1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
index 6f367692ddd..341f04ad772 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
@@ -1501,9 +1501,9 @@ the type of the variable (string, integer, character, etc).")
 
 ;; This is here rather than in gnus-art for compilation reasons.
 (defvar gnus-article-mode-line-format-alist
-  (nconc '((?w (gnus-article-wash-status) ?s)
-           (?m (gnus-article-mime-part-status) ?s))
-         gnus-summary-mode-line-format-alist))
+  (append '((?w (gnus-article-wash-status) ?s)
+            (?m (gnus-article-mime-part-status) ?s))
+          gnus-summary-mode-line-format-alist))
 
 (defvar gnus-last-search-regexp nil
   "Default regexp for article search command.")