diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/Mapbox.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/Mapbox.java
index d9cf40767..90f52604d 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/Mapbox.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/Mapbox.java
@@ -39,9 +39,23 @@ public final class Mapbox {
    * @return Mapbox Access Token
    */
   public static String getAccessToken() {
+    validateAccessToken();
     return INSTANCE.accessToken;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Runtime validation of Access Token.
+   *
+   * @throws InvalidAccessTokenException exception thrown when not using a valid accessToken
+   */
+  private static void validateAccessToken() throws InvalidAccessTokenException {
+    String accessToken = INSTANCE.accessToken;
+    if (TextUtils.isEmpty(accessToken) || (!accessToken.toLowerCase(MapboxConstants.MAPBOX_LOCALE).startsWith("pk.")
+      && !accessToken.toLowerCase(MapboxConstants.MAPBOX_LOCALE).startsWith("sk."))) {
+      throw new InvalidAccessTokenException();
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Application context
    */
@@ -49,19 +63,6 @@ public final class Mapbox {
     return INSTANCE.context;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Runtime validation of Access Token.
-   *
-   * @throws InvalidAccessTokenException the exception thrown
-   */
-  public static void validateAccessToken() throws InvalidAccessTokenException {
-    String accessToken = INSTANCE.accessToken;
-    if (TextUtils.isEmpty(accessToken) || (!accessToken.toLowerCase(MapboxConstants.MAPBOX_LOCALE).startsWith("pk.")
-      && !accessToken.toLowerCase(MapboxConstants.MAPBOX_LOCALE).startsWith("sk."))) {
-      throw new InvalidAccessTokenException();
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Manually sets the connectivity state of the app. This is useful for apps that control their
    * own connectivity state and want to bypass any checks to the ConnectivityManager.
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
index f9bf485c2..47a5000de 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ public class MapView extends FrameLayout {
    */
   @UiThread
   public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-    Mapbox.validateAccessToken();
     nativeMapView.setAccessToken(Mapbox.getAccessToken());
 
     if (savedInstanceState == null) {
@@ -411,7 +410,6 @@ public class MapView extends FrameLayout {
 
     // stopgap for https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/6242
     if (TextUtils.isEmpty(nativeMapView.getAccessToken())) {
-      Mapbox.validateAccessToken();
       nativeMapView.setAccessToken(Mapbox.getAccessToken());
     }
 
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMap.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMap.java
index 31ed5ab6a..dd310776e 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMap.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMap.java
@@ -839,7 +839,6 @@ public final class MapboxMap {
     if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(style)) {
       // stopgap for https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/6242
       if (TextUtils.isEmpty(nativeMapView.getAccessToken())) {
-        Mapbox.validateAccessToken();
         nativeMapView.setAccessToken(Mapbox.getAccessToken());
       }
       setStyleUrl(style);
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/offline/OfflineManager.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/offline/OfflineManager.java
index 1a396f689..beaea7302 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/offline/OfflineManager.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/offline/OfflineManager.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.Mapbox;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.constants.MapboxConstants;
@@ -97,10 +96,7 @@ public class OfflineManager {
     String assetRoot = getDatabasePath(context);
     String cachePath = assetRoot + File.separator + DATABASE_NAME;
     mDefaultFileSourcePtr = createDefaultFileSource(cachePath, assetRoot, DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
-
-    if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(Mapbox.getAccessToken())) {
-      setAccessToken(mDefaultFileSourcePtr, Mapbox.getAccessToken());
-    }
+    setAccessToken(mDefaultFileSourcePtr, Mapbox.getAccessToken());
 
     // Delete any existing previous ambient cache database
     deleteAmbientDatabase(context);
@@ -191,28 +187,6 @@ public class OfflineManager {
     return instance;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Access token getter/setter
-   *
-   * @param accessToken the accessToken to be used by the offline manager.
-   * @deprecated As of release 4.1.0, replaced by {@link Mapbox#getInstance(Context, String)}}
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void setAccessToken(String accessToken) {
-    setAccessToken(mDefaultFileSourcePtr, accessToken);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Get Access Token
-   *
-   * @return Access Token
-   * @deprecated As of release 4.1.0, replaced by {@link Mapbox#getAccessToken()}
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getAccessToken() {
-    return getAccessToken(mDefaultFileSourcePtr);
-  }
-
   private Handler getHandler() {
     if (handler == null) {
       handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());