diff --git a/ooi/api/helpers.py b/ooi/api/helpers.py
index c1f4752..4646d37 100644
--- a/ooi/api/helpers.py
+++ b/ooi/api/helpers.py
@@ -146,16 +146,16 @@ class BaseHelper(object):
         if hasattr(self, 'neutron_endpoint'):
             server = self.neutron_endpoint
             environ = copy.copy(req.environ)
-            try:
-                if "HTTP_X-Auth-Token" not in environ:
-                    env_token = req.environ["keystone.token_auth"]
-                    token = env_token.get_auth_ref(None)['auth_token']
-                    environ = {"HTTP_X-Auth-Token": token}
-            except Exception:
-                raise webob.exc.HTTPUnauthorized
+            # NOTE(aloga): remove things from environment that will cause the
+            # resquest not to be build properly, see
+            # https://github.com/Pylons/webob/blob/master/src/webob/request.py
+            for k in ("PATH_INFO", "SCRIPT_NAME", "SERVER_NAME", "SERVER_PORT",
+                      "HTTP_HOST"):
+                environ.pop(k, None)
 
             new_req = webob.Request.blank(path=path,
-                                          environ=environ, base_url=server)
+                                          environ=environ,
+                                          base_url=server)
         else:
             new_req = webob.Request(copy.copy(req.environ))
             new_req.script_name = self.openstack_version