diff --git a/app/models/project_services/drone_ci_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/drone_ci_service.rb
index b13fa3e9ecb..c73c4b058a1 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/drone_ci_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/drone_ci_service.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DroneCiService < CiService
     format: { with: /\A#{URI.regexp(%w(http https))}\z/, message: "should be a valid url" }, if: :activated?
   validates :token,
     presence: true,
-    format: { with: /\A([A-Za-z0-9]+)\z/ },  if: :activated?
+    if: :activated?
 
   after_save :compose_service_hook, if: :activated?
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_services/drone_ci_service_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_services/drone_ci_service_spec.rb
index bad9a9e6e1a..e9967f5fe0b 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_services/drone_ci_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_services/drone_ci_service_spec.rb
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ describe DroneCiService do
       it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:drone_url) }
       it { is_expected.to allow_value('ewf9843kdnfdfs89234n').for(:token) }
       it { is_expected.to allow_value('http://ci.example.com').for(:drone_url) }
-      it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('token with spaces').for(:token) }
-      it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('token/with%spaces').for(:token) }
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('this is not url').for(:drone_url) }
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('http//noturl').for(:drone_url) }
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('ftp://ci.example.com').for(:drone_url) }
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ describe DroneCiService do
       it { is_expected.not_to validate_presence_of(:drone_url) }
       it { is_expected.to allow_value('ewf9843kdnfdfs89234n').for(:token) }
       it { is_expected.to allow_value('http://drone.example.com').for(:drone_url) }
-      it { is_expected.to allow_value('token with spaces').for(:token) }
       it { is_expected.to allow_value('ftp://drone.example.com').for(:drone_url) }
     end
   end