diff --git a/opentech/settings/base.py b/opentech/settings/base.py
index 12e28fd06bc60820f8960b3c3578f0be4d09e31d..fcc8b176491a55f3f33252a97ba5eb5f35808816 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/base.py
+++ b/opentech/settings/base.py
@@ -612,7 +612,6 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
     'PAGE_SIZE': 10,
     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
-        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
         'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (