diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
index 900fde8cf12..516f180fd26 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
@@ -890,15 +890,9 @@ class DeviantartScrapsExtractor(DeviantartExtractor):
     )
     cookiedomain = ".deviantart.com"
     cookienames = ("auth", "auth_secure", "userinfo")
-    _warning = True
 
     def deviations(self):
         eclipse_api = DeviantartEclipseAPI(self)
-        if self._warning:
-            DeviantartScrapsExtractor._warning = False
-            if not self._check_cookies(self.cookienames):
-                self.log.warning(
-                    "No session cookies set: Unable to fetch mature scraps.")
 
         for obj in eclipse_api.gallery_scraps(self.user, self.offset):
             deviation = obj["deviation"]