diff --git a/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb b/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb
index e8a85b418..a00094bd1 100644
--- a/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class Inboxes::FetchImapEmailsJob < MutexApplicationJob
     end
   rescue *ExceptionList::IMAP_EXCEPTIONS => e
     Rails.logger.error "Authorization error for email channel - #{channel.inbox.id} : #{e.message}"
-    channel.authorization_error!
   rescue EOFError, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError, Net::IMAP::NoResponseError, Net::IMAP::BadResponseError, Net::IMAP::InvalidResponseError => e
     Rails.logger.error "Error for email channel - #{channel.inbox.id} : #{e.message}"
   rescue LockAcquisitionError
diff --git a/spec/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job_spec.rb
index 62816b99d..8b81de070 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job_spec.rb
@@ -69,16 +69,6 @@ RSpec.describe Inboxes::FetchImapEmailsJob do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when IMAP connection errors out' do
-      it 'mark the connection for authorization required' do
-        allow(Imap::FetchEmailService).to receive(:new).with(channel: imap_email_channel, interval: 1).and_raise(Errno::ECONNREFUSED)
-        allow(Redis::Alfred).to receive(:incr)
-
-        expect(Redis::Alfred).to receive(:incr).with("AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_COUNT:channel_email:#{imap_email_channel.id}")
-        described_class.perform_now(imap_email_channel)
-      end
-    end
-
     context 'when the fetch service returns the email objects' do
       let(:inbound_mail) {  create_inbound_email_from_fixture('welcome.eml').mail }
       let(:mailbox) { double }