diff --git a/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/README.md b/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/README.md
index fbe27b21f..644d73138 100644
--- a/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/README.md
+++ b/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Session stickiness is achieved through 3 annotations on the Ingress, as shown in
 | --- | --- | --- |
 |nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity|Sets the affinity type|string (in NGINX only ``cookie`` is possible|
 |nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name|Name of the cookie that will be used|string (default to INGRESSCOOKIE)|
-|nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash|Type of hash that will be used in cookie value|sha1/md5/index|
 |nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-expires|The value is a date as UNIX timestamp that the cookie will expire on, it corresponds to cookie Expires directive|number of seconds|
 |nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age|Number of seconds until the cookie expires that will correspond to cookie `Max-Age` directive|number of seconds|
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ Rules:
                                 /   	 nginx-service:80 (<none>)
 Annotations:
   affinity:	cookie
-  session-cookie-hash:		sha1
   session-cookie-name:		INGRESSCOOKIE
   session-cookie-expires: 172800
   session-cookie-max-age: 172800
diff --git a/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/ingress.yaml b/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/ingress.yaml
index fda193e46..4abebfedf 100644
--- a/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/ingress.yaml
+++ b/docs/examples/affinity/cookie/ingress.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: "cookie"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name: "route"
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash: "sha1"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-expires: "172800"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age: "172800"
 
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
index 0093b9d29..965b35142 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ You can add these Kubernetes annotations to specific Ingress objects to customiz
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet](#server-snippet)|string|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/service-upstream](#service-upstream)|"true" or "false"|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name](#cookie-affinity)|string|
-|[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash](#cookie-affinity)|string|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-path](#cookie-affinity)|string|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect](#server-side-https-enforcement-through-redirect)|"true" or "false"|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-passthrough](#ssl-passthrough)|"true" or "false"|
@@ -149,18 +148,8 @@ The only affinity type available for NGINX is `cookie`.
 
 If you use the ``cookie`` affinity type you can also specify the name of the cookie that will be used to route the requests with the annotation `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name`. The default is to create a cookie named 'INGRESSCOOKIE'.
 
-In case of NGINX the annotation `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash` defines which algorithm will be used to hash the used upstream. Default value is `md5` and possible values are `md5`, `sha1` and `index`.
-
 The NGINX annotation `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-path` defines the path that will be set on the cookie. This is optional unless the annotation `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex` is set to true; Session cookie paths do not support regex.  
 
-!!! attention
-    The `index` option is not an actual hash; an in-memory index is used instead, which has less overhead.
-    However, with `index`, matching against a changing upstream server list is inconsistent.
-    So, at reload, if upstream servers have changed, index values are not guaranteed to correspond to the same server as before!
-    **Use `index` with caution** and only if you need to!
-
-In NGINX this feature is implemented by the third party module [nginx-sticky-module-ng](https://bitbucket.org/nginx-goodies/nginx-sticky-module-ng). The workflow used to define which upstream server will be used is explained [here](https://bitbucket.org/nginx-goodies/nginx-sticky-module-ng/raw/08a395c66e425540982c00482f55034e1fee67b6/docs/sticky.pdf)
-
 
 ### Authentication
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go
index 37ca1dd1a..cc60b58d6 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ var (
 	defaultCorsMethods             = "GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, PATCH, OPTIONS"
 	defaultCorsHeaders             = "DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Authorization"
 	annotationAffinityCookieName   = parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix("session-cookie-name")
-	annotationAffinityCookieHash   = parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix("session-cookie-hash")
 	annotationUpstreamHashBy       = parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix("upstream-hash-by")
 	annotationCustomHTTPErrors     = parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix("custom-http-errors")
 )
@@ -200,24 +199,19 @@ func TestAffinitySession(t *testing.T) {
 	fooAnns := []struct {
 		annotations  map[string]string
 		affinitytype string
-		hash         string
 		name         string
 	}{
-		{map[string]string{annotationAffinityType: "cookie", annotationAffinityCookieHash: "md5", annotationAffinityCookieName: "route"}, "cookie", "md5", "route"},
-		{map[string]string{annotationAffinityType: "cookie", annotationAffinityCookieHash: "xpto", annotationAffinityCookieName: "route1"}, "cookie", "md5", "route1"},
-		{map[string]string{annotationAffinityType: "cookie", annotationAffinityCookieHash: "", annotationAffinityCookieName: ""}, "cookie", "md5", "INGRESSCOOKIE"},
-		{map[string]string{}, "", "", ""},
-		{nil, "", "", ""},
+		{map[string]string{annotationAffinityType: "cookie", annotationAffinityCookieName: "route"}, "cookie", "route"},
+		{map[string]string{annotationAffinityType: "cookie", annotationAffinityCookieName: "route1"}, "cookie", "route1"},
+		{map[string]string{annotationAffinityType: "cookie", annotationAffinityCookieName: ""}, "cookie", "INGRESSCOOKIE"},
+		{map[string]string{}, "", ""},
+		{nil, "", ""},
 	}
 
