lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 1 -
 t/lei.t                | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 2889fa76f9cd2107e9a9f1e6282d0b0aa8ba6c61..7a1df0bbf742570d66de2c33ed1080a4df83982a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ 	my $exit_code;
 	local $quit = sub {
 		$exit_code //= shift;
 		my $listener = $l or exit($exit_code);
-		unlink($path) if defined($path);
 		# closing eof_w triggers \&noop wakeup
 		$eof_w = $l = $path = undef;
 		$listener->close; # DS::close
diff --git a/t/lei.t b/t/lei.t
index 3ebaade6d0b1e534db94b3113d56d0267fe7226f..240735bf7df8b72ff8c04b9e87165937d733c181 100644
--- a/t/lei.t
+++ b/t/lei.t
@@ -237,13 +237,13 @@ 	for (0..100) {
 		kill(0, $pid) or last;
 		tick();
 	}
-	ok(!-S $sock, 'sock gone');
+	ok(-S $sock, 'sock still exists');
 	ok(!kill(0, $pid), 'pid gone after stop');
 
 	ok($lei->(qw(daemon-pid)), 'daemon-pid');
 	chomp(my $new_pid = $out);
 	ok(kill(0, $new_pid), 'new pid is running');
-	ok(-S $sock, 'sock exists again');
+	ok(-S $sock, 'sock still exists');
 
 	for my $sig (qw(-0 -CHLD)) {
 		ok($lei->('daemon-kill', $sig), "handles $sig");