diff --git a/litestar/middleware/csrf.py b/litestar/middleware/csrf.py
index 767d4e78b1..0fef4fbe42 100644
--- a/litestar/middleware/csrf.py
+++ b/litestar/middleware/csrf.py
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
             form = await request.form()
             existing_csrf_token = form.get("_csrf_token", None)
 
-        if not existing_csrf_token and self.config.cookie_httponly:
-            existing_csrf_token = csrf_cookie
-
         connection_state = ScopeState.from_scope(scope)
         if request.method in self.config.safe_methods:
             token = connection_state.csrf_token = csrf_cookie or generate_csrf_token(secret=self.config.secret)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_middleware/test_csrf_middleware.py b/tests/unit/test_middleware/test_csrf_middleware.py
index 3b80aad8df..e45f724747 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_middleware/test_csrf_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_middleware/test_csrf_middleware.py
@@ -70,21 +70,6 @@ def test_csrf_successful_flow(get_handler: HTTPRouteHandler, post_handler: HTTPR
         assert response.status_code == HTTP_201_CREATED
 
 
-def test_csrf_httponly_flow(get_handler: HTTPRouteHandler, post_handler: HTTPRouteHandler) -> None:
-    with create_test_client(
-        route_handlers=[get_handler, post_handler], csrf_config=CSRFConfig(secret="secret", cookie_httponly=True)
-    ) as client:
-        response = client.get("/")
-        assert response.status_code == HTTP_200_OK
-
-        csrf_token: Optional[str] = response.cookies.get("csrftoken")
-        assert csrf_token is not None
-        assert "set-cookie" in response.headers
-        if csrf_token:
-            response = client.post("/")
-            assert response.status_code == HTTP_201_CREATED
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "method",
     ["POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH"],