diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeParsingHelper.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
index 86ef07e73..3ef7756e6 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ public class YoutubeParsingHelper {
      * Therefore, YouTube & Google should not track the user, because they did not give consent.
      * The three digits at the end can be random, but are required.
      */
-    public static final String CONSENT_COOKIE_VALUE = "PENDING+";
+    private static final String CONSENT_COOKIE_VALUE = "PENDING+";
     /**
      * Youtube <code>CONSENT</code> cookie. Should prevent redirect to consent.youtube.com
      */
-    public static final String CONSENT_COOKIE = "CONSENT=" + CONSENT_COOKIE_VALUE;
+    private static final String CONSENT_COOKIE = "CONSENT=" + CONSENT_COOKIE_VALUE;
 
     private static final String FEED_BASE_CHANNEL_ID = "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=";
     private static final String FEED_BASE_USER = "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=";
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSuggestionExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSuggestionExtractor.java
index d78cd373c..277e8531b 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSuggestionExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSuggestionExtractor.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.*;
 
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.CONSENT_COOKIE_VALUE;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.addCookieHeader;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils.UTF_8;