diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/admin.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/admin.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a507249b..000000000
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/admin.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from django.contrib import admin
-
-from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
-
-
-class TokenAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('key', 'user', 'created')
-    fields = ('user',)
-    ordering = ('-created',)
-
-
-admin.site.register(Token, TokenAdmin)
diff --git a/tests/test_authtoken.py b/tests/test_authtoken.py
index 54ac1848d..c9d695210 100644
--- a/tests/test_authtoken.py
+++ b/tests/test_authtoken.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
-from django.contrib.admin import site
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import TestCase
 
-from rest_framework.authtoken.admin import TokenAdmin
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.authtoken.serializers import AuthTokenSerializer
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
@@ -12,15 +10,9 @@ from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 class AuthTokenTests(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.site = site
         self.user = User.objects.create_user(username='test_user')
         self.token = Token.objects.create(key='test token', user=self.user)
 
-    def test_model_admin_displayed_fields(self):
-        mock_request = object()
-        token_admin = TokenAdmin(self.token, self.site)
-        assert token_admin.get_fields(mock_request) == ('user',)
-
     def test_token_string_representation(self):
         assert str(self.token) == 'test token'