diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/gamepad.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/gamepad.rs
index 67446303..fdd7a990 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/gamepad.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/gamepad.rs
@@ -21,38 +21,11 @@ const MAGIC_CONTROLLER_ARRIVAL: u32 = 0x5500_0004;
 // the platform-neutral injectors, so they live in `core::input` (below both) rather than here.
 use punktfunk_core::input::{GamepadEvent, GamepadFrame};
 
-// GameStream's `buttonFlags | buttonFlags2 << 16` layout (Limelight.h) is bit-identical to
-// punktfunk's native gamepad wire, so source these from the single point of truth in `punktfunk_core`
-// instead of re-declaring the values (the two drifted while separately hand-typed: the click bits
-// were named `BTN_LS_CLK`/`BTN_RS_CLK` here vs the core `…_CLICK`). `decode` merges the two 16-bit
-// halves into `buttons` raw; these names exist for the uinput injector's button map + hat math. The
-// extended touchpad-click / Share bits (`BTN_TOUCHPAD` / `BTN_MISC1`) ride `buttons` too but are
-// consumed straight from `punktfunk_core` by the DualSense/DS4 protos, so they aren't re-named here.
-//
-// These are `pub const` aliases rather than a `pub use` re-export on purpose: on Windows the sole
-// consumer (the Linux uinput map) is cfg'd out, and an unused re-export lints as an error there,
-// whereas an unused `pub const` does not. The values still come only from core, so they can't drift;
-// the exact wire values are pinned by `native.rs::gamepad_wire_bits_are_pinned`.
-use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as wire;
-pub const BTN_DPAD_UP: u32 = wire::BTN_DPAD_UP;
-pub const BTN_DPAD_DOWN: u32 = wire::BTN_DPAD_DOWN;
-pub const BTN_DPAD_LEFT: u32 = wire::BTN_DPAD_LEFT;
-pub const BTN_DPAD_RIGHT: u32 = wire::BTN_DPAD_RIGHT;
-pub const BTN_START: u32 = wire::BTN_START;
-pub const BTN_BACK: u32 = wire::BTN_BACK;
-pub const BTN_LS_CLICK: u32 = wire::BTN_LS_CLICK;
-pub const BTN_RS_CLICK: u32 = wire::BTN_RS_CLICK;
-pub const BTN_LB: u32 = wire::BTN_LB;
-pub const BTN_RB: u32 = wire::BTN_RB;
-pub const BTN_GUIDE: u32 = wire::BTN_GUIDE;
-pub const BTN_A: u32 = wire::BTN_A;
-pub const BTN_B: u32 = wire::BTN_B;
-pub const BTN_X: u32 = wire::BTN_X;
-pub const BTN_Y: u32 = wire::BTN_Y;
-pub const BTN_PADDLE1: u32 = wire::BTN_PADDLE1;
-pub const BTN_PADDLE2: u32 = wire::BTN_PADDLE2;
-pub const BTN_PADDLE3: u32 = wire::BTN_PADDLE3;
-pub const BTN_PADDLE4: u32 = wire::BTN_PADDLE4;
+// The `BTN_*` button bitmask and axis ids live in `punktfunk_core::input::gamepad` — GameStream's
+// `buttonFlags | buttonFlags2 << 16` layout (Limelight.h) is bit-identical to punktfunk's native
+// gamepad wire, so the injector button map + hat math source them straight from core (the single
+// point of truth). `decode` below merges the two 16-bit halves into `buttons` raw; the exact wire
+// values are pinned by `native.rs::gamepad_wire_bits_are_pinned`.
 
