diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/commerce/api/v0/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/commerce/api/v0/views.py
index b0fa4fcc6e..629935e67b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/commerce/api/v0/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/commerce/api/v0/views.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ class BasketOrderView(APIView):
     Retrieve the order associated with a basket.
     """
 
-    authentication_classes = (SessionAuthentication,)
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
 
     def get(self, request, *_args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/support/views/feature_based_enrollments.py b/lms/djangoapps/support/views/feature_based_enrollments.py
index 929c2a30ea..018bd59cc0 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/support/views/feature_based_enrollments.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/support/views/feature_based_enrollments.py
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ class FeatureBasedEnrollmentSupportAPIView(GenericAPIView):
     Support-only API View for getting feature based enrollment configuration details
     for a course.
     """
-    authentication_classes = (
-        JwtAuthentication, SessionAuthentication
-    )
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
 
     @method_decorator(require_support_permission)
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/views.py
index 421a23adf6..f80a8ffdc7 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/views.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class UserViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     """
     DRF class for interacting with the User ORM object
     """
-    authentication_classes = (authentication.SessionAuthentication,)
     permission_classes = (ApiKeyHeaderPermission,)
     queryset = User.objects.all().prefetch_related("preferences").select_related("profile")
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ class ForumRoleUsersListView(generics.ListAPIView):
     """
     Forum roles are represented by a list of user dicts
     """
-    authentication_classes = (authentication.SessionAuthentication,)
     permission_classes = (ApiKeyHeaderPermission,)
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
     paginate_by = 10
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ class UserPreferenceViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     """
     DRF class for interacting with the UserPreference ORM
     """
-    authentication_classes = (authentication.SessionAuthentication,)
     permission_classes = (ApiKeyHeaderPermission,)
     queryset = UserPreference.objects.all()
     filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend,)
@@ -81,7 +78,6 @@ class PreferenceUsersListView(generics.ListAPIView):
     """
     DRF class for listing a user's preferences
     """
-    authentication_classes = (authentication.SessionAuthentication,)
     permission_classes = (ApiKeyHeaderPermission,)
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
     paginate_by = 10