Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/DeleteAction.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/DeleteAction.java	(revision 16839)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/DeleteAction.java	(revision 16840)
@@ -115,4 +115,7 @@
      */
     public static boolean confirmRelationDeletion(Collection<Relation> relations) {
+        if (relations.stream().allMatch(Relation::isNew)) {
+            return true;
+        }
         JPanel msg = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
         msg.add(new JMultilineLabel("<html>" + trn(
