diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
index e220f2bb41..1b82a0e0f7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module("ofn.admin").controller "AdminProductEditCtrl", ($scope, $timeout, $filter, $http, $window, BulkProducts, DisplayProperties, DirtyProducts, VariantUnitManager, StatusMessage, producers, Taxons, SpreeApiAuth, Columns, tax_categories, RequestMonitor) ->
+angular.module("ofn.admin").controller "AdminProductEditCtrl", ($scope, $timeout, $filter, $http, $window, BulkProducts, DisplayProperties, DirtyProducts, VariantUnitManager, StatusMessage, producers, Taxons, Columns, tax_categories, RequestMonitor) ->
   $scope.StatusMessage = StatusMessage
 
   $scope.columns = Columns.columns
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ angular.module("ofn.admin").controller "AdminProductEditCtrl", ($scope, $timeout
   $scope.DisplayProperties = DisplayProperties
 
   $scope.initialise = ->
-    SpreeApiAuth.authorise()
-    .then ->
-      $scope.spree_api_key_ok = true
-      $scope.fetchProducts()
-    .catch (message) ->
-      $scope.api_error_msg = message
+    $scope.fetchProducts()
 
   $scope.$watchCollection '[query, producerFilter, categoryFilter, importDateFilter, per_page]', ->
     $scope.page = 1 # Reset page when changing filters for new search
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/index_utils/services/spree_api_auth.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/index_utils/services/spree_api_auth.js.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index a74f05ed15..0000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/index_utils/services/spree_api_auth.js.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-angular.module("admin.indexUtils").factory "SpreeApiAuth", ($q, $http, SpreeApiKey) ->
-  new class SpreeApiAuth
-    authorise: ->
-      deferred = $q.defer()
-
-      $http.get("/api/users/authorise_api?token=" + SpreeApiKey)
-      .success (response) ->
-        if response?.success == "Use of API Authorised"
-          $http.defaults.headers.common["X-Spree-Token"] = SpreeApiKey
-          deferred.resolve()
-
-      .error (response) ->
-        error = response?.error || t('js.unauthorized')
-        deferred.reject(error)
-
-      deferred.promise
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/variant_overrides/controllers/variant_overrides_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/variant_overrides/controllers/variant_overrides_controller.js.coffee
index 6b7cea8243..c37ba72071 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/variant_overrides/controllers/variant_overrides_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/variant_overrides/controllers/variant_overrides_controller.js.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module("admin.variantOverrides").controller "AdminVariantOverridesCtrl", ($scope, $http, $timeout, Indexer, Columns, Views, SpreeApiAuth, PagedFetcher, StatusMessage, RequestMonitor, hubs, producers, hubPermissions, InventoryItems, VariantOverrides, DirtyVariantOverrides) ->
+angular.module("admin.variantOverrides").controller "AdminVariantOverridesCtrl", ($scope, $http, $timeout, Indexer, Columns, Views, PagedFetcher, StatusMessage, RequestMonitor, hubs, producers, hubPermissions, InventoryItems, VariantOverrides, DirtyVariantOverrides) ->
   $scope.hubs = Indexer.index hubs
   $scope.hub_id = if hubs.length == 1 then hubs[0].id else null
   $scope.products = []
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ angular.module("admin.variantOverrides").controller "AdminVariantOverridesCtrl",
     $scope.producerFilter != 0 || $scope.query != ''
 
   $scope.initialise = ->
-    SpreeApiAuth.authorise()
-    .then ->
-      $scope.spree_api_key_ok = true
-      $scope.fetchProducts()
-    .catch (message) ->
-      $scope.api_error_msg = message
-
+    $scope.fetchProducts()
 
   $scope.fetchProducts = ->
     url = "/api/products/overridable?page=::page::;per_page=100"
diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/api/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/spree/api/users_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f83f6709..0000000000
--- a/app/controllers/spree/api/users_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-module Spree
-  module Api
-    class UsersController < Spree::Api::BaseController
-      respond_to :json
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/products/index/_indicators.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/products/index/_indicators.html.haml
index b4b605a34b..4c39f9a5d9 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/products/index/_indicators.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/products/index/_indicators.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-%div{ 'ng-show' => '!spree_api_key_ok' }
-  {{ api_error_msg }}
-
 %div.sixteen.columns.alpha#loading{ 'ng-if' => 'RequestMonitor.loading' }
   %br
   %img.spinner{ src: "/assets/spinning-circles.svg" }
diff --git a/config/routes/spree.rb b/config/routes/spree.rb
index 77a954081e..72d43d90ec 100644
--- a/config/routes/spree.rb
+++ b/config/routes/spree.rb
@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ Spree::Core::Engine.routes.prepend do
 
   resources :credit_cards
 
-  namespace :api, :defaults => { :format => 'json' } do
-    resources :users do
-      get :authorise_api, on: :collection
-    end
-  end
-
   namespace :admin do
     get '/search/known_users' => "search#known_users", :as => :search_known_users
     get '/search/customers' => 'search#customers', :as => :search_customers
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
index bc07c70cdf..c2db1cc403 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
@@ -272,13 +272,9 @@ describe "AdminProductEditCtrl", ->
 
   describe "loading data upon initialisation", ->
     it "gets a list of producers and then resets products with a list of data", ->
-      $httpBackend.expectGET("/api/users/authorise_api?token=API_KEY").respond success: "Use of API Authorised"
       spyOn($scope, "fetchProducts").and.returnValue "nothing"
       $scope.initialise()
-      $httpBackend.flush()
       expect($scope.fetchProducts.calls.count()).toBe 1
-      expect($scope.spree_api_key_ok).toEqual true
-
 
   describe "fetching products", ->
     $q = null