diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 954410b30..743f5066b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+### Changed
+* Feature `cookies` is now optional and enabled by default. [#1981]
+
+[#1981]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/1981
 
 
 ## 4.0.0-beta.3 - 2021-02-10
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b0302b352..64b447e14 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
+# features that docs.rs will build with
 features = ["openssl", "rustls", "compress", "secure-cookies"]
 
 [badges]
@@ -38,12 +39,15 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["compress"]
+default = ["compress", "cookies"]
 
 # content-encoding support
 compress = ["actix-http/compress", "awc/compress"]
 
-# sessions feature
+# support for cookies
+cookies = ["actix-http/cookies", "awc/cookies"]
+
+# secure cookies feature
 secure-cookies = ["actix-http/secure-cookies"]
 
 # openssl
@@ -95,17 +99,17 @@ futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
-socket2 = "0.3.16"
 pin-project = "1.0.0"
 regex = "1.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7"
+smallvec = "1.6"
+socket2 = "0.3.16"
 time = { version = "0.2.23", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-url = "2.1"
 tls-openssl = { package = "openssl", version = "0.10.9", optional = true }
 tls-rustls = { package = "rustls", version = "0.19.0", optional = true }
-smallvec = "1.6"
+url = "2.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies.tls-openssl]
 version = "0.10.9"
@@ -122,9 +126,6 @@ brotli2 = "0.3.2"
 flate2 = "1.0.13"
 criterion = "0.3"
 
-[profile.dev]
-debug = false
-
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/actix-http/CHANGES.md b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
index b781fe50e..54f7357f1 100644
--- a/actix-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+### Changed
+* Feature `cookies` is now optional and disabled by default. [#1981]
+
+[#1981]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/1981
 
 
 ## 3.0.0-beta.3 - 2021-02-10
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 2c4775898..0e6916a0b 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["openssl", "rustls", "compress", "secure-cookies"]
+# features that docs.rs will build with
+features = ["openssl", "rustls", "compress", "cookies", "secure-cookies"]
 
 [lib]
 name = "actix_http"
@@ -30,11 +31,14 @@ openssl = ["actix-tls/openssl"]
 # rustls support
 rustls = ["actix-tls/rustls"]
 
-# enable compressison support
+# enable compression support
 compress = ["flate2", "brotli2"]
 
+# support for cookies
+cookies = ["cookie"]
+
 # support for secure cookies
-secure-cookies = ["cookie/secure"]
+secure-cookies = ["cookies", "cookie/secure"]
 
 # trust-dns as client dns resolver
 trust-dns = ["trust-dns-resolver"]
@@ -46,24 +50,25 @@ actix-utils = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 actix-rt = "2"
 actix-tls = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 
+ahash = "0.7"
 base64 = "0.13"
 bitflags = "1.2"
 bytes = "1"
 bytestring = "1"
-cookie = { version = "0.14.1", features = ["percent-encode"] }
+cfg-if = "1"
+cookie = { version = "0.14.1", features = ["percent-encode"], optional = true }
 derive_more = "0.99.5"
 encoding_rs = "0.8"
 futures-channel = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "sink"] }
-ahash = "0.7"
 h2 = "0.3.0"
 http = "0.2.2"
 httparse = "1.3"
 indexmap = "1.3"
 itoa = "0.4"
-lazy_static = "1.4"
 language-tags = "0.2"
+lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = "0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
@@ -72,10 +77,10 @@ rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1.3"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-sha-1 = "0.9"
-smallvec = "1.6"
-slab = "0.4"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7"
+sha-1 = "0.9"
+slab = "0.4"
+smallvec = "1.6"
 time = { version = "0.2.23", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
 # compression
diff --git a/actix-http/src/error.rs b/actix-http/src/error.rs
index 5eb3c157a..6a9de2d3e 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/error.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ use serde_json::error::Error as JsonError;
 use serde_urlencoded::ser::Error as FormError;
 
 use crate::body::Body;
-pub use crate::cookie::ParseError as CookieParseError;
 use crate::helpers::Writer;
 use crate::response::{Response, ResponseBuilder};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+pub use crate::cookie::ParseError as CookieParseError;
+
 /// A specialized [`std::result::Result`]
 /// for actix web operations
 ///
@@ -397,6 +399,7 @@ impl ResponseError for PayloadError {
 }
 
