diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index a63fc9bffd..7a446cade0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
                 :stop_if_feeds_disabled,
                 :set_cache_buster
 
-  rescue_from ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken, :with => :invalid_authenticity_token
-
   include Redmine::Search::Controller
   include Redmine::MenuManager::MenuController
   helper Redmine::MenuManager::MenuHelper
@@ -537,14 +535,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     request.xhr? ? false : 'base'
   end
 
-  def invalid_authenticity_token
-    if api_request?
-      logger.error 'Form authenticity token is missing or is invalid. ' \
-                   'API calls must include a proper Content-type header (text/xml or text/json).'
-    end
-    render_error 'Invalid form authenticity token.'
-  end
-
   def render_feed(items, options = {})
     @items = items || []
     @items.sort! { |x, y| y.event_datetime <=> x.event_datetime }