diff --git a/lib/pbench/test/functional/server/test_put.py b/lib/pbench/test/functional/server/test_put.py
index 21ac367c8c..b28061ee4a 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/test/functional/server/test_put.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/test/functional/server/test_put.py
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ def test_list_anonymous(self, server_client: PbenchServerClient):
         we see is public. We do care that we don't get an empty list, since we
         uploaded datasets with access public.
         """
-        server_client.auth_token = None
         datasets = server_client.get_list(metadata=["dataset.access"])
         count = 0