1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
index a324a652..c2552bf0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ sub do_import_index ($$@) {
          my $sto = $lei->_lei_store(1);
          $sto->write_prepare($lei);
          $self->{-import_kw} = $lei->{opt}->{kw} // 1;
-        my $vmd_mod = $self->vmd_mod_extract(\@inputs);
-        return $lei->fail(join("\n", @{$vmd_mod->{err}})) if $vmd_mod->{err};
-        $self->{all_vmd} = $vmd_mod if scalar keys %$vmd_mod;
+        $self->{all_vmd} = $lei->{vmd_mod} if keys %{$lei->{vmd_mod}};
          $lei->ale; # initialize for workers to read (before LeiPmdir->new)
          $self->{-mail_sync} = $lei->{opt}->{'mail-sync'} // 1;
          $self->prepare_inputs($lei, \@inputs) or return;