diff --git a/scripts/build-portal-runtime.mjs b/scripts/build-portal-runtime.mjs
index f0ccda5..0ea8ddb 100755
--- a/scripts/build-portal-runtime.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-portal-runtime.mjs
@@ -235,10 +235,6 @@ async function copyMindspacePublicLinkTools() {
     path.join(root, 'scripts', 'repair-mindspace-public-downloads.mjs'),
     path.join(runtimeRoot, 'scripts', 'repair-mindspace-public-downloads.mjs'),
   );
-  await fs.copyFile(
-    path.join(root, 'mindspace-public-finish-sync.mjs'),
-    path.join(runtimeRoot, 'mindspace-public-finish-sync.mjs'),
-  );
 }
 
 async function writeMetadata() {
diff --git a/scripts/repair-mindspace-public-downloads.mjs b/scripts/repair-mindspace-public-downloads.mjs
index 575d0c1..19e6126 100755
--- a/scripts/repair-mindspace-public-downloads.mjs
+++ b/scripts/repair-mindspace-public-downloads.mjs
@@ -1,29 +1,32 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 /**
  * Repair missing public/*.docx download targets before release link checks.
- * 1) sync from oa/ when a safe source exists
- * 2) remove broken docx anchors from HTML when no source is available
+ * Runtime-safe: no imports from the full MindSpace finish-sync graph.
  */
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { syncPublicDocxDownloads } from '../mindspace-public-finish-sync.mjs';
 
 const DOCX_HREF_RE = /<a\b[^>]*\bhref=(["'])([^"']+\.docx)\1[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/a>/gi;
 const DOCX_HREF_CAPTURE_RE = /<a\b[^>]*\bhref=(["'])([^"']+\.docx)\1/gi;
 
-function listMissingDocxTargets(html, publicDir) {
-  const missing = new Set();
+function listDocxHrefBasenames(html) {
+  const basenames = new Set();
   let match = DOCX_HREF_CAPTURE_RE.exec(html);
   while (match) {
-    const docxPath = path.resolve(publicDir, path.basename(String(match[2] ?? '')));
-    if (!fs.existsSync(docxPath)) {
-      missing.add(path.basename(docxPath).toLowerCase());
-    }
+    const base = path.basename(String(match[2] ?? '')).trim();
+    if (base) basenames.add(base);
     match = DOCX_HREF_CAPTURE_RE.exec(html);
   }
   DOCX_HREF_CAPTURE_RE.lastIndex = 0;
-  return [...missing];
+  return [...basenames];
+}
+
+function listMissingDocxTargets(html, publicDir) {
+  return listDocxHrefBasenames(html).filter((basename) => {
+    const docxPath = path.join(publicDir, basename);
+    return !fs.existsSync(docxPath);
+  });
 }
 
 function stripBrokenDocxAnchors(html, missingBasenames) {
@@ -39,23 +42,39 @@ function stripBrokenDocxAnchors(html, missingBasenames) {
   return { html: next, changed };
 }
 
+function tryCopyDocxFromOa(userRoot, publicDir, basename) {
+  const destination = path.join(publicDir, basename);
+  if (fs.existsSync(destination)) return false;
+  const source = path.join(userRoot, 'oa', basename);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(source) || !fs.statSync(source).isFile()) return false;
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(destination), { recursive: true });
+  fs.copyFileSync(source, destination);
+  return true;
+}
+
 export function repairMindspacePublicDownloads({ publishDir } = {}) {
   const root = path.resolve(String(publishDir ?? ''));
   if (!root || !fs.existsSync(root)) {
-    return { synced: [], missing: [], stripped: [] };
+    return { synced: [], stripped: [] };
   }
 
-  const syncResult = syncPublicDocxDownloads({ publishDir: root, minCompleteSize: 1024 });
+  const synced = [];
   const stripped = [];
 
   for (const userDir of fs.readdirSync(root, { withFileTypes: true })) {
     if (!userDir.isDirectory()) continue;
-    const publicDir = path.join(root, userDir.name, 'public');
+    const userRoot = path.join(root, userDir.name);
+    const publicDir = path.join(userRoot, 'public');
     if (!fs.existsSync(publicDir)) continue;
     for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(publicDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
       if (!entry.isFile() || !entry.name.endsWith('.html')) continue;
       const htmlPath = path.join(publicDir, entry.name);
       const html = fs.readFileSync(htmlPath, 'utf8');
+      for (const basename of listDocxHrefBasenames(html)) {
+        if (tryCopyDocxFromOa(userRoot, publicDir, basename)) {
+          synced.push(path.join(userDir.name, 'public', basename));
+        }
+      }
       const missingBasenames = listMissingDocxTargets(html, publicDir);
       const { html: nextHtml, changed } = stripBrokenDocxAnchors(html, missingBasenames);
       if (!changed) continue;
@@ -64,11 +83,7 @@ export function repairMindspacePublicDownloads({ publishDir } = {}) {
     }
   }
 
-  return {
-    synced: syncResult.synced,
-    missing: syncResult.missing,
-    stripped,
-  };
+  return { synced, stripped };
 }
 
 function main() {