diff --git a/recipes/sync_recipes.py b/recipes/sync_recipes.py
index e6d6a11e..c5ca7407 100644
--- a/recipes/sync_recipes.py
+++ b/recipes/sync_recipes.py
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 @click.group()
 @click.option('--access-token', help='Manually provide a SolveBio Access Token')
 @click.option('--api-host', help='Override the default SolveBio API host')
-@click.option('--api-key', help='Manually provide a SolveBio API key')
 @click.pass_context
-def sync_recipes(ctx, api_key=None, access_token=None, api_host=None):
+def sync_recipes(ctx, access_token=None, api_host=None):
 
-    sb.login(api_key=api_key, access_token=access_token, api_host=api_host,
+    sb.login(access_token=access_token, api_host=api_host,
              version=__version__, name="SolveBio Recipes")
     user = sb.User.retrieve()
 
diff --git a/solvebio/__init__.py b/solvebio/__init__.py
index bc6b5d68..de6cd0f1 100644
--- a/solvebio/__init__.py
+++ b/solvebio/__init__.py
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ def print_deprecation_notice():
 
 def login(
     api_host: str = None,
-    api_key: str = None,
     access_token: str = None,
     name: str = None,
     version: str = None,
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ def login(
     :param api_host: the QuartzBio EDP instance's URL to access.
     :param access_token: your user's access token, which you can generate at the EDP website
         (user menu > `Personal Access Tokens`)
-    :param api_key: Your API key. You can use this instead of providing an access token
     :param name: name
     :param version: version
 
@@ -197,7 +195,6 @@ def login(
             import quartzbio
             quartzbio.login(
                 api_host="https://solvebio.api.az.aws.quartz.bio",
-                api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
             )
     """
     token_type: Literal["Bearer", "Token"] = None
@@ -206,9 +203,6 @@ def login(
     if access_token:
         token_type = "Bearer"
         token = access_token
-    elif api_key:
-        token_type = "Token"
-        token = api_key
 
     if api_host or token or debug:
         client.set_credentials(
diff --git a/solvebio/cli/main.py b/solvebio/cli/main.py
index 5f136d79..37df4f19 100644
--- a/solvebio/cli/main.py
+++ b/solvebio/cli/main.py
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             help="Override the default SolveBio API host",
             type=self.api_host_url,
         )
-        self.add_argument("--api-key", help="Manually provide a SolveBio API key")
         self.add_argument(
             "--access-token", help="Manually provide a SolveBio OAuth2 access token"
         )
@@ -534,7 +533,6 @@ def main():
 
     solvebio.login(
         api_host=args.api_host,
-        api_key=args.api_key,
         access_token=args.access_token,
     )