1 files changed, 3 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index c8334645..a1f6048f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -65,28 +65,11 @@ sub nproc_shards ($) {
  
  sub count_shards ($) {
          my ($self) = @_;
-        my $n = 0;
-        my $xpfx = $self->{xpfx};
-
          # always load existing shards in case core count changes:
          # Also, shard count may change while -watch is running
-        # due to "xcpdb --reshard"
-        if (-d $xpfx) {
-                my $XapianDatabase;
-                foreach my $shard (<$xpfx/*>) {
-                        -d $shard && $shard =~ m!/[0-9]+\z! or next;
-                        $XapianDatabase //= do {
-                                require PublicInbox::Search;
-                                PublicInbox::Search::load_xapian();
-                                $PublicInbox::Search::X{Database};
-                        };
-                        eval {
-                                $XapianDatabase->new($shard)->close;
-                                $n++;
-                        };
-                }
-        }
-        $n;
+        my $srch = $self->{ibx}->search or return 0;
+        delete $self->{ibx}->{search};
+        $srch->{nshard} // 0
  }
  
  sub new {