diff --git a/khtml/dom/html_document.cpp b/khtml/dom/html_document.cpp
index 3d02aed544cc33142d21d87f85122ac5d3092af9..5f286ff4e249f1907aee3d9c0496de30b4507416 100644
--- a/khtml/dom/html_document.cpp
+++ b/khtml/dom/html_document.cpp
@@ -197,10 +197,6 @@ DOMString HTMLDocument::cookie() const
QString result;
stream2 >> result;
- // Shave the header name away
- if( result.left(7).lower() == "cookie:") {
- result = result.mid(8);
- }
return DOMString(result);
}