diff --git a/api/default.go b/api/default.go
index e426b16572a06d479aebea3bedd6c7bc38485890..ac3519ab9e9b76f3cb4bcf532a6a2bd2ae65118b 100644
--- a/api/default.go
+++ b/api/default.go
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
 package api
 
 var DefaultListLimit = 30
-
-// IsValidToken checks if a token provided is valid.
-// The token string must be 26 characters in length and have the 'glpat-'
-// prefix or just be 20 characters long to be recognized as a valid personal access token.
-// token can be 64 characters to include oauth tokens
-// TODO: check if token has minimum scopes required by glab
-func IsValidToken(token string) bool {
-	return (len(token) == 26 && token[:6] == "glpat-") || len(token) == 20 || len(token) == 64
-}
diff --git a/api/default_test.go b/api/default_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d21d95e53afe3993bcaaad97676c77e4b5769380..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/api/default_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestIsValidToken(t *testing.T) {
-	type args struct {
-		token string
-	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		args args
-		want bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "Token Is Valid",
-			args: args{token: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},
-			want: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Oauth token is valid",
-			args: args{token: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},
-			want: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Token Is inValid",
-			args: args{token: "123"},
-			want: false,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := IsValidToken(tt.args.token); got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("IsValidToken() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/commands/auth/status/status.go b/commands/auth/status/status.go
index 30e208399f70e23fb0cc3f222a26b44165f744f4..33af7bea8e6ac33df11d38bd5d1e8110b0996c11 100644
--- a/commands/auth/status/status.go
+++ b/commands/auth/status/status.go
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ func statusRun(opts *StatusOpts) error {
 				tokenDisplay = token
 			}
 			addMsg("%s Token: %s", c.GreenCheck(), tokenDisplay)
-			if !api.IsValidToken(token) {
-				addMsg("%s Invalid token provided in configuration file.", c.WarnIcon())
-			}
 		} else {
 			addMsg("%s No token provided in configuration file.", c.WarnIcon())
 		}