lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index eca2b0f553da802821c25438b143f19e0bfab1bd..4e014f4ec1214664b37add315fe1f6eef71a8175 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@
 sub _enquire_once {
 	my ($self, $query, $opts) = @_;
 	my $enquire = enquire($self);
-	$query = Search::Xapian::Query->new(OP_AND,$query);
 	$enquire->set_query($query);
 	$opts ||= {};
         my $desc = !$opts->{asc};