 /// Return `BadRequest` for `cookie::ParseError`
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 impl ResponseError for crate::cookie::ParseError {
     fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
         StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs
index 69e69de42..97916e7db 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ mod tests {
         );
         let data =
             String::from_utf8(Vec::from(bytes.split().freeze().as_ref())).unwrap();
-        eprintln!("{}", &data);
 
         assert!(data.contains("Content-Length: 0\r\n"));
         assert!(data.contains("Connection: close\r\n"));
diff --git a/actix-http/src/http_message.rs b/actix-http/src/http_message.rs
index 2610b8784..b1f04e50d 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/http_message.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/http_message.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ use encoding_rs::{Encoding, UTF_8};
 use http::header;
 use mime::Mime;
 
-use crate::cookie::Cookie;
-use crate::error::{ContentTypeError, CookieParseError, ParseError};
+use crate::error::{ContentTypeError, ParseError};
 use crate::extensions::Extensions;
 use crate::header::{Header, HeaderMap};
 use crate::payload::Payload;
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+use crate::{cookie::Cookie, error::CookieParseError};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 struct Cookies(Vec<Cookie<'static>>);
 
 /// Trait that implements general purpose operations on HTTP messages.
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ pub trait HttpMessage: Sized {
     }
 
     /// Load request cookies.
-    #[inline]
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     fn cookies(&self) -> Result<Ref<'_, Vec<Cookie<'static>>>, CookieParseError> {
         if self.extensions().get::<Cookies>().is_none() {
             let mut cookies = Vec::new();
@@ -119,12 +121,14 @@ pub trait HttpMessage: Sized {
             }
             self.extensions_mut().insert(Cookies(cookies));
         }
+
         Ok(Ref::map(self.extensions(), |ext| {
             &ext.get::<Cookies>().unwrap().0
         }))
     }
 
     /// Return request cookie.
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     fn cookie(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Cookie<'static>> {
         if let Ok(cookies) = self.cookies() {
             for cookie in cookies.iter() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/lib.rs b/actix-http/src/lib.rs
index a55aaadbf..574d4ef68 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 //! HTTP primitives for the Actix ecosystem.
+//!
+//! ## Crate Features
+//! | Feature          | Functionality                                         |
+//! | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+//! | `openssl`        | TLS support via [OpenSSL].                            |
+//! | `rustls`         | TLS support via [rustls].                             |
+//! | `compress`       | Payload compression support. (Deflate, Gzip & Brotli) |
+//! | `cookies`        | Support for cookies backed by the [cookie] crate.     |
+//! | `secure-cookies` | Adds for secure cookies. Enables `cookies` feature.   |
+//! | `trust-dns`      | Use [trust-dns] as the client DNS resolver.           |
+//!
+//! [OpenSSL]: https://crates.io/crates/openssl
+//! [rustls]: https://crates.io/crates/rustls
+//! [cookie]: https://crates.io/crates/cookie
+//! [trust-dns]: https://crates.io/crates/trust-dns
 
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms, nonstandard_style)]
 #![allow(
@@ -34,13 +49,15 @@ mod response;
 mod service;
 mod time_parser;
 
-pub use cookie;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod h1;
 pub mod h2;
 pub mod test;
 pub mod ws;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+pub use cookie;
+
 pub use self::builder::HttpServiceBuilder;
 pub use self::config::{KeepAlive, ServiceConfig};
 pub use self::error::{Error, ResponseError, Result};
@@ -61,6 +78,7 @@ pub mod http {
     pub use http::{uri, Error, Uri};
     pub use http::{Method, StatusCode, Version};
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub use crate::cookie::{Cookie, CookieBuilder};
     pub use crate::header::HeaderMap;
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/response.rs b/actix-http/src/response.rs
index 763243a63..471dacd28 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/response.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/response.rs
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ use futures_core::Stream;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use crate::body::{Body, BodyStream, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
-use crate::cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::extensions::Extensions;
 use crate::header::{IntoHeaderPair, IntoHeaderValue};
-use crate::http::header::{self, HeaderName, HeaderValue};
+use crate::http::header::{self, HeaderName};
 use crate::http::{Error as HttpError, HeaderMap, StatusCode};
 use crate::message::{BoxedResponseHead, ConnectionType, ResponseHead};
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+use crate::{
+    cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar},
+    http::header::HeaderValue,
+};
 
 /// An HTTP Response
 pub struct Response<B = Body> {
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
     }
 