 	for _, foo := range fooAnns {
 		ing.SetAnnotations(foo.annotations)
 		r := ec.Extract(ing).SessionAffinity
-		t.Logf("Testing pass %v %v %v", foo.affinitytype, foo.hash, foo.name)
-
-		if r.Cookie.Hash != foo.hash {
-			t.Errorf("Returned %v but expected %v for Hash", r.Cookie.Hash, foo.hash)
-		}
+		t.Logf("Testing pass %v %v", foo.affinitytype, foo.name)
 
 		if r.Cookie.Name != foo.name {
 			t.Errorf("Returned %v but expected %v for Name", r.Cookie.Name, foo.name)
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
index 098214a36..44b449347 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ const (
 
 	defaultAffinityCookieName = "INGRESSCOOKIE"
 
-	// This is the algorithm used by nginx to generate a value for the session cookie, if
-	// one isn't supplied and affinity is set to "cookie".
-	annotationAffinityCookieHash = "session-cookie-hash"
-	defaultAffinityCookieHash    = "md5"
-
 	// This is used to control the cookie expires, its value is a number of seconds until the
 	// cookie expires
 	annotationAffinityCookieExpires = "session-cookie-expires"
@@ -52,7 +47,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	affinityCookieHashRegex    = regexp.MustCompile(`^(index|md5|sha1)$`)
 	affinityCookieExpiresRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(^0|-?[1-9]\d*$)`)
 )
 
@@ -67,8 +61,6 @@ type Config struct {
 type Cookie struct {
 	// The name of the cookie that will be used in case of cookie affinity type.
 	Name string `json:"name"`
-	// The hash that will be used to encode the cookie in case of cookie affinity type
-	Hash string `json:"hash"`
 	// The time duration to control cookie expires
 	Expires string `json:"expires"`
 	// The number of seconds until the cookie expires
@@ -90,12 +82,6 @@ func (a affinity) cookieAffinityParse(ing *extensions.Ingress) *Cookie {
 		cookie.Name = defaultAffinityCookieName
 	}
 
-	cookie.Hash, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(annotationAffinityCookieHash, ing)
-	if err != nil || !affinityCookieHashRegex.MatchString(cookie.Hash) {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Invalid or no annotation value found in Ingress %v: %v. Setting it to default %v", ing.Name, annotationAffinityCookieHash, defaultAffinityCookieHash)
-		cookie.Hash = defaultAffinityCookieHash
-	}
-
 	cookie.Expires, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(annotationAffinityCookieExpires, ing)
 	if err != nil || !affinityCookieExpiresRegex.MatchString(cookie.Expires) {
 		klog.V(3).Infof("Invalid or no annotation value found in Ingress %v: %v. Ignoring it", ing.Name, annotationAffinityCookieExpires)
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go
index e22fe0f4d..faa20005d 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ func TestIngressAffinityCookieConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	data := map[string]string{}
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAffinityType)] = "cookie"
-	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAffinityCookieHash)] = "sha123"
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAffinityCookieName)] = "INGRESSCOOKIE"
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAffinityCookieExpires)] = "4500"
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAffinityCookieMaxAge)] = "3000"
@@ -84,10 +83,6 @@ func TestIngressAffinityCookieConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected cookie as affinity but returned %v", nginxAffinity.Type)
 	}
 
