diff --git a/src/commands/org/login/access-token.ts b/src/commands/org/login/access-token.ts
index 3207354a..1565f087 100644
--- a/src/commands/org/login/access-token.ts
+++ b/src/commands/org/login/access-token.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Flags, loglevel, SfCommand } from '@salesforce/sf-plugins-core';
-import { AuthFields, AuthInfo, Messages, matchesAccessToken, SfError, StateAggregator } from '@salesforce/core';
+import { AuthFields, AuthInfo, Messages, StateAggregator } from '@salesforce/core';
 import { env } from '@salesforce/kit';
 import { InferredFlags } from '@oclif/core/interfaces';
 
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ Messages.importMessagesDirectoryFromMetaUrl(import.meta.url);
 const messages = Messages.loadMessages('@salesforce/plugin-auth', 'accesstoken.store');
 const commonMessages = Messages.loadMessages('@salesforce/plugin-auth', 'messages');
 
-const ACCESS_TOKEN_FORMAT = '"<org id>!<accesstoken>"';
-
 export default class LoginAccessToken extends SfCommand<AuthFields> {
   public static readonly summary = messages.getMessage('summary');
   public static readonly description = messages.getMessage('description');
@@ -122,15 +120,12 @@ export default class LoginAccessToken extends SfCommand<AuthFields> {
   }
 
   private async getAccessToken(): Promise<string> {
-    const accessToken =
+    return (
       env.getString('SF_ACCESS_TOKEN') ??
       env.getString('SFDX_ACCESS_TOKEN') ??
       (this.flags['no-prompt'] === true
         ? '' // will throw when validating
-        : await this.secretPrompt({ message: commonMessages.getMessage('accessTokenStdin') }));
-    if (!matchesAccessToken(accessToken)) {
-      throw new SfError(messages.getMessage('invalidAccessTokenFormat', [ACCESS_TOKEN_FORMAT]));
-    }
-    return accessToken;
+        : await this.secretPrompt({ message: commonMessages.getMessage('accessTokenStdin') }))
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/commands/org/login/access-token.test.ts b/test/commands/org/login/access-token.test.ts
index 539fea84..18e83b24 100644
--- a/test/commands/org/login/access-token.test.ts
+++ b/test/commands/org/login/access-token.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { AuthFields, AuthInfo, StateAggregator } from '@salesforce/core';
-import { assert, expect } from 'chai';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { TestContext } from '@salesforce/core/testSetup';
 import { stubPrompter, stubSfCommandUx } from '@salesforce/sf-plugins-core';
 import { env } from '@salesforce/kit';
@@ -68,19 +68,6 @@ describe('org:login:access-token', () => {
     expect(result).to.deep.equal(authFields);
   });
 
-  it('should show invalid access token provided as input', async () => {
-    prompterStubs.secret.resolves('invalidaccesstokenformat');
-
-    try {
-      await Store.run(['--instance-url', 'https://foo.bar.org.salesforce.com']);
-      assert(false, 'should throw error');
-    } catch (e) {
-      assert(e instanceof Error);
-      expect(e.message).to.include("The access token isn't in the correct format");
-    }
-    expect(prompterStubs.secret.callCount).to.equal(1);
-  });
-
   it('should show that auth file already exists', async () => {
     prompterStubs.secret.resolves(accessToken);
     prompterStubs.confirm.resolves(false);