lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
index 15a72bac663d9791f05e53e382d222b76f95a597..4f550bb08ad23a2ea1fb6dfb3babf7543307d6cb 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ 			$ibx->description;
 			$ibx->base_url;
 		} else {
 			delete $groups->{$ngname};
-			delete $ibx->{newsgroup};
 			# Note: don't be tempted to delete more for memory
 			# savings just yet: NNTP, IMAP, and WWW may all
 			# run in the same process someday.