diff --git a/keystoneclient/middleware/auth_token.py b/keystoneclient/middleware/auth_token.py
index 637b3b267..72575a8f7 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/middleware/auth_token.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/middleware/auth_token.py
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ class AuthProtocol(object):
         env_key = self._header_to_env_var(key)
         return env.get(env_key, default)
 
-    def _cache_get(self, token_id, ignore_expires=False):
+    def _cache_get(self, token_id):
         """Return token information from cache.
 
         If token is invalid raise InvalidUserToken
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ class AuthProtocol(object):
 
             expires = timeutils.normalize_time(expires)
             utcnow = timeutils.utcnow()
-            if ignore_expires or utcnow < expires:
+            if utcnow < expires:
                 self.LOG.debug('Returning cached token')
                 return data
             else:
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/test_auth_token_middleware.py b/keystoneclient/tests/test_auth_token_middleware.py
index 066caa82c..89356067a 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/test_auth_token_middleware.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/test_auth_token_middleware.py
@@ -730,8 +730,7 @@ class CommonAuthTokenMiddlewareTest(object):
 
     def _get_cached_token(self, token):
         token_id = cms.cms_hash_token(token)
-        # NOTE(vish): example tokens are expired so skip the expiration check.
-        return self.middleware._cache_get(token_id, ignore_expires=True)
+        return self.middleware._cache_get(token_id)
 
     def test_memcache(self):
         # NOTE(jamielennox): it appears that httpretty can mess with the