diff --git a/wis2box-management/wis2box/auth.py b/wis2box-management/wis2box/auth.py
index 6d4f46961..0728e875f 100644
--- a/wis2box-management/wis2box/auth.py
+++ b/wis2box-management/wis2box/auth.py
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@
 import requests
 from secrets import token_hex
 
-from owslib.ogcapi.records import Records
-
 from wis2box import cli_helpers
-from wis2box.api import upsert_collection_item
 from wis2box.data_mappings import get_data_mappings
-from wis2box.env import AUTH_URL, DOCKER_API_URL
+from wis2box.env import AUTH_URL
 
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -173,27 +170,6 @@ def add_token(ctx, metadata_id, path, yes, token):
     if create_token(path, token):
         click.echo('Token successfully created')
 
-    if metadata_id is not None:
-        click.echo('Adding access control object to discovery metadata')
-
-        oar = Records(DOCKER_API_URL)
-
-        record = oar.collection_item('discovery-metadata', metadata_id)
-        record['wis2box']['has_auth'] = True
-
-        for link in record['links']:
-            if link['rel'] == 'collection' and link['title'] == metadata_id:
-                LOGGER.debug('Adding security object to link')
-                link['security'] = {
-                    'default': {
-                        'type': 'http',
-                        'scheme': 'bearer',
-                        'description': 'Please contact the data provider for access'  # noqa
-                    }
-                }
-
-        upsert_collection_item('discovery-metadata', record)
-
 
 @click.command()
 @click.pass_context
@@ -216,19 +192,6 @@ def remove_token(ctx, metadata_id, path, token):
     if delete_token(path, token):
         click.echo('Token successfully deleted')
 
-    if metadata_id is not None:
-        click.echo('Removing access control object to discovery metadata')
-
-        oar = Records(DOCKER_API_URL)
-
-        record = oar.collection_item('discovery-metadata', metadata_id)
-        record['wis2box'].pop('has_auth', None)
-        for link in record['links']:
-            if 'security' in link:
-                link.pop('security', None)
-
-        upsert_collection_item('discovery-metadata', record)
-
 
 auth.add_command(add_token)
 auth.add_command(remove_token)