lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm      | 5 -----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index eb228e6bba7fc9089f1793c51a2370815d345c80..f10a9104e789fe82beae8e8a7b98d3ec9932f6c9 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ 	my @delete;
 	for (; $head != $tail; $head++) {
 		my $docid = $head->get_docid;
 		my $doc = $db->get_document($docid);
-		my $smsg = PublicInbox::Smsg->wrap($mid);
+		my $smsg = bless { mid => $mid }, 'PublicInbox::Smsg';
 		$smsg->load_expand($doc);
 		if ($smsg->{blob} eq $oid) {
 			push(@delete, $docid);
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
index 8e2771274a186245473290de36dc700bef9f84c9..446bca81b48637d400983f9721ec683079342632 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ use PublicInbox::Address;
 use PublicInbox::MsgTime qw(msg_timestamp msg_datestamp);
 use Time::Local qw(timegm);
 
-sub wrap {
-	my ($class, $mid) = @_;
-	bless { mid => $mid }, $class;
-}
-
 sub get_val ($$) {
 	my ($doc, $col) = @_;
 	# sortable_unserialise is defined by PublicInbox::Search::load_xapian()