     /// Get an iterator for the cookies set by this response
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn cookies(&self) -> CookieIter<'_> {
         CookieIter {
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
     }
 
     /// Add a cookie to this response
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn add_cookie(&mut self, cookie: &Cookie<'_>) -> Result<(), HttpError> {
         let h = &mut self.head.headers;
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
 
     /// Remove all cookies with the given name from this response. Returns
     /// the number of cookies removed.
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn del_cookie(&mut self, name: &str) -> usize {
         let h = &mut self.head.headers;
@@ -298,10 +305,12 @@ impl Future for Response {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 pub struct CookieIter<'a> {
     iter: header::GetAll<'a>,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 impl<'a> Iterator for CookieIter<'a> {
     type Item = Cookie<'a>;
 
@@ -316,13 +325,13 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for CookieIter<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-/// An HTTP response builder
+/// An HTTP response builder.
 ///
-/// This type can be used to construct an instance of `Response` through a
-/// builder-like pattern.
+/// This type can be used to construct an instance of `Response` through a builder-like pattern.
 pub struct ResponseBuilder {
     head: Option<BoxedResponseHead>,
     err: Option<HttpError>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
 }
 
@@ -333,6 +342,7 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
         ResponseBuilder {
             head: Some(BoxedResponseHead::new(status)),
             err: None,
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: None,
         }
     }
@@ -531,6 +541,7 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
     ///         .finish()
     /// }
     /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub fn cookie<'c>(&mut self, cookie: Cookie<'c>) -> &mut Self {
         if self.cookies.is_none() {
             let mut jar = CookieJar::new();
@@ -557,6 +568,7 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
     ///     builder.finish()
     /// }
     /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub fn del_cookie<'a>(&mut self, cookie: &Cookie<'a>) -> &mut Self {
         if self.cookies.is_none() {
             self.cookies = Some(CookieJar::new())
@@ -624,8 +636,11 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
             return Response::from(Error::from(e)).into_body();
         }
 
+        // allow unused mut when cookies feature is disabled
+        #[allow(unused_mut)]
         let mut response = self.head.take().expect("cannot reuse response builder");
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
         if let Some(ref jar) = self.cookies {
             for cookie in jar.delta() {
                 match HeaderValue::from_str(&cookie.to_string()) {
@@ -693,6 +708,7 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
         ResponseBuilder {
             head: self.head.take(),
             err: self.err.take(),
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: self.cookies.take(),
         }
     }
@@ -712,21 +728,28 @@ fn parts<'a>(
 /// Convert `Response` to a `ResponseBuilder`. Body get dropped.
 impl<B> From<Response<B>> for ResponseBuilder {
     fn from(res: Response<B>) -> ResponseBuilder {
-        // If this response has cookies, load them into a jar
-        let mut jar: Option<CookieJar> = None;
-        for c in res.cookies() {
-            if let Some(ref mut j) = jar {
-                j.add_original(c.into_owned());
-            } else {
-                let mut j = CookieJar::new();
-                j.add_original(c.into_owned());
-                jar = Some(j);
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+        let jar = {
+            // If this response has cookies, load them into a jar
+            let mut jar: Option<CookieJar> = None;
+
+            for c in res.cookies() {
+                if let Some(ref mut j) = jar {
+                    j.add_original(c.into_owned());
+                } else {
+                    let mut j = CookieJar::new();
+                    j.add_original(c.into_owned());
+                    jar = Some(j);
+                }
             }
-        }
+
+            jar
+        };
 
         ResponseBuilder {
             head: Some(res.head),
             err: None,
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: jar,
         }
     }
@@ -735,22 +758,6 @@ impl<B> From<Response<B>> for ResponseBuilder {
 /// Convert `ResponseHead` to a `ResponseBuilder`
 impl<'a> From<&'a ResponseHead> for ResponseBuilder {
     fn from(head: &'a ResponseHead) -> ResponseBuilder {
-        // If this response has cookies, load them into a jar
-        let mut jar: Option<CookieJar> = None;
-
-        let cookies = CookieIter {
-            iter: head.headers.get_all(header::SET_COOKIE),
-        };
-        for c in cookies {
-            if let Some(ref mut j) = jar {
-                j.add_original(c.into_owned());
-            } else {
-                let mut j = CookieJar::new();
-                j.add_original(c.into_owned());
-                jar = Some(j);
-            }
-        }
-
         let mut msg = BoxedResponseHead::new(head.status);
         msg.version = head.version;
         msg.reason = head.reason;
@@ -761,9 +768,32 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a ResponseHead> for ResponseBuilder {
 
