diff --git a/app/utils/auth/auth_utils.py b/app/utils/auth/auth_utils.py
index 94bf255c1..960f8fdba 100644
--- a/app/utils/auth/auth_utils.py
+++ b/app/utils/auth/auth_utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import jwt
 from fastapi import HTTPException, status
-from jwt.exceptions import DecodeError, ExpiredSignatureError, InvalidTokenError
+from jwt.exceptions import ExpiredSignatureError, InvalidTokenError
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ def get_token_data(
             status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
             detail="Token has expired",
         ) from error
-    except DecodeError as error:
-        hyperion_access_logger.exception(
-            f"Get_token_data: Failed to decode a token ({request_id})",
-        )
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
-            detail="Could not validate credentials",
-        ) from error
 
     return token_data