diff --git a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py
index 84fa6281a..fda367189 100644
--- a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py
+++ b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def _verify_session_cookies(self):
         if not self.session.cookies:
             return False
         for cookie_name in LOGIN_COOKIES:
-            if cookie_name not in list(self.session.cookies.keys()):
+            if not any(cookie.name == cookie_name for cookie in list(self.session.cookies)):
                 LOG.error('The cookie "{}" do not exist, it is not possible to check the expiration',
                           cookie_name)
                 return False
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils/cookies.py b/resources/lib/utils/cookies.py
index 85cf997f2..c273bb859 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils/cookies.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils/cookies.py
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ def save(cookie_jar, log_output=True):
         log_cookie(cookie_jar)
     cookie_file = xbmcvfs.File(cookie_file_path(), 'wb')
     try:
-        # Requests RequestsCookieJar it's a dict, for compatibility we convert it to the generic http.cookiejar
+        # For compatibility, we convert CookieJar object to our PickleableCookieJar
         # to keep possibility to change in future Requests module with another one
-        jar = cookiejar_from_dict(cookie_jar)
-        cookie_file.write(bytearray(pickle.dumps(PickleableCookieJar.cast(jar))))
+        cookie_file.write(bytearray(pickle.dumps(PickleableCookieJar.cast(cookie_jar))))
     except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         LOG.error('Failed to save cookies to file: {exc}', exc=exc)
     finally:
@@ -84,12 +83,7 @@ def load():
         #        cookie_jar.clear(cookie.domain, cookie.path, cookie.name)
         LOG.debug('Cookies loaded from file')
         log_cookie(cookie_jar)
-        # Convert the generic http.cookiejar in to RequestsCookieJar of Request module
-        from requests.cookies import RequestsCookieJar
-        req_cookie_jar = RequestsCookieJar()
-        req_cookie_jar.update(cookie_jar)
-
-        return req_cookie_jar
+        return cookie_jar
     except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         import traceback
         LOG.error('Failed to load cookies from file: {exc}', exc=exc)