diff --git a/httpie/client.py b/httpie/client.py
index 65f88e43..ff596bbd 100644
--- a/httpie/client.py
+++ b/httpie/client.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 import requests
 # noinspection PyPackageRequirements
 import urllib3
-from requests.cookies import remove_cookie_by_name
 
 from httpie import __version__
 from httpie.cli.dicts import RequestHeadersDict
@@ -96,9 +95,11 @@ def collect_messages(
                     **send_kwargs_merged,
                     **send_kwargs,
                 )
-                expired_cookies += get_expired_cookies(
-                    headers=response.raw._original_response.msg._headers
-                )
+
+            # noinspection PyProtectedMember
+            expired_cookies += get_expired_cookies(
+                headers=response.raw._original_response.msg._headers
+            )
 
             response_count += 1
             if response.next:
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def collect_messages(
         if httpie_session.is_new() or not args.session_read_only:
             httpie_session.cookies = requests_session.cookies
             httpie_session.remove_cookies(
+                # TODO: take path & domain into account?
                 cookie['name'] for cookie in expired_cookies
             )
             httpie_session.save()
diff --git a/httpie/sessions.py b/httpie/sessions.py
index 5750f3de..c8581fa6 100644
--- a/httpie/sessions.py
+++ b/httpie/sessions.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from typing import Iterable, Optional, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 from requests.auth import AuthBase
-from requests.cookies import RequestsCookieJar, create_cookie, remove_cookie_by_name
+from requests.cookies import RequestsCookieJar, create_cookie
 
 from httpie.cli.dicts import RequestHeadersDict
 from httpie.config import BaseConfigDict, DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR
diff --git a/httpie/utils.py b/httpie/utils.py
index d47f3531..41bdbdd4 100644
--- a/httpie/utils.py
+++ b/httpie/utils.py
@@ -89,25 +89,25 @@ def get_content_type(filename):
         return content_type
 
 
-def get_expired_cookies(headers: List[Tuple[str, str]], curr_timestamp: float = None) -> List[dict]:
-    expired_cookies = []
-    cookie_headers = []
-    curr_timestamp = curr_timestamp or time.time()
-
-    for header_name, content in headers:
-        if header_name == 'Set-Cookie':
-            cookie_headers.append(content)
-
-    extracted_cookies = [
-        dict(cookie, name=cookie[0][0])
-        for cookie in parse_ns_headers(cookie_headers)
+def get_expired_cookies(
+    headers: List[Tuple[str, str]],
+    now: float = None
+) -> List[dict]:
+    now = now or time.time()
+    attr_sets: List[Tuple[str, str]] = parse_ns_headers(
+        value for name, value in headers
+        if name.lower() == 'set-cookie'
+    )
+    cookies = [
+        # The first attr name is the cookie name.
+        dict(attrs[1:], name=attrs[0][0])
+        for attrs in attr_sets
+    ]
+    return [
+        {
+            'name': cookie['name'],
+            'path': cookie.get('path', '/')
+        }
+        for cookie in cookies
+        if cookie.get('expires', float('Inf')) <= now
     ]
-
-    for cookie in extracted_cookies:
-        if "expires" in cookie and cookie['expires'] <= curr_timestamp:
-            expired_cookies.append({
-                'name': cookie['name'],
-                'path': cookie.get('path', '/')
-            })
-
-    return expired_cookies
diff --git a/tests/test_sessions.py b/tests/test_sessions.py
index b5474310..6cb5ce0e 100644
--- a/tests/test_sessions.py
+++ b/tests/test_sessions.py
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ class TestSession(SessionTestBase):
 
 class TestExpiredCookies:
 
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        self.config_dir = mk_config_dir()
+
+    def teardown_method(self, method):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.config_dir)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         argnames=['initial_cookie', 'expired_cookie'],
         argvalues=[
@@ -201,14 +207,11 @@ class TestExpiredCookies:
         ]
     )
     def test_removes_expired_cookies_from_session_obj(self, initial_cookie, expired_cookie, httpbin):
-        config_dir = mk_config_dir()
-        session = Session(config_dir)
+        session = Session(self.config_dir)
         session['cookies'] = initial_cookie
         session.remove_cookies([expired_cookie])
         assert expired_cookie not in session.cookies
 
-        shutil.rmtree(config_dir)
-
     def test_expired_cookies(self, httpbin):
         orig_session = {
             'cookies': {
@@ -220,8 +223,7 @@ class TestExpiredCookies:
                 },
             }
         }
-        config_dir = mk_config_dir()
-        session_path = config_dir / 'test-session.json'
+        session_path = self.config_dir / 'test-session.json'
         session_path.write_text(json.dumps(orig_session))
 
         r = http(
@@ -235,10 +237,8 @@ class TestExpiredCookies:
         assert 'to_stay' in updated_session['cookies']
         assert 'to_expire' not in updated_session['cookies']
 
-        shutil.rmtree(config_dir)
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        argnames=['raw_header', 'timestamp', 'expected'],
+        argnames=['headers', 'now', 'expected_expired'],
         argvalues=[
             (
                 [
@@ -271,11 +271,9 @@ class TestExpiredCookies:
                     ('Connection', 'keep-alive')
                 ],
                 datetime(2020, 6, 11).timestamp(),
-                [
-
-                ]
+                []
             )
         ]
     )
-    def test_get_expired_cookies_manages_multiple_cookie_headers(self, raw_header, timestamp, expected):
-        assert get_expired_cookies(raw_header, curr_timestamp=timestamp) == expected
+    def test_get_expired_cookies_manages_multiple_cookie_headers(self, headers, now, expected_expired):
+        assert get_expired_cookies(headers, now=now) == expected_expired