diff --git a/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py b/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py
index a070d499f..f7f86129c 100644
--- a/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
+from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
 from apps.downloads.models import (
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ def setUp(self):
             password="passworduser",
             is_staff=True,
         )
-        self.Authorization = f"Token {self.staff_user.api_v2_token}"
+        token = Token.objects.get(user=self.staff_user)
+        self.Authorization = f"Token {token.key}"
         self.Authorization_invalid = "Token invalid-token"
 
     def get_json(self, response):
diff --git a/apps/users/models.py b/apps/users/models.py
index 3d67fef5b..b2eda9c6e 100644
--- a/apps/users/models.py
+++ b/apps/users/models.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from markupfield.fields import MarkupField
-from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from tastypie.models import create_api_key
 
 from apps.users.managers import UserManager
@@ -73,14 +72,6 @@ def sponsorships(self):
 
         return Sponsorship.objects.visible_to(self)
 
-    @property
-    def api_v2_token(self):
-        """Return the user's DRF API token key, or empty string if none exists."""
-        try:
-            return Token.objects.get(user=self).key
-        except Token.DoesNotExist:
-            return ""
-
 
 models.signals.post_save.connect(create_api_key, sender=User)