diff --git a/rest_auth/registration/views.py b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
index af6d7b6..fa95e7d 100644
--- a/rest_auth/registration/views.py
+++ b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
@@ -23,14 +23,20 @@ class RegisterView(CreateAPIView):
     permission_classes = (AllowAny, )
     token_model = TokenModel
 
+    def get_response_data(self, user):
+        if allauth_settings.EMAIL_VERIFICATION == \
+                allauth_settings.EmailVerificationMethod.MANDATORY:
+            return {}
+
+        return TokenSerializer(user.auth_token).data
+
     def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
         user = self.perform_create(serializer)
         headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
-        return Response(TokenSerializer(user.auth_token).data,
-                        status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
-                        headers=headers)
+
+        return Response(self.get_response_data(user), status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
         user = serializer.save(self.request)
diff --git a/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py b/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py
index 222b3a7..0e0ced2 100644
--- a/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py
@@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ class APITestCase1(TestCase, BaseAPITestCase):
         # test empty payload
         self.post(self.register_url, data={}, status_code=400)
 
-        self.post(self.register_url, data=self.REGISTRATION_DATA, status_code=201)
+        result = self.post(self.register_url, data=self.REGISTRATION_DATA, status_code=201)
+        self.assertIn('key', result.data)
         self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), user_count + 1)
+
         new_user = get_user_model().objects.latest('id')
         self.assertEqual(new_user.username, self.REGISTRATION_DATA['username'])
 
@@ -339,11 +341,12 @@ class APITestCase1(TestCase, BaseAPITestCase):
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
         )
 
-        self.post(
+        result = self.post(
             self.register_url,
             data=self.REGISTRATION_DATA_WITH_EMAIL,
             status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED
         )
+        self.assertNotIn('key', result.data)
         self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), user_count + 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), mail_count + 1)
         new_user = get_user_model().objects.latest('id')