1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-index b/script/public-inbox-index
index c68f9224..0fdfddc0 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-index
+++ b/script/public-inbox-index
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ for my $ei_name (@$update_extindex) {
          } else {
                  die "extindex `$ei_name' not configured or found\n";
          }
+        my $o = { %$opt };
+        delete $o->{indexlevel} if ($o->{indexlevel}//'') eq 'basic';
          $eidx_seen{$topdir} //=
-                push(@eidx, PublicInbox::ExtSearchIdx->new($topdir, $opt));
+                push(@eidx, PublicInbox::ExtSearchIdx->new($topdir, $o));
  }
  my $mods = {};
  my @eidx_unconfigured;