diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ec27f469..07915fc71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ PRs are welcome! Please do open an issue to discuss first if it's a big feature,
 - [ ] QA: add one integration test (or add to existing test) that uses more exotic (tus) options such as `useFastRemoteRetry` or `removeFingerprintOnSuccess` https://github.com/transloadit/uppy/issues/1327 (@arturi, @ifedapoolarewaju)
 - [x] @uppy/companion: investigate 423 and 500 issues with React Native + Url plugin when pause/resuming an upload
 - [x] dashboard: Bring back "Drop Here" screen for dragged URLs without introducing flickering (tricky! see PR #1400)
+- [x] companion: remove deprecated "authorized" endpoint
 
 ## 1.0 Goals
 
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/authorized.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/authorized.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 982c81be4..000000000
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/authorized.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// TODO: this function seems uneccessary. Might be better to just
-// have this as a middleware that is used for all auth required routes.
-
-const logger = require('../logger')
-
-/**
- * checks if companion is authorized to access a user's provider account.
- *
- * @param {object} req
- * @param {object} res
- */
-function authorized (req, res) {
-  const { params, uppy } = req
-  const providerName = params.providerName
-
-  if (!uppy.providerTokens || !uppy.providerTokens[providerName]) {
-    return res.json({ authenticated: false })
-  }
-
-  const token = uppy.providerTokens[providerName]
-  uppy.provider.list({ token, uppy }, (err, response, body) => {
-    const notAuthenticated = Boolean(err)
-    if (notAuthenticated) {
-      logger.debug(`${providerName} failed authorizarion test err:${err}`, 'provider.auth.check')
-    }
-    return res.json({ authenticated: !notAuthenticated })
-  })
-}
-
-module.exports = authorized
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/index.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/index.js
index fde48e803..1b8ece76c 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/index.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/controllers/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = {
-  authorized: require('./authorized'),
   callback: require('./callback'),
   sendToken: require('./send-token'),
   get: require('./get'),
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/uppy.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/uppy.js
index 3367228c0..2ea3daac6 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/uppy.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/uppy.js
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ module.exports.app = (options = {}) => {
   app.get('/:providerName/connect', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, controllers.connect)
   app.get('/:providerName/redirect', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, controllers.redirect)
   app.get('/:providerName/logout', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, middlewares.gentleVerifyToken, controllers.logout)
-  app.get('/:providerName/authorized', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, middlewares.gentleVerifyToken, controllers.authorized)
   app.get('/:providerName/send-token', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, middlewares.verifyToken, controllers.sendToken)
   app.get('/:providerName/list/:id?', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, middlewares.verifyToken, controllers.list)
   app.post('/:providerName/get/:id', middlewares.hasSessionAndProvider, middlewares.verifyToken, controllers.get)
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/test/__tests__/companion.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/test/__tests__/companion.js
index 641e58296..a3f1f77be 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/test/__tests__/companion.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/test/__tests__/companion.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jest.mock('../../src/server/helpers/oauth-state', () => {
 
 const request = require('supertest')
 const tokenService = require('../../src/server/helpers/jwt')
-const { authServer, noAuthServer } = require('../mockserver')
+const { authServer } = require('../mockserver')
 const authData = {
   dropbox: 'token value',
   drive: 'token value'
@@ -99,19 +99,6 @@ describe('test authentication', () => {
       })
   })
 
-  test('check for authenticated provider', () => {
-    request(authServer)
-      .get('/drive/authorized/')
-      .set('uppy-auth-token', token)
-      .expect(200)
-      .then((res) => expect(res.body.authenticated).toBe(true))
-
-    request(noAuthServer)
-      .get('/drive/authorized/')
-      .expect(200)
-      .then((res) => expect(res.body.authenticated).toBe(false))
-  })
-
   test('logout provider', () => {
     return request(authServer)
       .get('/drive/logout/')
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/test/mockserver.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/test/mockserver.js
index db74a99b1..5bb41757f 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/test/mockserver.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/test/mockserver.js
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ authServer.all('/drive/send-token', (req, res, next) => {
 
 authServer.use(app)
 
-module.exports = { authServer, noAuthServer: app }
+module.exports = { authServer }