 /// Decode one decrypted control plaintext into a controller event, if it is one. Mouse,
 /// keyboard, keepalives etc. yield `None` (they're handled by [`super::input::decode`]).
@@ -114,6 +87,7 @@ pub fn rumble_plaintext(index: u16, low: u16, high: u16) -> Vec<u8> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::{BTN_A, BTN_RB};
 
     fn wrap(magic: u32, body: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
         let mut inp = Vec::new();
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/gamepad.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/gamepad.rs
index d714adc7..a357251c 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/gamepad.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/gamepad.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 // Every `unsafe` block in this file carries a `// SAFETY:` proof; enforce it (unsafe-proof program).
 #![deny(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
 
-use crate::gamestream::gamepad;
 use crate::inject::pad_slots::PadSlots;
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
-use punktfunk_core::input::{GamepadFrame, MAX_PADS};
+use punktfunk_core::input::{gamepad, GamepadFrame, MAX_PADS};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, OwnedFd};
 use std::time::Instant;
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/native.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/native.rs
index 7078c1fc..537c5423 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/native.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/native.rs
@@ -1449,38 +1449,38 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    /// Freeze the gamepad wire contract: every button bit + axis id pinned to its exact value, read
-    /// through the GameStream namespace (`crate::gamestream::gamepad`, which re-exports
-    /// `punktfunk_core::input::gamepad` — the punktfunk/1 native wire and the GameStream/Limelight
-    /// wire are one and the same). Renumbering a bit in core, or dropping one from that re-export,
+    /// Freeze the gamepad wire contract: every button bit + axis id pinned to its exact value in
+    /// `punktfunk_core::input::gamepad` — the single source both the punktfunk/1 native wire and the
+    /// GameStream/Limelight wire read from (they are one and the same). Renumbering a bit in core
     /// silently breaks every already-shipped client, so it must fail here first. This is the host
     /// counterpart to the client-side C-ABI cross-checks in the Apple/Android gamepad tests.
     #[test]
     fn gamepad_wire_bits_are_pinned() {
-        use crate::gamestream::gamepad as gm;
         use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as pf;
-        // buttonFlags — low 16 bits, named via the GameStream re-export the injectors use.
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_DPAD_UP, 0x0000_0001);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_DPAD_DOWN, 0x0000_0002);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_DPAD_LEFT, 0x0000_0004);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_DPAD_RIGHT, 0x0000_0008);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_START, 0x0000_0010);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_BACK, 0x0000_0020);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_LS_CLICK, 0x0000_0040);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_RS_CLICK, 0x0000_0080);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_LB, 0x0000_0100);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_RB, 0x0000_0200);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_GUIDE, 0x0000_0400);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_A, 0x0000_1000);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_B, 0x0000_2000);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_X, 0x0000_4000);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_Y, 0x0000_8000);
-        // buttonFlags2 — high 16 bits: back-grip paddles (re-exported), plus the touchpad-click /
-        // Share bits the DualSense/DS4 protos consume straight from core.
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_PADDLE1, 0x0001_0000);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_PADDLE2, 0x0002_0000);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_PADDLE3, 0x0004_0000);
-        assert_eq!(gm::BTN_PADDLE4, 0x0008_0000);
+        // buttonFlags — low 16 bits. The injectors now name these straight from core::input::gamepad
+        // (the GameStream junk-drawer aliases were removed in the pf-inject un-coupling), so this pins
+        // core directly.
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_DPAD_UP, 0x0000_0001);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_DPAD_DOWN, 0x0000_0002);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_DPAD_LEFT, 0x0000_0004);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_DPAD_RIGHT, 0x0000_0008);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_START, 0x0000_0010);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_BACK, 0x0000_0020);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_LS_CLICK, 0x0000_0040);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_RS_CLICK, 0x0000_0080);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_LB, 0x0000_0100);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_RB, 0x0000_0200);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_GUIDE, 0x0000_0400);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_A, 0x0000_1000);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_B, 0x0000_2000);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_X, 0x0000_4000);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_Y, 0x0000_8000);
+        // buttonFlags2 — high 16 bits: back-grip paddles, plus the touchpad-click / Share bits the
+        // DualSense/DS4 protos consume.
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_PADDLE1, 0x0001_0000);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_PADDLE2, 0x0002_0000);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_PADDLE3, 0x0004_0000);
+        assert_eq!(pf::BTN_PADDLE4, 0x0008_0000);
         assert_eq!(pf::BTN_TOUCHPAD, 0x0010_0000);
         assert_eq!(pf::BTN_MISC1, 0x0020_0000);
         // Axis ids — dense, 0-based.