diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f8abae3d..618390c75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Default:
 ```js
 cookie: {
   name: 'token',
-  params: {
+  options: {
     path: '/'
   }
 }
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ Using cookies is **required** for SSR requests to work with JWT tokens.
 It can be disabled by setting `cookie` to `false`.
 
 * **name** - Cookie name,
-* **params** - Cookie params.
-  * `params.expires` can be used to speficy cookie lifetime in seconds. Default is session only.
+* **options** - Cookie options.
+  * `options.expires` can be used to speficy cookie lifetime in seconds. Default is session only.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/lib/auth.js b/lib/auth.js
index e9b6e59d5..bc23e2eb4 100644
--- a/lib/auth.js
+++ b/lib/auth.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import Cookie from 'cookie'
 import Cookies from 'js-cookie'
+import { parse as parseCookie } from 'cookie'
 import getProp from 'dotprop'
 import Vue from 'vue'
 
@@ -153,29 +153,17 @@ export default class Auth {
     }
   }
 
-  setCookie (name, value, params = {}) {
-    if (!this.options.cookie) {
+  setCookie (name, value, options = {}) {
+    if (!this.options.cookie || !process.browser) {
       return
     }
 
-    const _params = Object.assign({}, this.options.cookie.params, params)
+    const _options = Object.assign({}, this.options.cookie.options, options)
 
-    if (!value) {
-      let date = new Date()
-      date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1)
-      _params.expires = date
-    }
-
-    if (process.browser) {
-      Cookies.set(name, value, _params)
+    if (value) {
+      Cookies.set(name, value, _options)
     } else {
-      // Don't send duplicate token via Set-Cookie
-      if (!value) {
-        this.$res.setHeader(
-          'Set-Cookie',
-          Cookie.serialize(name, value, _params)
-        )
-      }
+      Cookies.remove(name, _options)
     }
   }
 
@@ -184,7 +172,7 @@ export default class Auth {
       ? document.cookie
       : this.$req.headers.cookie
 
-    const cookies = Cookie.parse(cookieStr || '') || {}
+    const cookies = parseCookie(cookieStr || '') || {}
 
     return cookies[name]
   }
diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults.js
index 737b22312..a0136fffc 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   cookie: {
     name: 'token',
-    params: {
+    options: {
       path: '/'
     }
   }