diff --git a/ui/app/controllers/vault/cluster/auth.js b/ui/app/controllers/vault/cluster/auth.js
index e4f1f7b115e4..8733761393e5 100644
--- a/ui/app/controllers/vault/cluster/auth.js
+++ b/ui/app/controllers/vault/cluster/auth.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default Controller.extend({
   namespaceQueryParam: alias('clusterController.namespaceQueryParam'),
   queryParams: [{ authMethod: 'with' }],
   wrappedToken: alias('vaultController.wrappedToken'),
-  authMethod: 'token',
+  authMethod: '',
   redirectTo: alias('vaultController.redirectTo'),
 
   updateNamespace: task(function*(value) {
diff --git a/ui/tests/acceptance/auth-test.js b/ui/tests/acceptance/auth-test.js
index 81ef6a171d02..e6d0a0b88e4b 100644
--- a/ui/tests/acceptance/auth-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/acceptance/auth-test.js
@@ -37,24 +37,20 @@ module('Acceptance | auth', function(hooks) {
     let backends = supportedAuthBackends();
     assert.expect(backends.length + 1);
     await visit('/vault/auth');
-    assert.equal(currentURL(), '/vault/auth');
+    assert.equal(currentURL(), '/vault/auth?with=token');
     for (let backend of backends.reverse()) {
       await component.selectMethod(backend.type);
-      if (backend.type === 'token') {
-        assert.equal(currentURL(), `/vault/auth`, `has the correct URL for ${backend.type}`);
-      } else {
-        assert.equal(
-          currentURL(),
-          `/vault/auth?with=${backend.type}`,
-          `has the correct URL for ${backend.type}`
-        );
-      }
+      assert.equal(
+        currentURL(),
+        `/vault/auth?with=${backend.type}`,
+        `has the correct URL for ${backend.type}`
+      );
     }
   });
 
   test('it clears token when changing selected auth method', async function(assert) {
     await visit('/vault/auth');
-    assert.equal(currentURL(), '/vault/auth');
+    assert.equal(currentURL(), '/vault/auth?with=token');
     await component.token('token').selectMethod('github');
     await component.selectMethod('token');
     assert.equal(component.tokenValue, '', 'it clears the token value when toggling methods');
diff --git a/ui/tests/acceptance/redirect-to-test.js b/ui/tests/acceptance/redirect-to-test.js
index b25e4b65c1b4..70bdf049903e 100644
--- a/ui/tests/acceptance/redirect-to-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/acceptance/redirect-to-test.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module('Acceptance | redirect_to query param functionality', function(hooks) {
     await visit(url);
     assert.equal(
       currentURL(),
-      `/vault/auth?redirect_to=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`,
+      `/vault/auth?redirect_to=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&with=token`,
       'encodes url for the query param'
     );
     // the login method on this page does another visit call that we don't want here
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module('Acceptance | redirect_to query param functionality', function(hooks) {
   test('redirect from root does not include redirect_to', async function(assert) {
     let url = '/';
     await visit(url);
-    assert.equal(currentURL(), `/vault/auth`, 'there is no redirect_to query param');
+    assert.equal(currentURL(), `/vault/auth?with=token`, 'there is no redirect_to query param');
   });
 
   test('redirect to a route after authentication with a query param', async function(assert) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module('Acceptance | redirect_to query param functionality', function(hooks) {
     await visit(url);
     assert.equal(
       currentURL(),
-      `/vault/auth?redirect_to=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`,
+      `/vault/auth?redirect_to=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&with=token`,
       'encodes url for the query param'
     );
     await auth.tokenInput('root').submit();