diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7dbfdf27ce3..1554ab503b9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
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 ?? ??? 2005, PHP 5.1
-- Fixed handling of HTTP requests with multiple Cookie headers. (Ilia)
 - Fixed bug #33558 (warning with nested calls to functions returning by
   reference). (Dmitry)
 
diff --git a/main/php_variables.c b/main/php_variables.c
index d2336345e71..b468c51df04 100644
--- a/main/php_variables.c
+++ b/main/php_variables.c
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ SAPI_API SAPI_TREAT_DATA_FUNC(php_default_treat_data)
 			separator = (char *) estrdup(PG(arg_separator).input);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_COOKIE:
-			/* The , and space are needed for instances when there are multiple Cookie: headers */
-			separator = ";, \0";
+			separator = ";\0";
 			break;
 	}