--- nntp.el.old	Sun Jul 21 21:58:51 2002
+++ nntp.el	Fri Jul 12 22:50:12 2002
@@ -404,17 +404,7 @@
 	    (nntp-retrieve-data command
 				nntp-address nntp-port-number
 				nntp-server-buffer
-				wait-for nnheader-callback-function)
-	  ;; If nothing to wait for, still remove possibly echo'ed commands
-	  (unless wait-for
-	    (nntp-accept-response)
-	    (save-excursion
-	      (set-buffer buffer)
-	      (goto-char pos)
-	      (if (looking-at (regexp-quote command))
-		  (delete-region pos (progn (forward-line 1)
-					    (gnus-point-at-bol))))
-	      )))
+				wait-for nnheader-callback-function))
       (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s."
 		       nntp-address))))