lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm | 2 --
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm          | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
index 93b1b23aa3d7110fb5e90eab47df2658f2abdc37..a8bf470be4738db3733ed0f39bbe196c32c0d92d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ 			cfg_set($self, '--add', 'lei.q', $_) for @$q;
 		} else {
 			cfg_set($self, 'lei.q', $q);
 		}
-		my $fmt = $lei->{opt}->{'format'};
-		cfg_set($self, 'lei.q.format', $fmt) if defined $fmt;
 		$dst = "$lei->{ovv}->{fmt}:$dst" if $dst !~ m!\Aimaps?://!i;
 		cfg_set($self, 'lei.q.output', $dst);
 		for my $k (qw(only include exclude)) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
index 7ddb1dd0664a4aef36c5fc31fee234841fad6912..9fe4901bc6127a44bffe73a0fdc063aa38587e2b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ 		$lse->query_approxidate($lse->git, $mset_opt->{qstr} = $q);
 	}
 	$lei->{opt}->{output} = $lss->{-cfg}->{'lei.q.output'} //
 		return $lei->fail("lei.q.output unset in $lss->{-f}");
-	$lei->{opt}->{'format'} //= $lss->{-cfg}->{'lei.q.format'}; # optional
 
 	my $to_avref = $lss->{-cfg}->can('_array');
 	for my $k (qw(only include exclude)) {