Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java	(revision 1682)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java	(revision 1684)
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
@@ -381,5 +380,5 @@
                 addAuth(activeConnection);
 
-                if (requestMethod.equals("PUT") || requestMethod.equals("POST")) {
+                if (requestMethod.equals("PUT") || requestMethod.equals("POST") || requestMethod.equals("DELETE")) {
                     activeConnection.setDoOutput(true);
                     activeConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-type", "text/xml");