--- a/src/LYCookie.c
+++ b/src/LYCookie.c
@@ -369,9 +369,6 @@
     const char *ptr;
     domain_entry *de = NULL;
     BOOL Replacement = FALSE;
-    int invprompt_reasons = 0;	/* what is wrong with this cookie - kw */
-
-#define FAILS_COND4 0x02
 
     if (co == NULL)
 	return;
@@ -453,66 +450,6 @@
 	    freeCookie(co);
 	    return;
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * RFC 2109 -
-	 * Section 4.3.2, condition 4:  The request-host is an HDN (not IP
-	 * address) and has the form HD, where D is the value of the Domain
-	 * attribute, and H is a string that contains one or more dots.
-	 *
-	 * If cookie checking for this domain is set to INVCHECK_LOOSE, then we
-	 * want to bypass this check.  The user should be queried if set to
-	 * INVCHECK_QUERY.
-	 */
-	ptr = ((hostname + strlen(hostname)) - strlen(co->domain));
-	if (StrChr(hostname, '.') < ptr) {
-	    invcheck_behaviour_t invcheck_bv = (de ? de->invcheck_bv
-						: DEFAULT_INVCHECK_BV);
-
-	    switch (invcheck_bv) {
-	    case INVCHECK_LOOSE:
-		break;		/* continue as if nothing were wrong */
-
-	    case INVCHECK_QUERY:
-		invprompt_reasons |= FAILS_COND4;
-		break;		/* will prompt later if we get that far */
-
-	    case INVCHECK_STRICT:
-		CTrace((tfp,
-			"store_cookie: Rejecting because '%s' is not a prefix of '%s'.\n",
-			co->path, path));
-		freeCookie(co);
-		return;
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * If we found reasons for issuing an invalid cookie confirmation prompt,
-     * do that now.  Rejection by the user here is the last chance to
-     * completely ignore this cookie; after it passes this hurdle, it may at
-     * least supersede a previous cookie (even if it finally gets rejected).  -
-     * kw
-     */
-    if (invprompt_reasons) {
-	char *msg = 0;
-
-	if (invprompt_reasons & FAILS_COND4) {
-	    HTSprintf0(&msg,
-		       INVALID_COOKIE_DOMAIN_CONFIRMATION,
-		       co->ddomain,
-		       hostname);
-	    if (!HTForcedPrompt(cookie_noprompt, msg, NO)) {
-		CTrace((tfp,
-			"store_cookie: Rejecting domain '%s' for host '%s'.\n",
-			co->ddomain,
-			hostname));
-		freeCookie(co);
-		FREE(msg);
-		return;
-	    }
-	}
-	FREE(msg);
     }
 
     if (de == NULL) {