diff --git a/src/hooks/index.js b/src/hooks/index.js
index 6b19587f..43bee0b9 100644
--- a/src/hooks/index.js
+++ b/src/hooks/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import setUserId from './set-user-id';
 import toLowerCase from './to-lower-case';
 import verifyToken from './verify-token';
 import populateUser from './populate-user';
-import normalizeAuthToken from './normalize-auth-token';
 
 let hooks = {
   hashPassword,
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ let hooks = {
   setUserId,
   toLowerCase,
   verifyToken,
-  populateUser,
-  normalizeAuthToken
+  populateUser
 };
 
 export default hooks;
diff --git a/src/hooks/normalize-auth-token.js b/src/hooks/normalize-auth-token.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 981f1191..00000000
--- a/src/hooks/normalize-auth-token.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-export default function() {
-  return function(hook) {
-    const hasDataToken = hook.data && hook.data.token;
-    const hasQueryToken = hook.params.query && hook.params.query.token;
-
-    if (!hook.params.token) {
-      if (hasDataToken) {
-        hook.params.token = hook.data.token;
-      }
-      else if (hasQueryToken) {
-        hook.params.token = hook.params.query.token;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (hasDataToken) {
-      delete hook.data.token;
-    }
-    
-    if (hasQueryToken) {
-      delete hook.params.query.token;
-    }
-  };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index b9f655ac..82a50000 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ export default function(providers) {
     const app = this;
     let _super = app.setup;
 
-    // Add mixin to normalize the auth token on the params
-    app.mixins.push(function(service){
-      service.before(hooks.normalizeAuthToken());
-    });
-
     // REST middleware
     if (app.rest) {
       debug('registering REST authentication middleware');