diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 9c9d5052..561c948d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -538,12 +538,6 @@ class TwitterExtractor(Extractor):
         if username:
             return self.cookies_update(_login_impl(self, username, password))
 
-        for cookie in self.cookies:
-            if cookie.domain == ".twitter.com":
-                self.cookies.set(
-                    cookie.name, cookie.value, domain=self.cookies_domain,
-                    expires=cookie.expires, secure=cookie.secure)
-
 
 class TwitterUserExtractor(TwitterExtractor):
     """Extractor for a Twitter user"""