lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm | 4 +---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
index a2b97798bae9da6298ecc6da6b443092b582f0bc..7c9586a6b65b66cd0443228c21ea17318423053e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ 	my ($self) = @_;
 	$self->{misc} //= PublicInbox::MiscSearch->new("$self->{xpfx}/misc");
 }
 
-sub search { $_[0] } # self
-
 # overrides PublicInbox::Search::_xdb
 sub _xdb {
 	my ($self) = @_;
@@ -126,6 +124,6 @@ *modified = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::modified;
 *recent = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::recent;
 
 *max_git_epoch = *nntp_usable = *msg_by_path = \&mm; # undef
-*isrch = *search;
+*isrch = *search = \&PublicInbox::Search::reopen;
 
 1;