         msg.no_chunking(!head.chunked());
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+        let jar = {
+            // If this response has cookies, load them into a jar
+            let mut jar: Option<CookieJar> = None;
+
+            let cookies = CookieIter {
+                iter: head.headers.get_all(header::SET_COOKIE),
+            };
+
+            for c in cookies {
+                if let Some(ref mut j) = jar {
+                    j.add_original(c.into_owned());
+                } else {
+                    let mut j = CookieJar::new();
+                    j.add_original(c.into_owned());
+                    jar = Some(j);
+                }
+            }
+
+            jar
+        };
+
         ResponseBuilder {
             head: Some(msg),
             err: None,
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: jar,
         }
     }
diff --git a/actix-http/src/test.rs b/actix-http/src/test.rs
index 8f0a7d21a..870a656df 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/test.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/test.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ use std::{
 
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use http::{
-    header::{self, HeaderValue},
-    Method, Uri, Version,
-};
+use http::{Method, Uri, Version};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use crate::{
     cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar},
+    header::{self, HeaderValue},
+};
+use crate::{
     header::{HeaderMap, IntoHeaderPair},
     payload::Payload,
     Request,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct Inner {
     method: Method,
     uri: Uri,
     headers: HeaderMap,
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     cookies: CookieJar,
     payload: Option<Payload>,
 }
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ impl Default for TestRequest {
             uri: Uri::from_str("/").unwrap(),
             version: Version::HTTP_11,
             headers: HeaderMap::new(),
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: CookieJar::new(),
             payload: None,
         }))
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ impl TestRequest {
     }
 
     /// Set cookie for this request.
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub fn cookie<'a>(&mut self, cookie: Cookie<'a>) -> &mut Self {
         parts(&mut self.0).cookies.add(cookie.into_owned());
         self
@@ -165,17 +169,20 @@ impl TestRequest {
         head.version = inner.version;
         head.headers = inner.headers;
 
-        let cookie: String = inner
-            .cookies
-            .delta()
-            // ensure only name=value is written to cookie header
-            .map(|c| Cookie::new(c.name(), c.value()).encoded().to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .join("; ");
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+        {
+            let cookie: String = inner
+                .cookies
+                .delta()
+                // ensure only name=value is written to cookie header
+                .map(|c| Cookie::new(c.name(), c.value()).encoded().to_string())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("; ");
 
-        if !cookie.is_empty() {
-            head.headers
-                .insert(header::COOKIE, HeaderValue::from_str(&cookie).unwrap());
+            if !cookie.is_empty() {
+                head.headers
+                    .insert(header::COOKIE, HeaderValue::from_str(&cookie).unwrap());
+            }
         }
 
         req
diff --git a/awc/CHANGES.md b/awc/CHANGES.md
index 20e8af6df..9224f414d 100644
--- a/awc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/awc/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+### Changed
+* Feature `cookies` is now optional and enabled by default. [#1981]
+
+[#1981]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/1981
 
 
 ## 3.0.0-beta.2 - 2021-02-10
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index 615a76e09..9beecc6d4 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ name = "awc"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["openssl", "rustls", "compress"]
+# features that docs.rs will build with
+features = ["openssl", "rustls", "compress", "cookies"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["compress"]
+default = ["compress", "cookies"]
 
 # openssl
 openssl = ["tls-openssl", "actix-http/openssl"]
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ rustls = ["tls-rustls", "actix-http/rustls"]
 # content-encoding support
 compress = ["actix-http/compress"]
 
+# cookie parsing and cookie jar
+cookies = ["actix-http/cookies"]
+
 # trust-dns as dns resolver
 trust-dns = ["actix-http/trust-dns"]
 
diff --git a/awc/src/lib.rs b/awc/src/lib.rs
index bd52f7ab1..e50c19c8c 100644
--- a/awc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/awc/src/lib.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-pub use actix_http::{client::Connector, cookie, http};
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+pub use actix_http::cookie;
+pub use actix_http::{client::Connector, http};
 
