Del command doesn't work in cli

[default@unknown] connect localhost/9160;
Connected to: "Test Cluster" on localhost/9160
[default@unknown] use test;
Authenticated to keyspace: test
[default@test] get test[123][123];
=> (column=0123, value=31, timestamp=1310576784324000)
[default@test] del test[123][123];
column removed.
[default@test] get test[123][123];
=> (column=0123, value=31, timestamp=1310576784324000)

Does the same in 0.8.1 still both times in a single node.