diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index fb35c760..23aee779 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Request(dict):
     __slots__ = (
         'app', 'headers', 'version', 'method', '_cookies', 'transport',
         'body', 'parsed_json', 'parsed_args', 'parsed_form', 'parsed_files',
-        '_ip', '_parsed_url', '_token',
+        '_ip', '_parsed_url',
     )
 
     def __init__(self, url_bytes, headers, version, method, transport):
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ class Request(dict):
 
         :return: token related to request
         """
-        self._token = getattr(self, '_token',
-                                    self.headers.get('Authorization'))
-        return self._token
+        return self.headers.get('Authorization', None)
 
     @property
     def form(self):