lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm | 6 ------

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
index 7fd1905d62da7877efc58a70a27d80810fb452da..e8df01c4e325d40c3fb9b5c53e4436224d787f87 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
@@ -320,12 +320,6 @@ 		$sth->execute($id, $num);
 	}
 }
 
-sub delete_articles {
-	my ($self, $nums) = @_;
-	my $dbh = $self->connect;
-	$self->delete_by_num($_) foreach @$nums;
-}
-
 # returns number of removed messages
 # $oid may be undef to match only on $mid
 sub remove_oid {