diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy
index 4e3a700ec8..19df81f626 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class OutputMessage extends Common {
 
 	DslProperty<String> sentTo
 	Headers headers
-	Cookies cookies
 	DslProperty body
 	ExecutionProperty assertThat
 	ResponseBodyMatchers bodyMatchers
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ class OutputMessage extends Common {
 	OutputMessage(OutputMessage outputMessage) {
 		this.sentTo = outputMessage.sentTo
 		this.headers = outputMessage.headers
-		this.cookies = outputMessage.cookies
 		this.body = outputMessage.body
 	}
 
@@ -81,12 +79,6 @@ class OutputMessage extends Common {
 		closure()
 	}
 
-	void cookies(@DelegatesTo(Cookies) Closure closure) {
-		this.cookies = new Cookies()
-		closure.delegate = cookies
-		closure()
-	}
-
 	void assertThat(String assertThat) {
 		this.assertThat = new ExecutionProperty(assertThat)
 	}