1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ietf-drums.el b/lisp/gnus/ietf-drums.el
index 8008e327592..429eead4a0e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ietf-drums.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ietf-drums.el
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ backslash and doublequote.")
     (modify-syntax-entry ?* "_" table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\; "_" table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\' "_" table)
-    (if (featurep 'xemacs)
-        (let ((i 128))
-          (while (< i 256)
-            (modify-syntax-entry i "w" table)
-            (setq i (1+ i)))))
     table))
 
 (defun ietf-drums-token-to-list (token)