lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm | 7 +------
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm  | 7 +++++++
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiTag.pm    | 7 +------

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
index 575cf125803cd63dbc4a048535d0184334550782..394138b49c41be27af34fe9078aca180be5805f4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ 	$vmd->{sync_info} = [ $url, $uid ] if $self->{-mail_sync};
 	input_eml_cb($self, $eml, $vmd);
 }
 
-sub net_merge_all_done { # callback used by LeiAuth
-	my ($self) = @_;
-	$self->wq_io_do('process_inputs');
-	$self->wq_close(1);
-}
-
 sub lei_import { # the main "lei import" method
 	my ($lei, @inputs) = @_;
 	my $sto = $lei->_lei_store(1);
@@ -99,6 +93,7 @@ }
 
 no warnings 'once';
 *ipc_atfork_child = \&PublicInbox::LeiInput::input_only_atfork_child;
+*net_merge_all_done = \&PublicInbox::LeiInput::input_only_net_merge_all_done;
 
 # the following works even when LeiAuth is lazy-loaded
 *net_merge_all = \&PublicInbox::LeiAuth::net_merge_all;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
index 9bcc86e1cacf77c1b18f0302fc2b788bbd4123bc..917f682ba97961c2d35e20935d0e8b69926fd1f9 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
@@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ 	$lei->{auth}->do_auth_atfork($self) if $lei->{auth};
 	undef;
 }
 
+# alias this as "net_merge_all_done" to use as an LeiAuth callback
+sub input_only_net_merge_all_done {
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	$self->wq_io_do('process_inputs');
+	$self->wq_close(1);
+}
+
 # like Getopt::Long, but for +kw:FOO and -kw:FOO to prepare
 # for update_xvmd -> update_vmd
 sub vmd_mod_extract {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiTag.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiTag.pm
index 2170e3f2e7de196723715f7f322fdab75aaa4d13..6025c93e0b94675e65bed876c688425b42f84eb2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiTag.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiTag.pm
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ }
 
 sub input_mbox_cb { input_eml_cb($_[1], $_[0]) }
 
-sub net_merge_all_done { # callback used by LeiAuth
-	my ($self) = @_;
-	$self->wq_io_do('process_inputs');
-	$self->wq_close(1);
-}
-
 sub input_maildir_cb { # maildir_each_eml cb
 	my ($f, $kw, $eml, $self) = @_;
 	input_eml_cb($self, $eml);
@@ -117,5 +111,6 @@ }
 
 no warnings 'once'; # the following works even when LeiAuth is lazy-loaded
 *net_merge_all = \&PublicInbox::LeiAuth::net_merge_all;
+*net_merge_all_done = \&PublicInbox::LeiInput::input_only_net_merge_all_done;
 
 1;