1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
index 7af0ad90..dd689221 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
@@ -70,12 +70,8 @@ sub new {
                  delete $opts->{feedmax};
          }
          # allow any combination of multi-line or comma-delimited hide entries
-        my $hide = {};
-        if (defined(my $h = $opts->{hide})) {
-                foreach my $v (@$h) {
-                        $hide->{$_} = 1 foreach (split(/\s*,\s*/, $v));
-                }
-                $opts->{-hide} = $hide;
+        for $v (@{delete($opts->{hide}) // []}) {
+                $opts->{-'hide_'.$_} = 1 for split(/\s*,\s*/, $v);
          }
          bless $opts, $class;
  }