lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 3 +++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 8cbaac015d4caee8d96d4d65bdf91b300fe23b4c..ee991f809e3a2fcbefb85a52e75ac33f2766b61d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ 		my @io = delete @$self{qw(0 1 2 sock)};
 		unless ($self->{oneshot}) {
 			close($_) for @io;
 		}
+		if (my $cfg = $self->{cfg}) {
+			delete $cfg->{-lei_store};
+		}
 	} else { # worker, Net::NNTP (Net::Cmd) uses STDERR directly
 		open STDERR, '+>&='.fileno($self->{2}) or warn "open $!";
 		delete $self->{0};