--- gnus-sum.el.~1~	Sun Jul 21 08:26:48 2002
+++ gnus-sum.el	Tue Jul 23 12:20:21 2002
@@ -8837,9 +8837,7 @@
     (error "Couldn't open server"))
   ;; Compute the list of articles to delete.
   (let ((articles (sort (copy-sequence (gnus-summary-work-articles n)) '<))
-	(nnmail-expiry-target
-	 (or (gnus-group-find-parameter gnus-newsgroup-name 'expiry-target)
-	     nnmail-expiry-target))
+	(nnmail-expiry-target 'delete)
 	not-deleted)
     (if (and gnus-novice-user
 	     (not (gnus-yes-or-no-p