diff --git a/src/tokens.js b/src/tokens.js
index 6da0a1e3a..6f088fb25 100644
--- a/src/tokens.js
+++ b/src/tokens.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     // token client ids. we categorize them so we can have different restrictions based on the client
     ID_WEBADMIN: 'cid-webadmin',    // dashboard
     ID_SDK: 'cid-sdk',              // created by user via dashboard
-    ID_CLI: 'cid-cli'               // created via cli tool
 };
 
 const TOKENS_FIELDS = [ 'id', 'accessToken', 'identifier', 'clientId', 'scope', 'expires', 'name', 'lastUsedTime' ].join(',');
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ function validateTokenName(name) {
 function validateTokenType(type) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof type, 'string');
 
-    const types = [ exports.ID_WEBADMIN, exports.ID_CLI, exports.ID_SDK ];
+    const types = [ exports.ID_WEBADMIN, exports.ID_SDK ];
     if (types.indexOf(type) === -1) return BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `type must be one of ${types.join(',')}`);
 
     return null;