lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
index 999ddd1cb239cefe57eaaaa70e866f30a311ac32..81e2f1017e854c294922a78c3fba9e5f29bcce1f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 	which($cmd->[0]) or die "$cmd->[0] not found in PATH\n";
 	$ibx->umask_prepare;
 	my $old = $ibx->search->xdir(1);
 	-d $old or die "$old does not exist\n";
-	my $new = tempdir($cmd->[0].'-XXXXXXXX', CLEANUP => 1, DIR => $dir);
+	my $new = tempdir($cmd->[0].'-XXXXXXXX', DIR => $dir);
 	my $v = $ibx->{version} || 1;
 	my @cmds;
 	if ($v == 1) {