnUserAgentsConfig
 HTTP_DATE_FORMAT = u"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"
 
 
-class StaticContentServer(object):
+class StaticContentServer(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Serves course assets to end users.  Colloquially referred to as "contentserver."
     """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cors_csrf/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cors_csrf/middleware.py
index 7a911b7317..0367b5f269 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cors_csrf/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cors_csrf/middleware.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import logging
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, MiddlewareNotUsed
 from django.middleware.csrf import CsrfViewMiddleware
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from .helpers import is_cross_domain_request_allowed, skip_cross_domain_referer_check
 
@@ -55,14 +56,16 @@ from .helpers import is_cross_domain_request_allowed, skip_cross_domain_referer_
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class CorsCSRFMiddleware(CsrfViewMiddleware):
+class CorsCSRFMiddleware(CsrfViewMiddleware, MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware for handling CSRF checks with CORS requests
     """
-    def __init__(self):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Disable the middleware if the feature flag is disabled. """
         if not settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_CORS_HEADERS'):
             raise MiddlewareNotUsed()
+        super(CorsCSRFMiddleware, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def process_view(self, request, callback, callback_args, callback_kwargs):
         """Skip the usual CSRF referer check if this is an allowed cross-domain request. """
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ class CorsCSRFMiddleware(CsrfViewMiddleware):
             return super(CorsCSRFMiddleware, self).process_view(request, callback, callback_args, callback_kwargs)
 
 
-class CsrfCrossDomainCookieMiddleware(object):
+class CsrfCrossDomainCookieMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """Set an additional "cross-domain" CSRF cookie.
 
     Usage:
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ class CsrfCrossDomainCookieMiddleware(object):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Disable the middleware if the feature is not enabled. """
         if not settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_CROSS_DOMAIN_CSRF_COOKIE'):
             raise MiddlewareNotUsed()
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ class CsrfCrossDomainCookieMiddleware(object):
                 "You must set `CROSS_DOMAIN_CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN` when "
                 "`FEATURES['ENABLE_CROSS_DOMAIN_CSRF_COOKIE']` is True."
             )
+        super(CsrfCrossDomainCookieMiddleware, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def process_response(self, request, response):
         """Set the cross-domain CSRF cookie. """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/dark_lang/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/dark_lang/middleware.py
index ee43b06ee6..72ecb7f156 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/dark_lang/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/dark_lang/middleware.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ the SessionMiddleware.
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY
 from django.utils.translation.trans_real import parse_accept_lang_header
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.dark_lang import DARK_LANGUAGE_KEY
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.dark_lang.models import DarkLangConfig
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def _dark_parse_accept_lang_header(accept):
     return django_langs
 
 
-class DarkLangMiddleware(object):
+class DarkLangMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware for dark-launching languages.
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/embargo/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/embargo/middleware.py
index 4d355a9d85..4e499c8230 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/embargo/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/embargo/middleware.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import re
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import MiddlewareNotUsed
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from ipware.ip import get_ip
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ from .models import IPFilter
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class EmbargoMiddleware(object):
+class EmbargoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """Middleware for embargoing site and courses. """
 
     ALLOW_URL_PATTERNS = [
@@ -57,10 +58,11 @@ class EmbargoMiddleware(object):
         re.compile(r'^/admin/'),
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # If embargoing is turned off, make this middleware do nothing
         if not settings.FEATURES.get('EMBARGO'):
             raise MiddlewareNotUsed()
+        super(EmbargoMiddleware, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def process_request(self, request):
         """Block requests based on embargo rules.
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/middleware.py
index b0b128a6da..6f0399d9ed 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/middleware.py
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ import logging
 import geoip2.database
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from ipware.ip import get_real_ip
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class CountryMiddleware(object):
+class CountryMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Identify the country by IP address.
     """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/header_control/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/header_control/middleware.py
index e00e879149..b2f003bcd2 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/header_control/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/header_control/middleware.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 Middleware used for adjusting headers in a response before it is sent to the end user.
 """
 
-
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 import six
 
 
-class HeaderControlMiddleware(object):
+class HeaderControlMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware that can modify/remove headers in a response.
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/lang_pref/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/lang_pref/middleware.py
index d63fc2035f..c3c5fc1b17 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/lang_pref/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/lang_pref/middleware.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Middleware for Language Preferences
 
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.translation import LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY
 from django.utils.translation.trans_real import parse_accept_lang_header
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangoapps.user_api.preferences.api import get_user_preference
 from openedx.core.lib.mobile_utils import is_request_from_mobile_app
 
 
-class LanguagePreferenceMiddleware(object):
+class LanguagePreferenceMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware for user preferences.
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/safe_sessions/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/safe_sessions/middleware.py
index 65a4b0be45..5f7f25202a 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/safe_sessions/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/safe_sessions/middleware.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 from django.core import signing
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 
 from six import text_type  # pylint: disable=ungrouped-imports
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ class SafeCookieData(object):
             )
 
 
-class SafeSessionMiddleware(SessionMiddleware):
+class SafeSessionMiddleware(SessionMiddleware, MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     A safer middleware implementation that uses SafeCookieData instead
     of just the session id to lookup and verify a user's session.
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py
index fdebb66eea..eb5633ff12 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import auth
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 LAST_TOUCH_KEYNAME = 'SessionInactivityTimeout:last_touch'
 
 
-class SessionInactivityTimeout(object):
+class SessionInactivityTimeout(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware class to keep track of activity on a given session
     """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/middleware.py
index 2a2ccd7e01..227cc51548 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/middleware.py
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ This file contains Django middleware related to the site_configuration app.
 
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.site_configuration import helpers as configuration_helpers
 
 
-class SessionCookieDomainOverrideMiddleware(object):
+class SessionCookieDomainOverrideMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Special case middleware which should be at the very end of the MIDDLEWARE list (so that it runs first
     on the process_response chain). This middleware will define a wrapper function for the set_cookie() function
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/theming/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/theming/middleware.py
index b74cdb4b33..8a5a2e3df7 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/theming/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/theming/middleware.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ Note:
 
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from .models import SiteTheme
 from .views import get_user_preview_site_theme
 
 
-class CurrentSiteThemeMiddleware(object):
+class CurrentSiteThemeMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Middleware that sets `site_theme` attribute to request object.
     """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/middleware.py
index e3faf468d3..927ee7dc7d 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/middleware.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Middleware for user api.
 Adds user's tags to tracking event context.
 """
 
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 from eventtracking import tracker
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ from track.contexts import COURSE_REGEX
 from .models import UserCourseTag
 
 
-class UserTagsEventContextMiddleware(object):
+class UserTagsEventContextMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """Middleware that adds a user's tags to tracking event context."""
     CONTEXT_NAME = 'user_tags_context'
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py b/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py
index 2a1fa3b3e0..e10f89cdf1 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ Middleware to use the X-Forwarded-For header as the request IP.
 Updated the libray to use HTTP_HOST and X-Forwarded-Port as
 SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT.
 """
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
 
-class XForwardedForMiddleware(object):
+class XForwardedForMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Gunicorn 19.0 has breaking changes for REMOTE_ADDR, SERVER_* headers
     that can not override with forwarded and host headers.