diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py b/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py
index 267a0b78ac4..c4fedb4d381 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Project URLs for authenticated users."""
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 
 from readthedocs.constants import pattern_opts
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@
     ),
     url(
         r'^(?P<project_slug>[-\w]+)/$',
-        RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name='projects_detail', permanent=True),
+        login_required(
+            RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name='projects_detail', permanent=True),
+        ),
         name='projects_manage',
     ),
     url(
diff --git a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_privacy_urls.py b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_privacy_urls.py
index 89634a0d34f..18b23bf7734 100644
--- a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_privacy_urls.py
+++ b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_privacy_urls.py
@@ -311,11 +311,6 @@ class PrivateProjectUnauthAccessTest(PrivateProjectMixin, TestCase):
     # Auth protected
     default_status_code = 302
 
-    response_data = {
-        # Old url, it redirects to a view that doesn't requires login.
-        '/dashboard/pip/': {'status_code': 301},
-    }
-
     def login(self):
         pass