diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index f2a75df6ef1..325c61627c2 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -4100,9 +4100,7 @@ dired-clean-up-after-deletion
     (let ((buf (get-file-buffer fn)))
       (and buf
            (or (and dired-clean-confirm-killing-deleted-buffers
-                    (funcall #'y-or-n-p
-                             (format "Kill buffer of %s, too? "
-                                     (file-name-nondirectory fn))))
+                    (sit-for 0.3))
                (not dired-clean-confirm-killing-deleted-buffers))
            (kill-buffer buf)))
     (let ((buf-list (dired-buffers-for-dir-or-subdir