diff --git a/spring-restdocs-mockmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/mockmvc/MockMvcResponseConverter.java b/spring-restdocs-mockmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/mockmvc/MockMvcResponseConverter.java
index 1f6fa8c2..3a9abbe0 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-mockmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/mockmvc/MockMvcResponseConverter.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-mockmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/mockmvc/MockMvcResponseConverter.java
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ private String generateSetCookieHeader(Cookie cookie) {
 
 	private void appendIfAvailable(StringBuilder header, String value) {
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(value)) {
-			header.append("");
 			header.append(value);
 		}
 	}