diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el b/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el
index c5eabc2c..30feb51c 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el
@@ -134,15 +134,14 @@
                     (or organizer
                         (plist-get (car (plist-get msg :reply-to)) :email)
                         (plist-get (car (plist-get msg :from)) :email)
-                        (mu4e-warn "Cannot find organizer"))))
-              (message-reply organizer)
-              (goto-char (point-max))
+                        (mu4e-warn "Cannot find organizer")))
+                   (message-cite-function #'mu4e-message-cite-nothing))
+              (mu4e-compose-reply-to organizer)
               (message-goto-body)
               (mml-insert-multipart "alternative")
               (mml-insert-empty-tag 'part 'type "text/plain")
               (mml-attach-buffer ical-name
                                  "text/calendar; method=REPLY; charset=UTF-8")
-              (mu4e-compose-mode)
               (when mu4e-icalendar-trash-after-reply
                 ;; Override `mu4e-sent-handler' set by `mu4e-compose-mode' to
                 ;; also trash the message (thus must be appended to hooks).