lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 05c679c9a6b3f4386c55d1e52411bc6a985f4002..ffd19a1f238e690bd4da78590ea6698bcbeed7c2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ 	my ($self, $query_string, $opts) = @_;
 	$opts ||= {};
 	my $qp = $self->{qp} //= qparse_new($self);
 	my $query = $qp->parse_query($query_string, $self->{qp_flags});
-	$opts->{relevance} = 1 unless exists $opts->{relevance};
 	_do_enquire($self, $query, $opts);
 }