diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index ff40a6cb..f37d009d 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import os
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from .compat import cookielib
-from .cookies import cookiejar_from_dict
+from .cookies import cookiejar_from_dict, extract_cookies_to_jar
 from .models import Request, PreparedRequest
 from .hooks import default_hooks, dispatch_hook
 from .utils import from_key_val_list, default_headers
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ class SessionRedirectMixin(object):
         prepared_request.method = req.method
         prepared_request.url = req.url
 
-        cookiejar = cookiejar_from_dict({})
-        cookiejar.update(self.cookies)
-        cookiejar.update(resp.cookies)
-
         # ((resp.status_code is codes.see_other))
         while (('location' in resp.headers and resp.status_code in REDIRECT_STATI)):
 
@@ -147,7 +143,7 @@ class SessionRedirectMixin(object):
             except KeyError:
                 pass
 
-            prepared_request.prepare_cookies(cookiejar)
+            prepared_request.prepare_cookies(self.cookies)
 
             resp = self.send(
                 prepared_request,
@@ -159,12 +155,12 @@ class SessionRedirectMixin(object):
                 allow_redirects=False,
             )
 
-            cookiejar.update(resp.cookies)
+            extract_cookies_to_jar(self.cookies, prepared_request, resp.raw)
 
             i += 1
             yield resp
 
-        resp.cookies.update(cookiejar)
+        resp.cookies = self.cookies.copy()
 
 
 class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
@@ -349,9 +345,6 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
         }
         resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
 
-        # Persist cookies.
-        self.cookies.update(resp.cookies)
-
         return resp
 
     def get(self, url, **kwargs):
@@ -460,6 +453,9 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
         # Response manipulation hooks
         r = dispatch_hook('response', hooks, r, **kwargs)
 
+        # Persist cookies
+        extract_cookies_to_jar(self.cookies, request, r.raw)
+
         # Redirect resolving generator.
         gen = self.resolve_redirects(r, request, stream=stream,
                                      timeout=timeout, verify=verify, cert=cert,
diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 93b81236..5a0ed980 100644
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -124,6 +124,19 @@ class RequestsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         r = s.get(httpbin('redirect/1'))  # redirects to httpbin('get')
         self.assertTrue("Cookie" in r.json()["headers"])
 
+    def test_cookie_removed_on_expire(self):
+        s = requests.session()
+        s.get(httpbin('cookies/set?foo=bar'))
+        self.assertTrue(s.cookies['foo'] == 'bar')
+        s.get(
+            httpbin('response-headers'),
+            params={
+                'Set-Cookie':
+                    'foo=deleted; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT'
+            }
+        )
+        assert 'foo' not in s.cookies
+
     def test_user_agent_transfers(self):
 
         heads = {