 use actix_http::http::{Error as HttpError, HeaderMap, Method, Uri};
 use actix_http::RequestHead;
diff --git a/awc/src/request.rs b/awc/src/request.rs
index db8196c5b..812c0e805 100644
--- a/awc/src/request.rs
+++ b/awc/src/request.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use futures_core::Stream;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use actix_http::body::Body;
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use actix_http::cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
 use actix_http::http::header::{self, IntoHeaderPair};
 use actix_http::http::{
@@ -54,10 +55,12 @@ pub struct ClientRequest {
     pub(crate) head: RequestHead,
     err: Option<HttpError>,
     addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
     response_decompress: bool,
     timeout: Option<Duration>,
     config: Rc<ClientConfig>,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+    cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
 }
 
 impl ClientRequest {
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ impl ClientRequest {
             head: RequestHead::default(),
             err: None,
             addr: None,
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: None,
             timeout: None,
             response_decompress: true,
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@ impl ClientRequest {
     ///     println!("Response: {:?}", resp);
     /// }
     /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub fn cookie(mut self, cookie: Cookie<'_>) -> Self {
         if self.cookies.is_none() {
             let mut jar = CookieJar::new();
@@ -472,7 +477,8 @@ impl ClientRequest {
         )
     }
 
-    fn prep_for_sending(mut self) -> Result<Self, PrepForSendingError> {
+    // allow unused mut when cookies feature is disabled
+    fn prep_for_sending(#[allow(unused_mut)] mut self) -> Result<Self, PrepForSendingError> {
         if let Some(e) = self.err {
             return Err(e.into());
         }
@@ -493,6 +499,7 @@ impl ClientRequest {
         }
 
         // set cookies
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
         if let Some(ref mut jar) = self.cookies {
             let cookie: String = jar
                 .delta()
diff --git a/awc/src/response.rs b/awc/src/response.rs
index 1c887ee4e..cf687329d 100644
--- a/awc/src/response.rs
+++ b/awc/src/response.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
-use std::cell::{Ref, RefMut};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::{
+    cell::{Ref, RefMut},
+    mem,
+};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures_core::{ready, Stream};
 
-use actix_http::cookie::Cookie;
-use actix_http::error::{CookieParseError, PayloadError};
-use actix_http::http::header::{CONTENT_LENGTH, SET_COOKIE};
+use actix_http::error::PayloadError;
+use actix_http::http::header;
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode, Version};
 use actix_http::{Extensions, HttpMessage, Payload, PayloadStream, ResponseHead};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+use actix_http::{cookie::Cookie, error::CookieParseError};
+
 use crate::error::JsonPayloadError;
 
 /// Client Response
@@ -39,17 +44,17 @@ impl<S> HttpMessage for ClientResponse<S> {
     }
 
     fn take_payload(&mut self) -> Payload<S> {
-        std::mem::replace(&mut self.payload, Payload::None)
+        mem::replace(&mut self.payload, Payload::None)
     }
 
     /// Load request cookies.
-    #[inline]
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     fn cookies(&self) -> Result<Ref<'_, Vec<Cookie<'static>>>, CookieParseError> {
         struct Cookies(Vec<Cookie<'static>>);
 
         if self.extensions().get::<Cookies>().is_none() {
             let mut cookies = Vec::new();
-            for hdr in self.headers().get_all(&SET_COOKIE) {
+            for hdr in self.headers().get_all(&header::SET_COOKIE) {
                 let s = std::str::from_utf8(hdr.as_bytes()).map_err(CookieParseError::from)?;
                 cookies.push(Cookie::parse_encoded(s)?.into_owned());
             }
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ where
     /// Create `MessageBody` for request.
     pub fn new(res: &mut ClientResponse<S>) -> MessageBody<S> {
         let mut len = None;
-        if let Some(l) = res.headers().get(&CONTENT_LENGTH) {
+        if let Some(l) = res.headers().get(&header::CONTENT_LENGTH) {
             if let Ok(s) = l.to_str() {
                 if let Ok(l) = s.parse::<usize>() {
                     len = Some(l)
@@ -256,7 +261,7 @@ where
         }
 
