diff --git a/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py b/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py
index ceab239f..e141238d 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ class PlexMediaServer(MediaServer):
             raise ValidationError('Plex Media Server "port" must be between 1 '
                                   'and 65535')
         options = self.object.options
-        if 'token' not in options:
-            raise ValidationError('Plex Media Server requires a "token"')
-        token = options['token'].strip()
         if 'token' not in options:
             raise ValidationError('Plex Media Server requires a "token"')
         if 'libraries' not in options: