lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm    | 27 +--------------------------
 lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm |  1 +
 t/search.t                   | 17 -----------------

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 86354b571f88541fe2d271c92c220204a151bf97..a1bae4197e65d5093c6d938d40da474c94a9ad09 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ 	($db->postlist_begin($term), $db->postlist_end($term));
 }
 
 # normalize subjects so they are suitable as pathnames for URLs
+# XXX: consider for removal
 sub subject_path {
 	my $subj = pop;
 	$subj = subject_normalized($subj);
@@ -340,32 +341,6 @@ 	$subj =~ s/\s+\z//s; # no trailing space
 	$subj =~ s/\s+/ /gs; # no redundant spaces
 	$subj =~ s/\.+\z//; # no trailing '.'
 	$subj =~ s/$REPLY_RE//igo; # remove reply prefix
-	$subj;
-}
-
-# for doc data
-sub subject_summary {
-	my $subj = pop;
-	my $max = 68;
-	if (length($subj) > $max) {
-		my @subj = split(/\s+/, $subj);
-		$subj = '';
-		my $l;
-
-		while ($l = shift @subj) {
-			my $new = $subj . $l . ' ';
-			last if length($new) >= $max;
-			$subj = $new;
-		}
-		if ($subj ne '') {
-			my $r = scalar @subj ? ' ...' : '';
-			$subj =~ s/ \z/$r/s;
-		} else {
-			# subject has one REALLY long word, and NOT spam? wtf
-			@subj = ($l =~ /\A(.{1,72})/);
-			$subj = $subj[0] . ' ...';
-		}
-	}
 	$subj;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm
index 5bb00778f1472712d1d609d72bda75125fea3ad0..b8eee6651b47fe748275b37e237f794302311c38 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ 	return $tid if defined $tid;
 	$self->{thread} = _get_term_val($self, 'G', qr/\AG/); # *G*roup
 }
 
+# XXX: consider removing this, we can phrase match subject
 sub path {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	my $path = $self->{path};
diff --git a/t/search.t b/t/search.t
index c16811d8d462806886c5d6f06e54d09c8dd0f6ba..c9c4e3464ce1a1a83ca8d4af1518b0dbb57faeb5 100644
--- a/t/search.t
+++ b/t/search.t
@@ -15,23 +15,6 @@ is(0, system(qw(git init -q --bare), $git_dir), "git init (main)");
 eval { PublicInbox::Search->new($git_dir) };
 ok($@, "exception raised on non-existent DB");
 
-{
-	my $orig = "FOO " x 30;
-	my $summ = PublicInbox::Search::subject_summary($orig);
-
-	$summ = length($summ);
-	$orig = length($orig);
-	ok($summ < $orig && $summ > 0, "summary shortened ($orig => $summ)");
-
-	$orig = "FOO" x 30;
-	$summ = PublicInbox::Search::subject_summary($orig);
-
-	$summ = length($summ);
-	$orig = length($orig);
-	ok($summ < $orig && $summ > 0,
-	   "summary shortened but not empty: $summ");
-}
-
 my $rw = PublicInbox::SearchIdx->new($git_dir, 1);
 $rw->_xdb_acquire;
 $rw->_xdb_release;