diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ce8251..19443f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ChangeLog for davfs2
 --------------------
 
+2013-08-12 Werner Baumann (werner.baumann@onlinehome.de)
+    * cache.c, webdav.c, webdav.h:
+      Remove support for property 'Execute'.
+
 2013-08-12 Werner Baumann (werner.baumann@onlinehome.de)
     * cache.c, defaults.h:
       Fix default modes.
diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index a46a20c..2d24368 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -753,12 +753,8 @@ dav_tidy_cache(void)
             && item-> save_at <= time(NULL)) {
         if (debug)
             syslog(LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_DAEMON, LOG_DEBUG), "tidy: %s", node->path);
-        int set_execute = -1;
-        if (is_created(node) && node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
-            set_execute = 1;
         int ret = dav_put(node->path, node->cache_path, &node->remote_exists,
-                          &node->lock_expire, &node->etag, &node->smtime,
-                          set_execute);
+                          &node->lock_expire, &node->etag, &node->smtime);
         if (!ret) {
             node->utime = time(NULL);
             node->dirty = 0;
@@ -846,12 +842,8 @@ dav_close(dav_node *node, int fd, int flags, pid_t pid, pid_t pgid)
 
     if (delay_upload == 0 && (is_dirty(node) || is_created(node))
             && !is_open_write(node) && !is_backup(node)) {
-        int set_execute = -1;
-        if (is_created(node) && node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
-            set_execute = 1;
         int ret = dav_put(node->path, node->cache_path, &node->remote_exists,
-                          &node->lock_expire, &node->etag, &node->smtime,
-                          set_execute);
+                          &node->lock_expire, &node->etag, &node->smtime);
         if (!ret) {
             node->utime = time(NULL);
             node->dirty = 0;
@@ -1410,37 +1402,8 @@ dav_setattr(dav_node *node, uid_t uid, int sm, mode_t mode, int so,
     if (sg)
         node->gid = gid;
 
-    if (sm) {
-        if (!is_backup(node) && !is_created(node)) {
-            int set_execute = -1;
-            if ((node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
-                    && !(mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)))
-                set_execute = 0;
-            if (!(node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
-                    && (mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)))
-                set_execute = 1;
-            if (set_execute != -1) {
-                if (is_dirty(node) && !is_locked(node)) {
-                    int err = 0;
-                    time_t smtime = 0;
-                    char *etag = NULL;
-                    dav_head(node->path, &etag, &smtime, NULL);
-                    if (etag && node->etag && strcmp(etag, node->etag) != 0)
-                        err = EIO;
-                    if (smtime && smtime > node->smtime)
-                        err = EIO;
-                    if (etag)
-                        free(etag);
-                    if (err)
-                        return EIO;
-                }
-                dav_set_execute(node->path, set_execute);
-                if (is_dirty(node))
-                    dav_head(node->path, &node->etag, &node->smtime, NULL);
-            }
-        }
+    if (sm)
         node->mode = (node->mode & ~DAV_A_MASK) | mode;
-    }
 
     if (sat)
         node->atime = atime;
@@ -1549,13 +1512,6 @@ add_node(dav_node *parent, dav_props *props)
         node = new_node(parent, default_file_mode);
         node->size = props->size;
         node->remote_exists = 1;
-        if (props->is_exec == 1) {
-            node->mode |= (node->mode & S_IRUSR) ? S_IXUSR : 0;
-            node->mode |= (node->mode & S_IRGRP) ? S_IXGRP : 0;
-            node->mode |= (node->mode & S_IROTH) ? S_IXOTH : 0;
-        } else if (props->is_exec == 0) {
-            node->mode &= ~(S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH);
-        }
     }
 
     parent->mtime = node->mtime;
@@ -1673,13 +1629,9 @@ clean_tree(dav_node *node, int upload)
 
     } else if ((is_dirty(node) || is_created(node)) && upload) {
 
-        int set_execute = -1;
-        if (is_created(node)
-                && node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
-            set_execute = 1;
         int ret = dav_put(node->path, node->cache_path,
                           &node->remote_exists, &node->lock_expire,
-                          &node->etag, &node->smtime, set_execute);
+                          &node->etag, &node->smtime);
         if (is_locked(node))
             dav_unlock(node->path, &node->lock_expire);
         if (!ret) {
@@ -1839,8 +1791,6 @@ move_no_remote(dav_node *src, dav_node *dst, dav_node *dst_parent,
     src->remote_exists = 0;
 
     dav_lock(dst_path, &src->lock_expire, &src->remote_exists);
-    if (!is_created(src) && (src->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)))
-        dav_set_execute(dst_path, 1);
 
     free(src->name);
     src->name = xstrdup(dst_name);
@@ -2245,20 +2195,8 @@ update_node(dav_node *node, dav_props *props)
     node->etag = props->etag;
     props->etag = NULL;
 
-    if (is_reg(node)) {
-        if (props->is_exec == 1
-                && !(node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))) {
-            node->mode |= (node->mode & S_IWUSR) ? S_IXUSR : 0;
-            node->mode |= (node->mode & S_IWGRP) ? S_IXGRP : 0;
-            node->mode |= (node->mode & S_IWOTH) ? S_IXOTH : 0;
-        } else if (props->is_exec == 0
-                && (node->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))) {
-            node->mode &= ~(S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH);
-        }
-        if (props->size && props->size != node->size) {
-            node->size = props->size;
-        }
-    }
+    if (is_reg(node) && props->size && props->size != node->size)
+        node->size = props->size;
 
     dav_delete_props(props);
 
