ML - Delete key to move back in Safari

In Mountain Lion, I can't seem to be able to go back web pages in Safari by pressing the delete key. Used to be able to in Lion. Any solutions yet?

Didn't take.
Lion 10.7.4
Safari Version 6.0 (7536.25)
MBP13:~ user$ defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2BackspaceKeyNavigationEnable d -bool YES
2012-08-02 20:13:09.199 defaults[28658:707] Unexpected argument -bool; leaving defaults unchanged.

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