diff --git a/app/services/ci/create_project_service.rb b/app/services/ci/create_project_service.rb
index 839d3f6b444b8261b8fe4c2bb055ad898a5608e8..f42babd238827bb86aca9fbc84bf334e8d3270e4 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/create_project_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/create_project_service.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Ci
 
         gl_project = ::Project.find(@project.gitlab_id)
         gl_project.build_missing_services
-        gl_project.gitlab_ci_service.update_attributes(active: true, token: @project.token)
+        gl_project.gitlab_ci_service.update_attributes(active: true)
       end
 
       if forked_project
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
index 3007a15b0b1bec5ffd3b734b3385d70a165a8ff7..580bbec77d18b93faed215a926a2b92c19723c8e 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
 
         it 'returns projects in the correct order when ci_enabled_first parameter is passed' do
           [project, project2, project3].each{ |project| project.build_missing_services }
-          project2.gitlab_ci_service.update(active: true, token: "token")
+          project2.gitlab_ci_service.update(active: true)
           get api('/projects', user), { ci_enabled_first: 'true' }
           expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(json_response).to be_an Array