diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
index f223c8b44..30de3ac5d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.modules.websocket;
 
-import android.net.Uri;
 import android.util.Base64;
-import android.webkit.CookieManager;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.IllegalStateException;
@@ -89,27 +87,6 @@ public class WebSocketModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
         .tag(id)
         .url(url);
 
-    if (url != null) {
-      // Use the shared CookieManager to access the cookies
-      // set by WebViews inside the same app
-      CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
-
-      Uri parsedUrl = Uri.parse(url);
-      Uri.Builder builtUrl = parsedUrl.buildUpon();
-
-      // To get HTTPS-only cookies for wss URLs,
-      // replace wss with http in the URL.
-      if (parsedUrl.getScheme().equals("wss")) {
-        builtUrl.scheme("https");
-      }
-
-      String cookie = cookieManager.getCookie(builtUrl.build().toString());
-
-      if (cookie != null) {
-        builder.addHeader("Cookie", cookie);
-      }
-    }
-
     if (headers != null) {
       ReadableMapKeySetIterator iterator = headers.keySetIterator();