lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 29293e6ccddb71fd30dcc15b957a89eb61369afb..a1cab55a9280bf687a861153ade6d2c157c020ca 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -1110,7 +1110,6 @@ sub dclose {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	delete $self->{-progress};
 	_drop_wq($self) if $self->{failed};
-	close(delete $self->{1}) if $self->{1}; # may reap_compress
 	$self->close if $self->{-event_init_done}; # PublicInbox::DS::close
 }