diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b38413..bedd38e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Set or append to `X-Forwarded-For` header unless the remote connects over a loopback address [#328](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/issues/328)
 - Fixed mojeekbot user agent regex
 - Added support for running anubis behind a base path (e.g. `/myapp`)
+- Reduce Anubis' paranoia with user cookies ([#365](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/pull/365))
 
 ## v1.16.0
 
diff --git a/docs/docs/admin/policies.mdx b/docs/docs/admin/policies.mdx
index 975faef..8722d9e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/admin/policies.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/admin/policies.mdx
@@ -241,6 +241,6 @@ In case your service needs it for risk calculation reasons, Anubis exposes infor
 | :---------------- | :--------------------------------------------------- | :--------------- |
 | `X-Anubis-Rule`   | The name of the rule that was matched                | `bot/lightpanda` |
 | `X-Anubis-Action` | The action that Anubis took in response to that rule | `CHALLENGE`      |
-| `X-Anubis-Status` | The status and how strict Anubis was in its checks   | `PASS-FULL`      |
+| `X-Anubis-Status` | The status and how strict Anubis was in its checks   | `PASS`           |
 
 Policy rules are matched using [Go's standard library regular expressions package](https://pkg.go.dev/regexp). You can mess around with the syntax at [regex101.com](https://regex101.com), make sure to select the Golang option.
diff --git a/lib/anubis.go b/lib/anubis.go
index 70eb37e..026783e 100644
--- a/lib/anubis.go
+++ b/lib/anubis.go
@@ -353,48 +353,7 @@ func (s *Server) maybeReverseProxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, httpS
 		return
 	}
 
-	if randomJitter() {
-		r.Header.Add("X-Anubis-Status", "PASS-BRIEF")
-		lg.Debug("cookie is not enrolled into secondary screening")
-		s.ServeHTTPNext(w, r)
-		return
-	}
-
-	claims, ok := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
-	if !ok {
-		lg.Debug("invalid token claims type", "path", r.URL.Path)
-		s.ClearCookie(w)
-		s.RenderIndex(w, r, rule, httpStatusOnly)
-		return
-	}
-	challenge := s.challengeFor(r, rule.Challenge.Difficulty)
-
-	if claims["challenge"] != challenge {
-		lg.Debug("invalid challenge", "path", r.URL.Path)
-		s.ClearCookie(w)
-		s.RenderIndex(w, r, rule, httpStatusOnly)
-		return
-	}
-
-	var nonce int
-
-	if v, ok := claims["nonce"].(float64); ok {
-		nonce = int(v)
-	}
-
-	calcString := fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", challenge, nonce)
-	calculated := internal.SHA256sum(calcString)
-
-	if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(claims["response"].(string)), []byte(calculated)) != 1 {
-		lg.Debug("invalid response", "path", r.URL.Path)
-		failedValidations.Inc()
-		s.ClearCookie(w)
-		s.RenderIndex(w, r, rule, httpStatusOnly)
-		return
-	}
-
-	slog.Debug("all checks passed")
-	r.Header.Add("X-Anubis-Status", "PASS-FULL")
+	r.Header.Add("X-Anubis-Status", "PASS")
 	s.ServeHTTPNext(w, r)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/random.go b/lib/random.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 79cded4..0000000
--- a/lib/random.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package lib
-
-import (
-	"math/rand"
-)
-
-func randomJitter() bool {
-	return rand.Intn(100) > 10
-}