diff --git a/src/actinia_core/core/common/keycloak_user.py b/src/actinia_core/core/common/keycloak_user.py
index ccd85b852..662d203ef 100644
--- a/src/actinia_core/core/common/keycloak_user.py
+++ b/src/actinia_core/core/common/keycloak_user.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
         need to store keycloak admin credentials!
 """
 from keycloak import KeycloakOpenID
-from jose.exceptions import ExpiredSignatureError
 
 from actinia_core.core.common.user_base import (
     ActiniaUserBase,
@@ -167,8 +166,6 @@ def verify_keycloak_token(token):
             token_info = keycloak_openid.decode_token(
                 token, key=KEYCLOAK_PUBLIC_KEY, options=options
             )
-        except ExpiredSignatureError:
-            return None
         except Exception:
             return None
         return create_user_from_tokeninfo(token_info)