Super Admin can NOT delete host from the host group

Super Admin can NOT delete host from the host group when using 1.8 branch rev 14756 (v. pre-1.8.4), appears error: ERROR: Cannot update host

• [ CHostGroup::massRemove ] You do not have permission to perform this operation
• [ CHost::massRemove ]
• [ CHost::massUpdate ] Can't remove group
• [ CHost::update ] Host update failed

Please see attached screenshot for more details.