3 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el
index 03e447e072a..d7388d480c3 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el
@@ -3812,6 +3812,7 @@ has been fetched."
         t))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-store-article (article group)
+  (declare (obsolete nil "28.1"))
   (let* ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
 	 (file (gnus-agent-article-name (number-to-string article) group))
 	 (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
index e0339cc1f32..13a85379970 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
@@ -7084,10 +7084,7 @@ If given a prefix, show the hidden text instead."
 					      gnus-summary-buffer)
 		    (when gnus-keep-backlog
 		      (gnus-backlog-enter-article
-		       group article (current-buffer)))
-		    (when (and gnus-agent
-			       (gnus-agent-group-covered-p group))
-		      (gnus-agent-store-article article group)))
+		       group article (current-buffer))))
 		  (setq result 'article))
 		 (methods
 		  (setq gnus-override-method (pop methods)))
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-async.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-async.el
index e3e81c8bbce..9bcb6c33a64 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-async.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-async.el
@@ -225,12 +225,6 @@ that was fetched."
       (save-excursion
 	(save-restriction
 	  (narrow-to-region mark (point-max))
-	  ;; Put the articles into the agent, if they aren't already.
-	  (when (and gnus-agent
-		     (gnus-agent-group-covered-p group))
-	    (save-restriction
-	      (narrow-to-region mark (point-max))
-	      (gnus-agent-store-article article group)))
 	  ;; Prefetch images for the groups that want that.
 	  (when (fboundp 'gnus-html-prefetch-images)
 	    (gnus-html-prefetch-images summary))