lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index 86be9ed49811722bd64f667e002a41c18bdf300b..0e2d225e52e945ecab134aeff3fc5af462b2822f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ 			$ct =~ m!\btext/plain\b!i or return;
 
 			my (@orig, @quot);
 			my $body = $part->body;
-			$part->body_set('');
 			my @lines = split(/\n/, $body);
 			while (defined(my $l = shift @lines)) {
 				if ($l =~ /^>/) {