diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index cd3c6d00..9188873c 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4915,9 +4915,11 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Implemented a copy constructor for cTimer (thanks to Udo Richter for reporting that
   an assignment in svdrp.c didn't use the cTimer::operator=()).
 
-2006-09-09: Version 1.4.2-3
+2006-09-15: Version 1.4.2-3
 
 - Added --remove-destination to the 'cp' command for binaries in the Makefiles of
   the plugins (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - The 'skincurses' plugin now adjusts the size of the OSD to the size of the console
   window.
+- Fixed deleting expired VPS timers (under certain conditions a timer could have been
+  deleted before it even started recording).
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 18dab0ff..069b8578 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 1.64 2006/09/08 15:06:09 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 1.65 2006/09/15 14:15:53 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -438,13 +438,7 @@ int cTimer::Matches(const cEvent *Event, int *Overlap) const
 
 bool cTimer::Expired(void) const
 {
-  if (IsSingleEvent() && !Recording() && StopTime() + EXPIRELATENCY <= time(NULL)) {
-     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event && event->Vps())
-        return event->RunningStatus() == SI::RunningStatusNotRunning;
-     else
-        return true;
-     }
-  return false;
+  return IsSingleEvent() && !Recording() && StopTime() + EXPIRELATENCY <= time(NULL) && (!HasFlags(tfVps) || !event);
 }
 
 time_t cTimer::StartTime(void) const