diff --git a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index 1b3428cfe5..e9eb130057 100644
--- a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ exports[`returns a map with expected keys and values 1`] = `
 Map {
   "MUTATION_QUEUE" => "mutationQueue",
   "RETRY" => "retry",
-  "AUTH" => "auth",
   "GQL_CACHE" => "gqlCache",
   "STORE" => "store",
   "ERROR" => "error",
diff --git a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/index.spec.js b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/index.spec.js
index 7185d08491..a538dfd4e0 100644
--- a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/__tests__/index.spec.js
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ jest.mock('@apollo/client', () => ({
     __esModule: true,
     createHttpLink: jest.fn(() => 'http')
 }));
-jest.mock('@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink', () => ({
-    __esModule: true,
-    default: jest.fn(() => 'auth')
-}));
+// jest.mock('@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink', () => ({
+//     __esModule: true,
+//     default: jest.fn(() => 'auth')
+// }));
 jest.mock('@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/errorLink', () => ({
     __esModule: true,
     default: jest.fn(() => 'error')
diff --git a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink.js b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink.js
index bb6be29d93..c5efd6eaf6 100644
--- a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink.js
+++ b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink.js
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { setContext } from '@apollo/client/link/context';
-import { BrowserPersistence } from '@magento/peregrine/lib/util';
+// import { BrowserPersistence } from '@magento/peregrine/lib/util';
 
-const storage = new BrowserPersistence();
+// const storage = new BrowserPersistence();
 
 export default function createAuthLink() {
     return setContext((_, { headers }) => {
         // get the authentication token from local storage if it exists.
-        const token = storage.getItem('signin_token');
+        // const token = storage.getItem('signin_token');
 
         // return the headers to the context so httpLink can read them
         return {
             headers: {
-                ...headers,
-                authorization: token ? `Bearer ${token}` : ''
+                ...headers
+                // authorization: token ? `Bearer ${token}` : ''
             }
         };
     });
diff --git a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/index.js b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/index.js
index 1a6bf48b1e..5d867985c8 100644
--- a/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/index.js
+++ b/packages/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createHttpLink } from '@apollo/client';
 
-import createAuthLink from '@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink';
+// import createAuthLink from '@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/authLink';
 import createErrorLink from '@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/errorLink';
 import createGqlCacheLink from '@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/gqlCacheLink';
 import createMutationQueueLink from '@magento/peregrine/lib/Apollo/links/mutationQueueLink';
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const customFetchToShrinkQuery = (uri, options) => {
 };
 
 const getLinks = apiBase => {
-    const authLink = createAuthLink();
+    // const authLink = createAuthLink();
     const storeLink = createStoreLink();
     const errorLink = createErrorLink();
     const retryLink = createRetryLink();
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const getLinks = apiBase => {
     const links = new Map()
         .set('MUTATION_QUEUE', mutationQueueLink)
         .set('RETRY', retryLink)
-        .set('AUTH', authLink)
+        // .set('AUTH', authLink)
         .set('GQL_CACHE', gqlCacheLink)
         .set('STORE', storeLink)
         .set('ERROR', errorLink)