diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index a294b4c42e25a664762e9aaae9977a3c9698b39e..31a60b43724ec1b41514d653cc8d1e559e3ff072 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-08-12  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* gnus-art.el (gnus-hidden-properties): Drop the evil `intangible'.
+
 2014-08-06  Katsumi Yamaoka  <yamaoka@jpl.org>
 
 	* gnus-sum.el (gnus-summary-expire-articles): Revert.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
index b08e523c4405e4e37855643621e75171dafd235f..bbfe55c5d84ec8374927ed12aa18fc1e5a7fe342 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
@@ -253,7 +253,13 @@ This can also be a list of the above values."
 		 (regexp :value ".*"))
   :group 'gnus-article-signature)
 
-(defcustom gnus-hidden-properties '(invisible t intangible t)
+(defcustom gnus-hidden-properties
+  (if (featurep 'xemacs)
+      ;; `intangible' is evil, but I keep it here in case it's useful.
+      '(invisible t intangible t)
+    ;; Emacs's command loop moves point out of invisible text anyway, so
+    ;; `intangible' is clearly not needed there.
+    '(invisible t))
   "Property list to use for hiding text."
   :type 'sexp
   :group 'gnus-article-hiding)