diff --git a/src/shared/config.ts b/src/shared/config.ts
index 70019742..6718de0a 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.ts
+++ b/src/shared/config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const updateUnreadCountsInterval = 30000;
 export const fetchLimit = 20;
 export const relTags = "noopener nofollow";
 export const emDash = "\u2014";
-export const authCookieName = "jwt";
+export const authCookieName = "auth";
 
 // No. of max displayed communities per
 // page on route "/communities"
diff --git a/src/shared/services/UserService.ts b/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
index 3e459a1a..e5d1afa8 100644
--- a/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
+++ b/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { isAuthPath } from "@utils/app";
-import { clearAuthCookie, isBrowser, setAuthCookie } from "@utils/browser";
+import { isBrowser } from "@utils/browser";
 import * as cookie from "cookie";
 import jwt_decode from "jwt-decode";
 import { LoginResponse, MyUserInfo } from "lemmy-js-client";
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export class UserService {
 
     if (isBrowser() && res.jwt) {
       showToast && toast(I18NextService.i18n.t("logged_in"));
-      setAuthCookie(res.jwt);
       this.#setJwtInfo();
     }
   }
@@ -50,7 +49,9 @@ export class UserService {
     this.myUserInfo = undefined;
 
     if (isBrowser()) {
-      clearAuthCookie();
+      // TODO: call logout here
+      // https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/pull/208
+      //HttpService.client.logout()
     }
 
     if (isAuthPath(location.pathname)) {
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/browser/clear-auth-cookie.ts b/src/shared/utils/browser/clear-auth-cookie.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f5cc73f1..00000000
--- a/src/shared/utils/browser/clear-auth-cookie.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import * as cookie from "cookie";
-import { authCookieName } from "../../config";
-
-export default function clearAuthCookie() {
-  document.cookie = cookie.serialize(authCookieName, "", {
-    maxAge: -1,
-    sameSite: true,
-    path: "/",
-  });
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts b/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts
index 41701207..a35a81fe 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import canShare from "./can-share";
-import clearAuthCookie from "./clear-auth-cookie";
 import dataBsTheme from "./data-bs-theme";
 import isBrowser from "./is-browser";
 import isDark from "./is-dark";
@@ -7,12 +6,10 @@ import loadCss from "./load-css";
 import platform from "./platform";
 import restoreScrollPosition from "./restore-scroll-position";
 import saveScrollPosition from "./save-scroll-position";
-import setAuthCookie from "./set-auth-cookie";
 import share from "./share";
 
 export {
   canShare,
-  clearAuthCookie,
   dataBsTheme,
   isBrowser,
   isDark,
@@ -20,6 +17,5 @@ export {
   platform,
   restoreScrollPosition,
   saveScrollPosition,
-  setAuthCookie,
   share,
 };
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/browser/set-auth-cookie.ts b/src/shared/utils/browser/set-auth-cookie.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e7d4300c..00000000
--- a/src/shared/utils/browser/set-auth-cookie.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { isHttps } from "@utils/env";
-import * as cookie from "cookie";
-import { authCookieName } from "../../config";
-
-export default function setAuthCookie(jwt: string) {
-  document.cookie = cookie.serialize(authCookieName, jwt, {
-    maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
-    secure: isHttps(),
-    sameSite: true,
-    path: "/",
-  });
-}