-	if nginxAffinity.Cookie.Hash != "md5" {
-		t.Errorf("expected md5 as session-cookie-hash but returned %v", nginxAffinity.Cookie.Hash)
-	}
-
 	if nginxAffinity.Cookie.Name != "INGRESSCOOKIE" {
 		t.Errorf("expected route as session-cookie-name but returned %v", nginxAffinity.Cookie.Name)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 728e8b3a6..1878a3172 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ func (n *NGINXController) getBackendServers(ingresses []*ingress.Ingress) ([]*in
 					}
 
 					ups.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Name = anns.SessionAffinity.Cookie.Name
-					ups.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Hash = anns.SessionAffinity.Cookie.Hash
 					ups.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Expires = anns.SessionAffinity.Cookie.Expires
 					ups.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.MaxAge = anns.SessionAffinity.Cookie.MaxAge
 					ups.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Path = cookiePath
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types.go b/internal/ingress/types.go
index 1a6380986..ec84381d3 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types.go
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ type SessionAffinityConfig struct {
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
 type CookieSessionAffinity struct {
 	Name      string              `json:"name"`
-	Hash      string              `json:"hash"`
 	Expires   string              `json:"expires,omitempty"`
 	MaxAge    string              `json:"maxage,omitempty"`
 	Locations map[string][]string `json:"locations,omitempty"`
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
index 702d7dc96..8b6f3e132 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@ func (csa1 *CookieSessionAffinity) Equal(csa2 *CookieSessionAffinity) bool {
 	if csa1.Name != csa2.Name {
 		return false
 	}
-	if csa1.Hash != csa2.Hash {
-		return false
-	}
 	if csa1.Path != csa2.Path {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/sticky.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/sticky.lua
index 6b062b4d2..cb32f2095 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/sticky.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/sticky.lua
@@ -2,29 +2,20 @@ local balancer_resty = require("balancer.resty")
 local resty_chash = require("resty.chash")
 local util = require("util")
 local ck = require("resty.cookie")
+local math = require("math")
 
 local _M = balancer_resty:new({ factory = resty_chash, name = "sticky" })
 local DEFAULT_COOKIE_NAME = "route"
 
-local function get_digest_func(hash)
-  local digest_func = util.md5_digest
-  if hash == "sha1" then
-    digest_func = util.sha1_digest
-  end
-  return digest_func
-end
-
 function _M.cookie_name(self)
   return self.cookie_session_affinity.name or DEFAULT_COOKIE_NAME
 end
 
 function _M.new(self, backend)
   local nodes = util.get_nodes(backend.endpoints)
-  local digest_func = get_digest_func(backend["sessionAffinityConfig"]["cookieSessionAffinity"]["hash"])
 
   local o = {
     instance = self.factory:new(nodes),
-    digest_func = digest_func,
     traffic_shaping_policy = backend.trafficShapingPolicy,
     alternative_backends = backend.alternativeBackends,
     cookie_session_affinity = backend["sessionAffinityConfig"]["cookieSessionAffinity"]
@@ -34,15 +25,6 @@ function _M.new(self, backend)
   return o
 end
 
-local function encrypted_endpoint_string(self, endpoint_string)
-  local encrypted, err = self.digest_func(endpoint_string)
-  if err ~= nil then
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, err)
-  end
-
-  return encrypted
-end
-
 local function set_cookie(self, value)
   local cookie, err = ck:new()
   if not cookie then
@@ -86,8 +68,7 @@ function _M.balance(self)
 
   local key = cookie:get(self:cookie_name())
   if not key then
-    local random_str = string.format("%s.%s", ngx.now(), ngx.worker.pid())
-    key = encrypted_endpoint_string(self, random_str)
+    key = string.format("%s.%s.%s", ngx.now(), ngx.worker.pid(), math.random(999999))
 
     if self.cookie_session_affinity.locations then
       local locs = self.cookie_session_affinity.locations[ngx.var.host]
@@ -118,7 +99,6 @@ function _M.sync(self, backend)
   end
 
   self.cookie_session_affinity = backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity
-  self.digest_func = get_digest_func(backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.hash)
 end
 
