1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/message.el b/lisp/gnus/message.el
index b49e3f9d9ca..b4c5a1e2436 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/message.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/message.el
@@ -4900,7 +4900,7 @@ If you always want Gnus to send messages in one piece, set
                  message-required-mail-headers))
         ;; otherwise, delete the MFT header if the field is empty
         (when (equal "" (mail-fetch-field "mail-followup-to"))
-          (message-remove-header "^Mail-Followup-To:")))
+          (message-remove-header "Mail-Followup-To")))
       ;; Insert some headers.
       (let ((message-deletable-headers
              (if news nil message-deletable-headers)))