diff --git a/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts b/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts
index 4b43e5719b1..ff3a6c3d2ee 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { Provider } from '@firebase/component';
 
 import {
   AuthTokenProvider,
-  EmulatorTokenProvider,
   FirebaseAuthProvider
 } from '../core/FirebaseAuthProvider';
 import { QueryManager } from '../core/QueryManager';
@@ -124,9 +123,7 @@ export class DataConnect {
     }
 
     if (this.authProvider) {
-      this.authTokenProvider = this.isEmulator
-        ? new EmulatorTokenProvider(EmulatorTokenProvider.OWNER)
-        : new FirebaseAuthProvider(
+      this.authTokenProvider = new FirebaseAuthProvider(
             this.app.name,
             this.app.options,
             this.authProvider
diff --git a/packages/database/src/core/AuthTokenProvider.ts b/packages/database/src/core/AuthTokenProvider.ts
index 46ccf9b0a68..df378ea09c7 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/core/AuthTokenProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/database/src/core/AuthTokenProvider.ts
@@ -120,27 +120,3 @@ export class FirebaseAuthTokenProvider implements AuthTokenProvider {
     warn(errorMessage);
   }
 }
-
-/* AuthTokenProvider that supplies a constant token. Used by Admin SDK or mockUserToken with emulators. */
-export class EmulatorTokenProvider implements AuthTokenProvider {
-  /** A string that is treated as an admin access token by the RTDB emulator. Used by Admin SDK. */
-  static OWNER = 'owner';
-
-  constructor(private accessToken: string) {}
-
-  getToken(forceRefresh: boolean): Promise<FirebaseAuthTokenData> {
-    return Promise.resolve({
-      accessToken: this.accessToken
-    });
-  }
-
-  addTokenChangeListener(listener: (token: string | null) => void): void {
-    // Invoke the listener immediately to match the behavior in Firebase Auth
-    // (see packages/auth/src/auth.js#L1807)
-    listener(this.accessToken);
-  }
-
-  removeTokenChangeListener(listener: (token: string | null) => void): void {}
-
-  notifyForInvalidToken(): void {}
-}