diff --git a/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/GameWebSocketResource.scala b/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/GameWebSocketResource.scala
index cb0126d..30f4c26 100644
--- a/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/GameWebSocketResource.scala
+++ b/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/GameWebSocketResource.scala
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ class GameWebSocketResource:
   private def resolvePlayerId(handshake: HandshakeRequest): Option[String] =
     Option(handshake.header("Authorization"))
       .filter(_.nonEmpty)
-      .map(h => if h.startsWith("Bearer ") then h.drop(7) else h)
-      .orElse(Option(handshake.query("token")).filter(_.nonEmpty))
       .flatMap(token => Try(jwtParser.parse(token)).toOption)
       .map(_.getSubject)
 
diff --git a/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/UserWebSocketResource.scala b/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/UserWebSocketResource.scala
index fa4f07b..89434f5 100644
--- a/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/UserWebSocketResource.scala
+++ b/modules/ws/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/ws/resource/UserWebSocketResource.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class UserWebSocketResource:
 
   @OnOpen
   def onOpen(connection: WebSocketConnection, handshake: HandshakeRequest): Unit =
-    val userIdOpt = resolveToken(handshake)
+    val userIdOpt = Option(handshake.header("Authorization"))
+      .filter(_.nonEmpty)
       .flatMap(token => Try(jwtParser.parse(token)).toOption)
       .map(_.getSubject)
 
@@ -51,12 +52,6 @@ class UserWebSocketResource:
         val connectedMsg = s"""{"type":"CONNECTED","userId":"$userId"}"""
         connection.sendText(connectedMsg).subscribe().`with`(_ => (), _ => ())
 
-  private def resolveToken(handshake: HandshakeRequest): Option[String] =
-    Option(handshake.header("Authorization"))
-      .filter(_.nonEmpty)
-      .map(h => if h.startsWith("Bearer ") then h.drop(7) else h)
-      .orElse(Option(handshake.query("token")).filter(_.nonEmpty))
-
   @OnClose
   def onClose(connection: WebSocketConnection): Unit =
     log.infof("User WebSocket closed — connectionId=%s", connection.id())