diff --git a/g10/ChangeLog b/g10/ChangeLog
index 2e51d35ca..25ae5e549 100644
--- a/g10/ChangeLog
+++ b/g10/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-07-01  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* encode.c (encode_symmetric): Do not use the new encryption code.
+
 2002-06-30  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* photoid.c: Use __MINGW32__ to include windows because
diff --git a/g10/encode.c b/g10/encode.c
index 80a9039ec..a1fa0fb00 100644
--- a/g10/encode.c
+++ b/g10/encode.c
@@ -51,9 +51,15 @@ int
 encode_symmetric( const char *filename )
 {
     int compat = 1;
-    
+
+#if 0    
+    /* We don't want to use it because older gnupg version can't
+       handle it and we can presume that a lot of scripts are running
+       with the expert mode set.  Some time in the future we might
+       want to allow for it. */
     if ( opt.expert )
         compat = 0; /* PGP knows how to handle this mode. */
+#endif
     return encode_simple( filename, 1, compat );
 }