diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3492abed..d44934249 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
-- [#1607](https://github.com/okta/okta-auth-js/pull/1607) bumps minimum node version to 20
+- [#1607](https://github.com/okta/okta-auth-js/pull/1607) chore: bumps minimum node version to 20
+- [#1609](https://github.com/okta/okta-auth-js/pull/1609) fix: removes `claims` from `AccessToken`. ATs are no longer automatically decoded
 
 # 7.14.0
 
diff --git a/lib/oidc/handleOAuthResponse.ts b/lib/oidc/handleOAuthResponse.ts
index 3b7bc4d87..a9bd6badd 100644
--- a/lib/oidc/handleOAuthResponse.ts
+++ b/lib/oidc/handleOAuthResponse.ts
@@ -96,10 +96,8 @@ export async function handleOAuthResponse(
   const now = Math.floor(Date.now()/1000);
 
   if (accessToken) {
-    const accessJwt = sdk.token.decode(accessToken);
     tokenDict.accessToken = {
       accessToken: accessToken,
-      claims: accessJwt.payload,
       expiresAt: Number(expiresIn) + now,
       tokenType: tokenType!,
       scopes: scopes,
diff --git a/lib/oidc/types/Token.ts b/lib/oidc/types/Token.ts
index 23b9d18fe..c95db8981 100644
--- a/lib/oidc/types/Token.ts
+++ b/lib/oidc/types/Token.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export interface AbstractToken {
 
 export interface AccessToken extends AbstractToken {
   accessToken: string;
-  claims: UserClaims;
   tokenType: string;
   userinfoUrl: string;
   dpopPairId?: string;
diff --git a/test/spec/oidc/revokeToken.ts b/test/spec/oidc/revokeToken.ts
index 58bae9772..e7fdf1cf1 100644
--- a/test/spec/oidc/revokeToken.ts
+++ b/test/spec/oidc/revokeToken.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ function setupSync(options?) {
 function createAccessToken(strValue): AccessToken {
   return {
     accessToken: strValue,
-    claims: {
-      sub: ''
-    },
     userinfoUrl: '',
     authorizeUrl: '',
     tokenType: 'accessToken',
diff --git a/test/support/tokens.js b/test/support/tokens.js
index 42195212c..4c7fead43 100644
--- a/test/support/tokens.js
+++ b/test/support/tokens.js
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ tokens.standardAccessTokenClaims = {
 
 tokens.standardAccessTokenParsed = {
   accessToken: tokens.standardAccessToken,
-  claims: tokens.standardAccessTokenClaims,
   expiresAt: 1449703529, // assuming time = tokens.time
   scopes: ['openid', 'email'],
   tokenType: 'Bearer',
@@ -327,7 +326,6 @@ tokens.authServerAccessTokenClaims = {
 
 tokens.authServerAccessTokenParsed = {
   accessToken: tokens.authServerAccessToken,
-  claims: tokens.authServerAccessTokenClaims,
   expiresAt: 1449703529, // assuming time = tokens.time
   scopes: ['openid', 'email'],
   tokenType: 'Bearer',