lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
index 348621cef0bfd724eb9366d69e9ffd05294def30..6fcc9e90cd42e45d22eee17993bf2edc84fec028 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Xapcmd.pm
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ }
 
 sub run {
 	my ($ibx, $task, $opt) = @_; # task = 'cpdb' or 'compact'
-	my $cb = \&${\"PublicInbox::Xapcmd::$task"};
+	my $cb = \&$task;
 	PublicInbox::Admin::progress_prepare($opt ||= {});
 	defined(my $dir = $ibx->{inboxdir}) or die "no inboxdir defined\n";
 	-d $dir or die "inboxdir=$dir does not exist\n";