lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm       | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm | 6 +++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index f3e80113ed7042e7332fb307653825fbd8e3314f..8a14ace486bc9c0deee84cecc9684dfab488b060 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ 		}
 	}
 }
 
-sub lazy_cb ($$$) {
+sub lazy_cb ($$$) { # $pfx is _complete_ or lei_
 	my ($self, $cmd, $pfx) = @_;
 	my $ucmd = $cmd;
 	$ucmd =~ tr/-/_/;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
index 0df377244ba9afab728dfe4f1100ed7b17f02dfc..b27452956e235767c6a1a0a7f139eb94c44101bf 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ 	} elsif (!$mrr->{dry_run} && !unlink($f)) {
 		warn("unlink($f): $!\n") unless $!{ENOENT};
 	} else {
 		if (!$mrr->{dry_run} && $lei->{cmd} ne 'public-inbox-clone') {
-			# calls _finish_add_external
-			$lei->lazy_cb('add-external', '_finish_'
-					)->($lei, $mrr->{dst});
+			require PublicInbox::LeiAddExternal;
+			PublicInbox::LeiAddExternal::_finish_add_external(
+							$lei, $mrr->{dst});
 		}
 		$lei->qerr("# mirrored $mrr->{src} => $mrr->{dst}");
 	}