@@ -2541,7 +2479,7 @@ update_cache_file(dav_node *node)
         if (get_upload_time(node) >= time(NULL))
             return 0;
         ret = dav_put(node->path, node->cache_path, &node->remote_exists,
-                      &node->lock_expire, &node->etag, &node->smtime, -1);
+                      &node->lock_expire, &node->etag, &node->smtime);
         if (!ret) {
             node->utime = time(NULL);
             node->dirty = 0;
diff --git a/src/webdav.c b/src/webdav.c
index 071472d..752db13 100644
--- a/src/webdav.c
+++ b/src/webdav.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ enum {
     CREATION,
     MODIFIED,
     TYPE,
-    EXECUTE,
     END
 };
 
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ static const ne_propname prop_names[] = {
     [CREATION] ={"DAV:", "creationdate"},
     [MODIFIED] = {"DAV:", "getlastmodified"},
     [TYPE] = {"DAV:", "resourcetype"},
-    [EXECUTE] = {"http://apache.org/dav/props/", "executable"},
     [END] = {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ static const ne_propname anonymous_prop_names[] = {
     [CREATION] ={NULL, "creationdate"},
     [MODIFIED] = {NULL, "getlastmodified"},
     [TYPE] = {NULL, "resourcetype"},
-    [EXECUTE] = {NULL, "executable"},
     [END] = {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -927,7 +924,7 @@ dav_move(const char *src, const char *dst)
 
 int
 dav_put(const char *path, const char *cache_path, int *exists, time_t *expire,
-        char **etag, time_t *mtime, int execute)
+        char **etag, time_t *mtime)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     if (!initialized) {
@@ -1064,8 +1061,6 @@ dav_put(const char *path, const char *cache_path, int *exists, time_t *expire,
     close(fd);
 
     if (!ret) {
-        if (execute == 1)
-            dav_set_execute(path, execute);
         if (need_head)
             dav_head(path, etag, mtime, NULL);
     }
@@ -1136,34 +1131,6 @@ dav_quota(const char *path, off64_t *total, off64_t *used)
 }
 
 
-int
-dav_set_execute(const char *path, int set)
-{
-    int ret;
-    if (!initialized) {
-        ret = dav_init_connection(path);
-        if (ret) return ret;
-    }
-
-    ne_proppatch_operation op[2];
-    op[0].name = &prop_names[EXECUTE];
-    op[0].type = ne_propset;
-    if (set) {
-        op[0].value = "T";
-    } else {
-        op[0].value = "F";
-    }
-    op[1].name = NULL;
-
-    char *spath = ne_path_escape(path);
-    ret = ne_proppatch(session, spath, &op[0]);
-    ret = get_error(ret, "PROPPATCH");
-    free(spath);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 void
 dav_set_no_terminal(void)
 {
@@ -1790,15 +1757,6 @@ prop_result(void *userdata, const ne_uri *uri, const ne_prop_result_set *set)
             result->mtime = 0;
     }
 
-    data = ne_propset_value(set, &prop_names[EXECUTE]);
-    if (!data)
-        data = ne_propset_value(set, &anonymous_prop_names[EXECUTE]);
-    if (!data) {
-        result->is_exec = -1;
-    } else if (*data == 'T') {
-        result->is_exec = 1;
-    }
-
     result->next = ctx->results;
     ctx->results = result;
 }
diff --git a/src/webdav.h b/src/webdav.h
index 23cdaa9..09eadb2 100644
--- a/src/webdav.h
+++ b/src/webdav.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ struct dav_props {
     time_t ctime;       /* Creation date. */
     time_t mtime;       /* Date of last modification. */
     int is_dir;         /* Boolean; 1 if a directory. */
-    int is_exec;        /* -1 if not specified; 1 is executeable;
-                           0 not executeable. */
     dav_props *next;    /* Next in the list. */
 };
 
@@ -233,11 +231,10 @@ dav_move(const char *src, const char *dst);
                 Updated on success. May be NULL.
    mtime      : The Last_Modified value used to check for changes on the
                 server. Updated on success. May be NULL.
-   execute    : if 1 set execute property, else no change of execute property.
    return value : 0 on success; an appropriate file error code otherwise. */
 int
 dav_put(const char *path, const char *cache_path, int *exists, time_t *expire,
-        char **etag, time_t *mtime, int execute);
+        char **etag, time_t *mtime);
 
 /* Makes a PROPFIND request for path to get quota information (RFC 4331)
    and places them in total and used.
@@ -248,13 +245,6 @@ int
 dav_quota(const char *path, off_t *total, off_t *used);
 
 
-/* Sets or resets the execute property of file path.
-   path : Absolute path of the file on the server.
-   set  : boolean value; 0 reset execute property; 1 set execute property. */
-int
-dav_set_execute(const char *path, int set);
-
-
 /* Tells webdav that no more terminal is available, so errors can only
  * be logged. Before this function is invoced webdav tries to 
  * communicate with the user when problems occur. */