diff --git a/src/mu-store-xapian.cc b/src/mu-store-xapian.cc
index 2a5e2f7c..8d1dd268 100644
--- a/src/mu-store-xapian.cc
+++ b/src/mu-store-xapian.cc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ mu_store_xapian_new  (const char* path)
 			(path,Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN);
 
 		/* keep count of processed docs */
-		store->_transaction_size = 10000; /* default */
+		store->_transaction_size = 1000; /* default */
 		store->_in_transaction = false;
 		store->_processed = 0;
 
@@ -76,19 +76,6 @@ mu_store_xapian_new  (const char* path)
 }
 
 
-void
-mu_store_xapian_tune (MuStoreXapian *store,
-			unsigned int transaction_size)
-{
-	g_return_if_fail (store);
-
-	if (transaction_size) {
-		g_message ("tune: setting xapian transaction size to %u",
-			   transaction_size);
-		store->_transaction_size = transaction_size;
-	}
-}
-
 
 void
 mu_store_xapian_destroy (MuStoreXapian *store)
diff --git a/src/mu-store-xapian.h b/src/mu-store-xapian.h
index 887fc08c..7d85e9a4 100644
--- a/src/mu-store-xapian.h
+++ b/src/mu-store-xapian.h
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ struct _MuStoreXapian;
 typedef struct _MuStoreXapian MuStoreXapian;
 
 MuStoreXapian*    mu_store_xapian_new     (const char* path);
-void              mu_store_xapian_tune    (MuStoreXapian *store,
-					     unsigned int transaction_size);
+
 void              mu_store_xapian_destroy (MuStoreXapian *store);
 MuResult	  mu_store_xapian_store   (MuStoreXapian *store,
 					     MuMsgGMime *msg);