lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm        | 4 ++--
 lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
index 9497205488d4f5c1628470bbfe1312163deecaa2..c81aeacd172daf245c3101de98ab3c92be072f06 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ 	$self->close;
 }
 
 sub close {
-	my $self = shift;
+	my $self = $_[0];
 	if (my $env = delete $self->{env}) {
 		delete $env->{'psgix.io'}; # prevent circular references
 	}
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ 	if (my $forward = delete $self->{forward}) {
 		eval { $forward->close };
 		err($self, "forward ->close error: $@") if $@;
 	}
-	$self->SUPER::close(@_);
+	$self->SUPER::close; # PublicInbox::DS::close
 }
 
 # for graceful shutdown in PublicInbox::Daemon:
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm
index bec4933712cf8d240638bfd4db7aa67c6fc970cb..e6df58eb5c348edabf2b106ecb01484133171202 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
 sub event_step { $_[0]->{cb}->(@_) }
 
 sub close {
-	my $self = shift;
+	my $self = $_[0];
 	delete $self->{cb};
-	$self->SUPER::close(@_);
+	$self->SUPER::close;
 
 	# we defer this to the next timer loop since close is deferred
 	if (my $cleanup = delete $self->{cleanup}) {