1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/exchange_api_purse_delete.c b/src/lib/exchange_api_purse_delete.c
index 68035b48b..27a9082b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/exchange_api_purse_delete.c
+++ b/src/lib/exchange_api_purse_delete.c
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ TALER_EXCHANGE_purse_delete (
     GNUNET_free (xhdr);
   }
   eh = TALER_EXCHANGE_curl_easy_get_ (pdh->url);
+  GNUNET_assert (CURLE_OK ==
+                 curl_easy_setopt (eh,
+                                   CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,
+                                   MHD_HTTP_METHOD_DELETE));
   GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
               "URL for purse delete: `%s'\n",
               pdh->url);