diff --git a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreMailFolder.m b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreMailFolder.m
index e4c4b8a9b..43f8e4d25 100644
--- a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreMailFolder.m
+++ b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreMailFolder.m
@@ -1476,10 +1476,8 @@ _parseCOPYUID (NSString *line, NSArray **destUIDsP)
   NSUInteger count, max;
   NSString *messageKey, *messageUid, *bodyPartKey;
   NGImap4Client *client;
-  NSArray *fetch, *flags;
+  NSArray *fetch;
   NSData *bodyContent;
-  BOOL unseen;
-  NSMutableArray *unseenUIDs;
 
   if (tableType == MAPISTORE_MESSAGE_TABLE)
     {
@@ -1509,25 +1507,6 @@ _parseCOPYUID (NSString *line, NSArray **destUIDsP)
       
           client = [[(SOGoMailFolder *) sogoObject imap4Connection] client];
           [client select: [sogoObject absoluteImap4Name]];
-
-          /* Fetch flags to remove seen flag if required,
-             as fetching a message body set the seen flag */
-          response = [client fetchUids: [keyAssoc allKeys]
-                                 parts: [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"flags", nil]];
-          fetch = [response objectForKey: @"fetch"];
-          max = [fetch count];
-          unseenUIDs = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity: max];
-          for (count = 0; count < max; count++)
-            {
-              response = [fetch objectAtIndex: count];
-              messageUid = [[response objectForKey: @"uid"] stringValue];
-              flags = [response objectForKey: @"flags"];
-              unseen = [flags indexOfObject: @"seen"] == NSNotFound;
-              if (unseen) {
-                [unseenUIDs addObject: messageUid];
-              }
-            }
-
           response = [client fetchUids: [keyAssoc allKeys]
                              parts: [bodyPartKeys allObjects]];
           fetch = [response objectForKey: @"fetch"];
@@ -1549,14 +1528,6 @@ _parseCOPYUID (NSString *line, NSArray **destUIDsP)
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-          // Restore unseen state once the body has been fetched
-          if ([unseenUIDs count] > 0)
-            {
-              response = [client storeFlags: [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"seen", nil]
-                                    forUIDs: unseenUIDs
-                                addOrRemove: NO];
-            }
         }
     }