diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/242-fix-failed-token-deletion.yml b/changelogs/fragments/242-fix-failed-token-deletion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0b770d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/242-fix-failed-token-deletion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - openshift_auth - fix issue where openshift_auth module sometimes does not delete the auth token. Based on stale PR (https://github.com/openshift/community.okd/pull/194).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/modules/openshift_auth.py b/plugins/modules/openshift_auth.py
index 4fdb169..6e213ab 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/openshift_auth.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openshift_auth.py
@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ def get_oauthaccesstoken_objectname_from_token(token_name):
     """
 
     sha256Prefix = "sha256~"
-    content = token_name.strip(sha256Prefix)
-
+    if token_name.startswith(sha256Prefix):
+        content = token_name[len(sha256Prefix):]
+    else:
+        content = token_name
     b64encoded = urlsafe_b64encode(hashlib.sha256(content.encode()).digest()).rstrip(
         b"="
     )