diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
index 1f6b9c15d..abbe2090a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ class Api::V1::BaseController < ApplicationController
   protected
 
   def check_auth
-    authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |token,pw|
-      if user = User.find_by_authentication_token(token)
-        sign_in user, false
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def check_auth_pw_or_token
     authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username,pw|
       if user = User.auth_by_token_or_login_pass(username, pw)
         sign_in user, false
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/users_controller.rb
index 28c294aaf..edc125cb4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/users_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 class Api::V1::UsersController < Api::V1::BaseController
 
   before_action :authenticate_user!
-  before_action :check_auth_pw_or_token, only: :show_current_user
-  skip_before_action :check_auth, only: :show_current_user
   skip_before_action :check_auth, only: [:show] if APP_CONFIG['anonymous_access']
   skip_before_action :authenticate_user!, only: [:show] if APP_CONFIG['anonymous_access']
   before_action :load_user, only: %i(show)