diff --git a/include/cpp_restapi/base_connection.hpp b/include/cpp_restapi/base_connection.hpp
index 916028a..71f8170 100644
--- a/include/cpp_restapi/base_connection.hpp
+++ b/include/cpp_restapi/base_connection.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace cpp_restapi
     class CPP_RESTAPI_EXPORT BaseConnection: public cpp_restapi::IConnection
     {
     public:
-        [[deprecated]] explicit BaseConnection(const std::string& address, const std::string& token);
         explicit BaseConnection(const std::string& address, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& headerEntries);
 
         std::string get(const std::string &) final;
diff --git a/src/base_connection.cpp b/src/base_connection.cpp
index c0e7661..01c542e 100644
--- a/src/base_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/base_connection.cpp
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ namespace
 namespace cpp_restapi
 {
 
-BaseConnection::BaseConnection(const std::string& address, const std::string& token)
-    : m_address(address)
-{
-    if (token.empty() == false)
-        m_headerEntries.emplace("Authorization", "token " + token);
-}
-
 BaseConnection::BaseConnection(const std::string& address, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& headerEntries)
     : m_address(address)
     , m_headerEntries(headerEntries)