diff --git a/src/pages/api/ping.js b/src/pages/api/ping.js
index 8c18a7e6f..cfc2aafa8 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/ping.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/ping.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { performance } from "perf_hooks";
 import { getServiceItem } from "utils/config/service-helpers";
 import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/proxy/http";
-import {importCookieHeader} from "utils/proxy/cookie-jar";
 
 const logger = createLogger("ping");
 
@@ -26,24 +25,20 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
         });
     }
 
-    if (req.headers.cookie) {
-        importCookieHeader(pingURL, req.headers.cookie)
-    }
-
     try {
       let startTime = performance.now();
       let [status] = await httpProxy(pingURL, {
         method: "HEAD"
       });
       let endTime = performance.now();
-
+      
       if (status > 403) {
         // try one more time as a GET in case HEAD is rejected for whatever reason
         startTime = performance.now();
         [status] = await httpProxy(pingURL);
         endTime = performance.now();
       }
-
+  
       return res.status(200).json({
         status,
         latency: endTime - startTime
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js b/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js
index 8ed8617cc..6519231cc 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js
@@ -37,27 +37,3 @@ export function addCookieToJar(url, headers) {
     cookieJar.setCookieSync(cookies[i], url.toString(), { ignoreError: true });
   }
 }
-
-export function importCookieHeader(url, cookieHeader) {
-    const cookies = cookieHeader.split(';');
-    for (let i = 0; i < cookies.length; i += 1) {
-        const [key, value] = cookies[i].trim().split('=');
-
-        // If there's an existing cookie with a matching key for this url,
-        // we want to update it. Otherwise, we add a new cookie
-        let existingCookie;
-        try {
-            existingCookie = cookieJar.getCookiesSync(url).find(existing => existing.key === key);
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.debug(`Failed to get cookies for ${url}: ${e}`)
-        }
-
-        if (existingCookie) {
-            existingCookie.value = value;
-        } else {
-            cookieJar.setCookieSync(new Cookie({
-                key, value
-            }), url.toString(), { ignoreError: true });
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
index 7a6ba4c5f..93037dc57 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import validateWidgetData from "utils/proxy/validate-widget-data";
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/proxy/http";
 import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import widgets from "widgets/widgets";
-import {importCookieHeader} from "utils/proxy/cookie-jar";
 
 const logger = createLogger("genericProxyHandler");
 
@@ -35,18 +34,14 @@ export default async function genericProxyHandler(req, res, map) {
         params.body = req.body;
       }
 
-      if (req.headers.cookie) {
-          importCookieHeader(url, req.headers.cookie)
-      }
-
       const [status, contentType, data] = await httpProxy(url, params);
 
       let resultData = data;
-
+      
       if (resultData.error?.url) {
         resultData.error.url = sanitizeErrorURL(url);
       }
-
+      
       if (status === 200) {
         if (!validateWidgetData(widget, endpoint, resultData)) {
           return res.status(status).json({error: {message: "Invalid data", url: sanitizeErrorURL(url), data: resultData}});