diff --git a/src/fields/traverseFields.ts b/src/fields/traverseFields.ts
index bd8a986ac2..1c0ed533a2 100644
--- a/src/fields/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/src/fields/traverseFields.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const traverseFields = (args: Arguments): void => {
   fields.forEach((field) => {
     const dataCopy = data;
 
-    if (operation === 'read' && field.hidden && typeof data[field.name] !== 'undefined' && !showHiddenFields) {
+    if (hook === 'afterRead' && field.hidden && typeof data[field.name] !== 'undefined' && !showHiddenFields) {
       delete data[field.name];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/removeInternalFields.ts b/src/utilities/removeInternalFields.ts
index 2f6c32ab86..e98c2e9021 100644
--- a/src/utilities/removeInternalFields.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/removeInternalFields.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const internalFields = ['_id', '__v', 'salt', 'hash', '_verificationToken'];
+const internalFields = ['_id', '__v', 'salt', 'hash'];
 
 const removeInternalFields = (incomingDoc) => Object.entries(incomingDoc).reduce((newDoc, [key, val]) => {
   if (internalFields.indexOf(key) > -1) {