diff --git a/examples/api-gateway-authorizer/runtime/user.fn.ts b/examples/api-gateway-authorizer/runtime/user.fn.ts
index df0074c..af61ed6 100644
--- a/examples/api-gateway-authorizer/runtime/user.fn.ts
+++ b/examples/api-gateway-authorizer/runtime/user.fn.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import type { LambdaConfig } from "@notation/aws/lambda.fn";
 import { handle, json } from "@notation/aws/lambda.fn";
-import { EventWithJWTToken } from "@notation/aws/shared";
+import {
+  JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler,
+  EventWithJWTToken,
+} from "@notation/aws/shared";
 import { Context } from "aws-lambda";
 
-export const getUserHandler = handle.jwtAuthorizedApiRequest(
-  (event: EventWithJWTToken, context: Context) => {
-    return json({ userId: "" });
-  },
-);
+export const getUserHandler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler =
+  handle.jwtAuthorizedApiRequest(
+    (event: EventWithJWTToken, context: Context) => {
+      return json({ userId: "" });
+    },
+  );
 
 export const config: LambdaConfig = {
   service: "aws/lambda",
diff --git a/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/route.ts b/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/route.ts
index 5ebc172..ad9c175 100644
--- a/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/route.ts
+++ b/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/route.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,16 @@ import * as aws from "@notation/aws.iac";
 import { lambda } from "src/lambda";
 import { api } from "./api";
 import { AuthorizerConfig, JWTAuthorizerConfig, NO_AUTH } from "./auth";
-import { mapAuthConfig, mapAuthType, toApiGatewayHandler } from "./utils";
+import { mapAuthConfig, mapAuthType } from "./utils";
 
 export const jwtAuthorizedRoute = (
   apiGroup: ReturnType<typeof api>,
   method: string, // todo: http methods only
   path: `/${string}`,
   auth: JWTAuthorizerConfig,
-  handler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler,
+  handler: ApiGatewayHandler,
 ) => {
-  // We require a 'JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler' to be passed in for type safety (since only a jwtAuthorizedRoute notation resource
-  // will have the JWT header.) However, the AWS lambda resource itself must have the API gateway handler type for compatibility.
-  const apiGatewayHandler = toApiGatewayHandler(handler);
-
-  return routeResource(apiGroup, method, path, auth, apiGatewayHandler);
+  return routeResource(apiGroup, method, path, auth, handler);
 };
 
 export const route = (
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ const routeResource = (
   auth: AuthorizerConfig,
   handler: ApiGatewayHandler,
 ) => {
-
   const apiResource = apiGroup.findResource(aws.apiGateway.Api)!;
 
   // at compile time becomes infra module
diff --git a/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/router.ts b/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/router.ts
index 7713797..4584295 100644
--- a/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/router.ts
+++ b/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/router.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ export const jwtAuthenticatedUserRouter = (
   jwtAuthorizerConfig: JWTAuthorizerConfig,
 ) => {
   const createRouteCallback =
-    (method: string) =>
-    (path: `/${string}`, handler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler) => {
+    (method: string) => (path: `/${string}`, handler: ApiGatewayHandler) => {
       return jwtAuthorizedRoute(
         apiGroup,
         method,
diff --git a/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/utils.ts b/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/utils.ts
index fb429a1..bea4974 100644
--- a/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/aws/src/api-gateway/utils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-import { decomposeUnverifiedJwt } from "aws-jwt-verify/jwt";
 import { AuthorizerConfig, JWTAuthorizerConfig } from "./auth";
-import { APIGatewayProxyEventV2, Context } from "aws-lambda";
-import type {
-  ApiGatewayHandler,
-  JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler,
-} from "src/shared";
 
 export const mapAuthConfig = (config: JWTAuthorizerConfig) => {
   const jwtType: "JWT" = "JWT";
@@ -23,24 +17,3 @@ export const mapAuthConfig = (config: JWTAuthorizerConfig) => {
 export const mapAuthType = (config: AuthorizerConfig) => {
   return config?.type === "jwt" ? "JWT" : "NONE";
 };
-
-export const toApiGatewayHandler = (
-  handler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler,
-): ApiGatewayHandler => {
-  const apiGatewayHandler: ApiGatewayHandler = (event: APIGatewayProxyEventV2, context: Context) => {
-    const authorizationHeader = event.headers.Authorization!;
-
-    // Remove the 'Bearer ' prefix that preceeds the token itself
-    const jwtToken = authorizationHeader?.slice(7);
-    const jwt = decomposeUnverifiedJwt(jwtToken);
-
-    const eventWithJwt = {
-      token: jwt.payload,
-      event: event,
-    };
-
-    return handler(eventWithJwt, context);
-  };
-
-  return apiGatewayHandler
-};
diff --git a/packages/aws/src/lambda.fn/handlers.ts b/packages/aws/src/lambda.fn/handlers.ts
index 673be47..009c24a 100644
--- a/packages/aws/src/lambda.fn/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/aws/src/lambda.fn/handlers.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { decomposeUnverifiedJwt } from "aws-jwt-verify/jwt";
+import { APIGatewayProxyEventV2, Context } from "aws-lambda";
 import type {
   ApiGatewayHandler,
   DynamoDbBatchHandler,
@@ -14,10 +16,9 @@ export const handle = {
     async (...args) =>
       handler(...args),
 
-  jwtAuthorizedApiRequest:
-    (handler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler): JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler =>
-    async (...args) =>
-      handler(...args),
+  jwtAuthorizedApiRequest: (
+    handler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler,
+  ): ApiGatewayHandler => toApiGatewayHandler(handler),
 
   eventBridgeScheduledEvent:
     (
@@ -42,3 +43,27 @@ export const handle = {
     async (...args) =>
       handler(...args),
 };
+
+const toApiGatewayHandler = (
+  handler: JWTAuthorizedApiGatewayHandler,
+): ApiGatewayHandler => {
+  const apiGatewayHandler: ApiGatewayHandler = (
+    event: APIGatewayProxyEventV2,
+    context: Context,
+  ) => {
+    const authorizationHeader = event.headers.Authorization!;
+
+    // Remove the 'Bearer ' prefix that preceeds the token itself
+    const jwtToken = authorizationHeader?.slice(7);
+    const jwt = decomposeUnverifiedJwt(jwtToken);
+
+    const eventWithJwt = {
+      token: jwt.payload,
+      event: event,
+    };
+
+    return handler(eventWithJwt, context);
+  };
+
+  return apiGatewayHandler;
+};
diff --git a/packages/aws/test/lambda.fn.test.ts b/packages/aws/test/lambda.fn.test.ts
index 101727d..30bdf3a 100644
--- a/packages/aws/test/lambda.fn.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws/test/lambda.fn.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 test("handlers wrap user-provided handlers", async () => {
   const fn = async () => ({ body: "{}" });
   for (const handler of Object.values(handle)) {
-    const result = await handler(fn)({} as any, {} as any);
+    const result = await handler(fn)(
+      {
+        headers: {
+          Authorization:
+            "Bearer eyJhbGciOiAiSFMyNTYiLCAidHlwIjogIkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiAiMTIzNDU2Nzg5MCIsICJuYW1lIjogIkpvaG4gRG9lIiwgImlhdCI6IDE1MTYyMzkwMjJ9.vBbO0bfWhxupD6Gp6gIyWzgSZDvQewYV23j9LKm7nV8",
+        },
+      } as any,
+      {} as any,
+    );
     expect(result).toEqual({ body: "{}" });
   }
 });