diff --git a/includes/api/class-wc-api-authentication.php b/includes/api/class-wc-api-authentication.php
index d4878e8895a..d9553fa953e 100644
--- a/includes/api/class-wc-api-authentication.php
+++ b/includes/api/class-wc-api-authentication.php
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ class WC_API_Authentication {
 			return new WP_User( 0 );
 		}
 
-		if ( '/reauth' === untrailingslashit( WC()->api->server->path ) ) {
-			$this->exit_with_unauthorized_headers();
-		}
-
 		try {
 			if ( is_ssl() ) {
 				$keys = $this->perform_ssl_authentication();
@@ -114,8 +110,7 @@ class WC_API_Authentication {
 		$auth_message = __( 'WooCommerce API. Use a consumer key in the username field and a consumer secret in the password field', 'woocommerce' );
 		header( 'WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="' . $auth_message . '"' );
 		header( 'HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized' );
-		esc_html_e( 'A valid consumer key and secret must be provided to access this resource', 'woocommerce' );
-		exit;
+		throw new Exception( __( 'Consumer Secret is invalid', 'woocommerce' ), 401 );
 	}
 
 	/**