diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
index 0ecb1d2d6..e103fbab4 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
@@ -174,16 +174,4 @@ The name of a parameter in the URL conf that may be used to provide a format suf
 
 Default: `'format'`
 
-## REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS
-
-This is a list of required migrations which are needed by the authtoken migration.
-
-E.g.
-
-    (
-        ('users', '0001_initial'),
-    )
-
-Default: `'()'`
-
 [cite]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/migrations/0001_initial.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/migrations/0001_initial.py
index b0c81bf19..b7c563afd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ else:
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
 
-    depends_on = api_settings.REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS
-
     def forwards(self, orm):
         # Adding model 'Token'
         db.create_table('authtoken_token', (
diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 319122150..b7aa0bbe0 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE': 'format',
 
     'FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG': 'format',
-
-    # Authtoken
-    'REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS': (),
 }