lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm | 4 ++++
 lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm        | 2 +-
 script/public-inbox-edit         | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
index c73910acb30a754329bf5ce58e998a8775642b3f..d83912511451af8f5b14fc295616c88faa43ef1c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
@@ -257,4 +257,8 @@ 	my $umask = _umask_for($perm);
 	$self->{umask} = $umask;
 }
 
+sub cleanup ($) {
+	delete @{$_[0]}{qw(over mm git search)};
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
index c807bf1014aef78d63f814ed17b4d7ead2840b00..77f0524e2b9a0fc42d67e935bc9309c735489d8f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ 			prepare_reindex($ibx, $im, $reindex);
 			$im->lock_release;
 		}
 
-		delete($ibx->{$_}) for (qw(mm over search)); # cleanup
+		$ibx->cleanup;
 		process_queue(\@q, $cb, $max, $opt);
 		$im->lock_acquire if !$opt->{-coarse_lock};
 		commit_changes($ibx, $im, $tmp, $opt);
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-edit b/script/public-inbox-edit
index b437b3c0ac1f23c3408bb33e384b61623d5cea7c..1900b267fbaed598867dfd66917bad778a0c207f 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-edit
+++ b/script/public-inbox-edit
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ 			my $cid = content_id($mime);
 			my $tuple = [ $ibx, $smsg ];
 			push @{$found->{$cid} ||= []}, $tuple
 		}
-		delete @$ibx{qw(over mm git search)}; # cleanup
+		PublicInbox::InboxWritable::cleanup($ibx);
 	}
 	$found;
 }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ 	$edit_fh->autoflush(1);
 	my $edit_fn = $edit_fh->filename;
 	my ($ibx, $smsg) = @{$to_edit->[0]};
 	my $old_raw = $ibx->msg_by_smsg($smsg);
-	delete @$ibx{qw(over mm git search)}; # cleanup
+	PublicInbox::InboxWritable::cleanup($ibx);
 
 	my $tmp = $$old_raw;
 	if (!$opt->{raw}) {