diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts b/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts
index aef6ed227f8793..0b69e5b3fdd8b1 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ export async function fetchInternalImage(
     const mocked = createRequestResponseMocks({
       url: href,
       method: _req.method || 'GET',
-      headers: _req.headers,
       socket: _req.socket,
     })
 
diff --git a/test/integration/image-optimizer/app/pages/api/conditional-cookie.js b/test/integration/image-optimizer/app/pages/api/conditional-cookie.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f67ce6872504cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/image-optimizer/app/pages/api/conditional-cookie.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const pixel =
+  'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNkYPj/HwADBwIAMCbHYQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='
+
+export default function handler(req, res) {
+  if (req.headers['cookie']) {
+    res.setHeader('content-type', 'image/png')
+    res.end(Buffer.from(pixel, 'base64'))
+  } else {
+    res.status(401).end('cookie was not found')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/image-optimizer/test/util.ts b/test/integration/image-optimizer/test/util.ts
index 2a8c43431e4fb7..559222a5398ef6 100644
--- a/test/integration/image-optimizer/test/util.ts
+++ b/test/integration/image-optimizer/test/util.ts
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ export function runTests(ctx: RunTestsCtx) {
     expect(ctx.nextOutput).toContain(animatedWarnText)
   })
 
+  it('should not forward cookie header', async () => {
+    const query = { w: ctx.w, q: 30, url: '/api/conditional-cookie' }
+    const opts = { headers: { accept: 'image/webp', cookie: '1' } }
+    const res = await fetchViaHTTP(ctx.appPort, '/_next/image', query, opts)
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400)
+  })
+
   if (ctx.nextConfigImages?.dangerouslyAllowSVG) {
     it('should maintain vector svg', async () => {
       const query = { w: ctx.w, q: 90, url: '/test.svg' }