lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index ccfc114f9888a7da1711ab9a582c825470afc913..da443e580eb3a72692d10541690140b53b23314c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 	$self->{-limiters} ||= {};
 	$self->{-code_repos} ||= {}; # nick => PublicInbox::Git object
 
 	if (my $no = delete $self->{'publicinbox.noobfuscate'}) {
-		$no = [ $no ] if ref($no) ne 'ARRAY';
+		$no = _array($no);
 		my @domains;
 		foreach my $n (@$no) {
 			my @n = split(/\s+/, $n);