} else { # ->purge or ->remove
                                $self->{mm}->num_delete($num);
                        }
-                       unindex_oid_remote($self, $oid, $mid);
+                       unindex_oid_aux($self, $oid, $mid);
                }
        }
 
                }
 
                # last_commit is special, don't commit these until
-               # remote shards are done:
+               # Xapian shards are done:
                $dbh->begin_work;
                set_last_commits($self);
                $dbh->commit;
        $regen_max + $self->{mm}->num_highwater() || 0;
 }
 
-sub unindex_oid_remote ($$$) {
+sub unindex_oid_aux ($$$) {
        my ($self, $oid, $mid) = @_;
        my @removed = $self->{oidx}->remove_oid($oid, $mid);
        for my $num (@removed) {
                        }
                        $mm->num_delete($num);
                }
-               unindex_oid_remote($self, $oid, $mid);
+               unindex_oid_aux($self, $oid, $mid);
        }
 }