diff --git a/lib/Models/Subscriber.php b/lib/Models/Subscriber.php
index 024136a8ea..f84e70d894 100644
--- a/lib/Models/Subscriber.php
+++ b/lib/Models/Subscriber.php
@@ -115,20 +115,6 @@ class Subscriber extends Model {
     return self::where('wp_user_id', $wp_user->ID)->findOne();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Only for backward compatibility for old tokens
-   */
-  static function generateToken($email = null, $length = self::OBSOLETE_LINK_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
-    if ($email !== null) {
-      $auth_key = '';
-      if (defined('AUTH_KEY')) {
-        $auth_key = AUTH_KEY;
-      }
-      return substr(md5($auth_key . $email), 0, $length);
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
   function verifyToken($token) {
     $database_token = (new LinkTokens)->getToken($this);
     $request_token = substr($token, 0, strlen($database_token));
diff --git a/lib/Subscription/Pages.php b/lib/Subscription/Pages.php
index ed087000e4..aad0966e0f 100644
--- a/lib/Subscription/Pages.php
+++ b/lib/Subscription/Pages.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class Pages {
         'email' => self::DEMO_EMAIL,
         'first_name' => 'John',
         'last_name' => 'Doe',
-        'link_token' => Subscriber::generateToken(self::DEMO_EMAIL),
+        'link_token' => 'bfd0889dbc7f081e171fa0cee7401df2',
       ]);
     } else if ($this->subscriber !== false) {
       $subscriber = $this->subscriber
diff --git a/tests/integration/Newsletter/Links/LinksTest.php b/tests/integration/Newsletter/Links/LinksTest.php
index 5538d5d7ea..365592295f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Newsletter/Links/LinksTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Newsletter/Links/LinksTest.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class LinksTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     $subscriber_email = 'test@example.com';
     $data = [
       'subscriber_id' => 1,
-      'subscriber_token' => Subscriber::generateToken($subscriber_email),
+      'subscriber_token' => md5($subscriber_email),
       'queue_id' => 2,
       'link_hash' => 'hash',
       'preview' => false,