 return _M
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/sticky_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/sticky_test.lua
index 06a623557..207f21973 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/sticky_test.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/sticky_test.lua
@@ -68,26 +68,6 @@ describe("Sticky", function()
         assert.equal(sticky_balancer_instance:cookie_name(), default_cookie_name)
       end)
     end)
-
-    context("when backend specifies hash function", function()
-      it("returns an instance with the corresponding hash implementation", function()
-        local sticky_balancer_instance = sticky:new(test_backend)
-        local test_backend_hash_fn = test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.hash
-        local test_backend_hash_implementation = util[test_backend_hash_fn .. "_digest"]
-        assert.equal(sticky_balancer_instance.digest_func, test_backend_hash_implementation)
-      end)
-    end)
-
-    context("when backend does not specify hash function", function()
-      it("returns an instance with the default implementation (md5)", function()
-        local temp_backend = util.deepcopy(test_backend)
-        temp_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.hash = nil
-        local sticky_balancer_instance = sticky:new(temp_backend)
-        local default_hash_fn = "md5"
-        local default_hash_implementation = util[default_hash_fn .. "_digest"]
-        assert.equal(sticky_balancer_instance.digest_func, default_hash_implementation)
-      end)
-    end)
   end)
 
   describe("balance()", function()
@@ -112,12 +92,9 @@ describe("Sticky", function()
       it("sets a cookie on the client", function()
         local s = {}
         cookie.new = function(self)
-          local test_backend_hash_fn = test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.hash
           local cookie_instance = {
             set = function(self, payload)
               assert.equal(payload.key, test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.name)
-              local expected_len = #util[test_backend_hash_fn .. "_digest"]("anything")
-              assert.equal(#payload.value, expected_len)
               assert.equal(payload.path, ngx.var.location_path)
               assert.equal(payload.domain, nil)
               assert.equal(payload.httponly, true)
@@ -141,12 +118,9 @@ describe("Sticky", function()
         ngx.var.https = "on"
         local s = {}
         cookie.new = function(self)
-          local test_backend_hash_fn = test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.hash
           local cookie_instance = {
             set = function(self, payload)
               assert.equal(payload.key, test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.name)
-              local expected_len = #util[test_backend_hash_fn .. "_digest"]("anything")
-              assert.equal(#payload.value, expected_len)
               assert.equal(payload.path, ngx.var.location_path)
               assert.equal(payload.domain, nil)
               assert.equal(payload.httponly, true)
@@ -177,12 +151,9 @@ describe("Sticky", function()
       it("does not set a cookie on the client", function()
         local s = {}
         cookie.new = function(self)
-          local test_backend_hash_fn = test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.hash
           local cookie_instance = {
             set = function(self, payload)
               assert.equal(payload.key, test_backend.sessionAffinityConfig.cookieSessionAffinity.name)
-              local expected_len = #util[test_backend_hash_fn .. "_digest"]("anything")
-              assert.equal(#payload.value, expected_len)
               assert.equal(payload.path, ngx.var.location_path)
               assert.equal(payload.domain, ngx.var.host)
               assert.equal(payload.httponly, true)
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua
index 89f068b29..8cfd3de04 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ local function reset_backends()
         { address = "10.184.97.100", port = "8080", maxFails = 0, failTimeout = 0 },
         { address = "10.184.98.239", port = "8080", maxFails = 0, failTimeout = 0 },
       },
-      sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "", hash = "" } },
+      sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "" } },
     },
     { name = "my-dummy-app-1", ["load-balance"] = "round_robin", },
     { 
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ local function reset_backends()
     },
     {
       name = "my-dummy-app-3", ["load-balance"] = "ewma",
-      sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route", hash = "sha1" } }
+      sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route" } }
     },
     { name = "my-dummy-app-4", ["load-balance"] = "ewma", },
     {
       name = "my-dummy-app-5", ["load-balance"] = "ewma", ["upstream-hash-by"] = "$request_uri",
-      sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route", hash = "sha1" } }
+      sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route" } }
     },
   }
 end
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/configuration_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/configuration_test.lua
index e283ab62a..64c851b16 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/configuration_test.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/configuration_test.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function get_backends()
         {
             name = "my-dummy-backend-1", ["load-balance"] = "sticky",
             endpoints = { { address = "10.183.7.40", port = "8080", maxFails = 0, failTimeout = 0 } },
-            sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route", hash = "sha1" } },
+            sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route" } },
         },
         {
             name = "my-dummy-backend-2", ["load-balance"] = "ewma",
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua
index 331a82a23..50e1a7e5e 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 local string_len = string.len
 local string_sub = string.sub
-local resty_str = require("resty.string")
-local resty_sha1 = require("resty.sha1")
-local resty_md5 = require("resty.md5")
 