         let mut len = None;
-        if let Some(l) = req.headers().get(&CONTENT_LENGTH) {
+        if let Some(l) = req.headers().get(&header::CONTENT_LENGTH) {
             if let Ok(s) = l.to_str() {
                 if let Ok(l) = s.parse::<usize>() {
                     len = Some(l)
diff --git a/awc/src/test.rs b/awc/src/test.rs
index 84646b9f7..97bbb9c3d 100644
--- a/awc/src/test.rs
+++ b/awc/src/test.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 //! Test helpers for actix http client to use during testing.
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
-use actix_http::cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
-use actix_http::http::header::{self, Header, HeaderValue, IntoHeaderValue};
+use actix_http::http::header::{Header, IntoHeaderValue};
 use actix_http::http::{Error as HttpError, HeaderName, StatusCode, Version};
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+use actix_http::{
+    cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar},
+    http::header::{self, HeaderValue},
+};
 use actix_http::{h1, Payload, ResponseHead};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ use crate::ClientResponse;
 /// Test `ClientResponse` builder
 pub struct TestResponse {
     head: ResponseHead,
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     cookies: CookieJar,
     payload: Option<Payload>,
 }
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ impl Default for TestResponse {
     fn default() -> TestResponse {
         TestResponse {
             head: ResponseHead::new(StatusCode::OK),
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: CookieJar::new(),
             payload: None,
         }
@@ -69,6 +75,7 @@ impl TestResponse {
     }
 
     /// Set cookie for this response
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub fn cookie(mut self, cookie: Cookie<'_>) -> Self {
         self.cookies.add(cookie.into_owned());
         self
@@ -84,8 +91,11 @@ impl TestResponse {
 
     /// Complete response creation and generate `ClientResponse` instance
     pub fn finish(self) -> ClientResponse {
+        // allow unused mut when cookies feature is disabled
+        #[allow(unused_mut)]
         let mut head = self.head;
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
         for cookie in self.cookies.delta() {
             head.headers.insert(
                 header::SET_COOKIE,
diff --git a/awc/src/ws.rs b/awc/src/ws.rs
index 8db002836..d5528595d 100644
--- a/awc/src/ws.rs
+++ b/awc/src/ws.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::{fmt, str};
 
 use actix_codec::Framed;
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use actix_http::cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
 use actix_http::{ws, Payload, RequestHead};
 use actix_rt::time::timeout;
@@ -54,8 +55,10 @@ pub struct WebsocketsRequest {
     addr: Option<SocketAddr>,
     max_size: usize,
     server_mode: bool,
-    cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
     config: Rc<ClientConfig>,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+    cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
 }
 
 impl WebsocketsRequest {
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ impl WebsocketsRequest {
             protocols: None,
             max_size: 65_536,
             server_mode: false,
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
             cookies: None,
         }
     }
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ impl WebsocketsRequest {
     }
 
     /// Set a cookie
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     pub fn cookie(mut self, cookie: Cookie<'_>) -> Self {
         if self.cookies.is_none() {
             let mut jar = CookieJar::new();
@@ -270,6 +275,7 @@ impl WebsocketsRequest {
         }
 
         // set cookies
+        #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
         if let Some(ref mut jar) = self.cookies {
             let cookie: String = jar
                 .delta()
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 1d7c781d8..0865257d3 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ pub enum UrlGenerationError {
     /// Resource not found
     #[display(fmt = "Resource not found")]
     ResourceNotFound,
+
     /// Not all path pattern covered
     #[display(fmt = "Not all path pattern covered")]
     NotEnoughElements,
+
     /// URL parse error
     #[display(fmt = "{}", _0)]
     ParseError(UrlParseError),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 39cfaf197..73390a55e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 //! ## Crate Features
 //!
 //! * `compress` - content encoding compression support (enabled by default)
+//! * `cookies` - cookies support (enabled by default)
 //! * `openssl` - HTTPS support via `openssl` crate, supports `HTTP/2`
 //! * `rustls` - HTTPS support via `rustls` crate, supports `HTTP/2`
 //! * `secure-cookies` - secure cookies support
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index c2caa9eb2..c2e627a3f 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -806,15 +806,15 @@ async fn test_server_cookies() {
         }))
     });
 
+    let req = srv.get("/");
+    let res = req.send().await.unwrap();
+    assert!(res.status().is_success());
+
     let first_cookie = http::CookieBuilder::new("first", "first_value")
         .http_only(true)
         .finish();
     let second_cookie = http::Cookie::new("second", "second_value");
 
-    let req = srv.get("/");
-    let res = req.send().await.unwrap();
-    assert!(res.status().is_success());
-
     let cookies = res.cookies().expect("To have cookies");
     assert_eq!(cookies.len(), 2);
     if cookies[0] == first_cookie {