lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm
index fb7a45e733d084d6e47eeec056ffca6068c43f03..6d5b57eebc2e5c31db1496e982b41097f8e415fa 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ sub eidx_manifest_add ($$$) {
 	my ($ctx, $ALL, $ibx) = @_;
 	if (my $data = $ALL->misc->inbox_data($ibx)) {
 		$data = $json->decode($data);
+		delete $data->{''}; # private
 		while (my ($url_path, $ent) = each %$data) {
 			inject_entry($ctx, $url_path, $ent);
 		}