 local _M = {}
 
@@ -18,30 +15,6 @@ function _M.get_nodes(endpoints)
   return nodes
 end
 
-local function hash_digest(hash_factory, message)
-  local hash = hash_factory:new()
-  if not hash then
-    return nil, "failed to create object"
-  end
-  local ok = hash:update(message)
-  if not ok then
-    return nil, "failed to add data"
-  end
-  local binary_digest = hash:final()
-  if binary_digest == nil then
-    return nil, "failed to create digest"
-  end
-  return resty_str.to_hex(binary_digest), nil
-end
-
-function _M.sha1_digest(message)
-  return hash_digest(resty_sha1, message)
-end
-
-function _M.md5_digest(message)
-  return hash_digest(resty_md5, message)
-end
-
 -- given an Nginx variable i.e $request_uri
 -- it returns value of ngx.var[request_uri]
 function _M.lua_ngx_var(ngx_var)
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go b/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go
index ef7a915f7..cdbc917b9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package annotations
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -65,13 +64,9 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Affinity/Sticky Sessions",
 			Set("Host", host).
 			End()
 
-		md5Regex := regexp.MustCompile("SERVERID=[0-9a-f]{32}")
-		match := md5Regex.FindStringSubmatch(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie"))
-		Expect(len(match)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 1))
-
 		Expect(errs).Should(BeEmpty())
 		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
-		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring(match[0]))
+		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("SERVERID="))
 	})
 
 	It("should change cookie name on ingress definition change", func() {
@@ -114,36 +109,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Affinity/Sticky Sessions",
 		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("OTHERCOOKIENAME"))
 	})
 
-	It("should set sticky cookie with sha1 hash", func() {
-		host := "sha1.foo.com"
-		annotations := map[string]string{
-			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity":            "cookie",
-			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash": "sha1",
-		}
-
-		ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, f.Namespace, "http-svc", 80, &annotations)
-		f.EnsureIngress(ing)
-
-		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
-			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("server_name %s ;", host))
-			})
-		time.Sleep(waitForLuaSync)
-
-		resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
-			Get(f.GetURL(framework.HTTP)).
-			Set("Host", host).
-			End()
-
-		sha1Regex := regexp.MustCompile("INGRESSCOOKIE=[0-9a-f]{40}")
-		match := sha1Regex.FindStringSubmatch(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie"))
-		Expect(len(match)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 1))
-
-		Expect(errs).Should(BeEmpty())
-		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
-		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring(match[0]))
-	})
-
 	It("should set the path to /something on the generated cookie", func() {
 		host := "path.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
@@ -296,13 +261,9 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Affinity/Sticky Sessions",
 			Set("Host", host).
 			End()
 
-		md5Regex := regexp.MustCompile("SERVERID=[0-9a-f]{32}")
-		match := md5Regex.FindStringSubmatch(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie"))
-		Expect(len(match)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 1))
-
 		Expect(errs).Should(BeEmpty())
 		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
-		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring(match[0]))
+		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("SERVERID="))
 		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("Path=/foo/bar"))
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/manifests/configuration-a.json b/test/manifests/configuration-a.json
index 939175aa6..673b12696 100644
--- a/test/manifests/configuration-a.json
+++ b/test/manifests/configuration-a.json
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
 			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}, {
@@ -128,8 +127,7 @@
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
 			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}, {
@@ -194,8 +192,7 @@
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
 			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}],
diff --git a/test/manifests/configuration-b.json b/test/manifests/configuration-b.json
index e97f971f5..21a1cfc18 100644
--- a/test/manifests/configuration-b.json
+++ b/test/manifests/configuration-b.json
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
 			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}, {
@@ -128,8 +127,7 @@
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
 			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}, {
@@ -194,8 +192,7 @@
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
 			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}],
diff --git a/test/manifests/configuration-c.json b/test/manifests/configuration-c.json
index 2f6856f37..3f226c7ca 100644
--- a/test/manifests/configuration-c.json
+++ b/test/manifests/configuration-c.json
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 		"SessionAffinity": {
 			"name": "",
 			"CookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}, {
@@ -80,8 +79,7 @@
 		"SessionAffinity": {
 			"name": "",
 			"CookieSessionAffinity": {
-				"name": "",
-				"hash": ""
+				"name": ""
 			}
 		}
 	}],