lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm | 5 ++---
 lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm | 3 +--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
index 23c5c606502d4a5c53499296ce4722cea65c553c..63a7f996174f1cb96b3d3618adf537ee6dcb0f01 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ 	}
 	$lei->{opt}->{output} = $lss->{-cfg}->{'lei.q.output'} //
 		return $lei->fail("lei.q.output unset in $lss->{-f}");
 
-	my $to_avref = $lss->{-cfg}->can('_array');
 	for my $k (qw(only include exclude)) {
-		my $v = $lss->{-cfg}->{"lei.q.$k"} // next;
-		$lei->{opt}->{$k} = $to_avref->($v);
+		my $v = $lss->{-cfg}->get_all("lei.q.$k") // next;
+		$lei->{opt}->{$k} = $v;
 	}
 	for my $k (qw(external local remote
 			import-remote import-before threads)) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
index 05956cbb48486e60faa3d17740c2e5cf7ee17434..86dae91fd65149849966f3b6e7c968be3930289e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ 	# "publicinboxlearn" is legacy but may be supported
 	# indefinitely...
 	foreach my $pfx (qw(publicinboxwatch publicinboxlearn)) {
 		my $k = "$pfx.watchspam";
-		defined(my $dirs = $cfg->{$k}) or next;
-		$dirs = PublicInbox::Config::_array($dirs);
+		my $dirs = $cfg->get_all($k) // next;
 		for my $dir (@$dirs) {
 			my $uri;
 			if (is_maildir($dir)) {