diff --git a/packages/loopover-mcp/lib/local-branch.js b/packages/loopover-mcp/lib/local-branch.js
index 1faa522417..58bf125b4f 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-mcp/lib/local-branch.js
+++ b/packages/loopover-mcp/lib/local-branch.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { realpathSync } from "node:fs";
-import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, relative, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { isAbsolute, join, relative, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { isCodeFile, isTestPath as isTestFile } from "@loopover/engine/signals/test-evidence";
 import { redactLocalPath } from "./redact-local-path.js";
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import { redactLocalPath } from "./redact-local-path.js";
 export { isCodeFile, isTestFile };
 export { redactLocalPath };
 
-const packageRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
-
 function stripTrailingSlashes(value) {
   let end = value.length;
   while (end > 0 && value.charCodeAt(end - 1) === 47) end -= 1;
@@ -201,12 +199,6 @@ export function resolveScorePreviewCommand(input = {}) {
   return undefined;
 }
 
-export function referenceScorePreviewCommand(kind = "metadata") {
-  const script = kind === "gittensor" ? "gittensor-score-preview.py" : "gittensor-score-preview.mjs";
-  const interpreter = kind === "gittensor" ? "python3" : "node";
-  return `${interpreter} ${join(packageRoot, "scripts", script)}`;
-}
-
 export function referenceScorePreviewExample(kind = "metadata") {
   const script = kind === "gittensor" ? "gittensor-score-preview.py" : "gittensor-score-preview.mjs";
   const interpreter = kind === "gittensor" ? "python3" : "node";
diff --git a/test/unit/local-scorer-adapter.test.ts b/test/unit/local-scorer-adapter.test.ts
index 4a74f40fc3..58ea8ccd61 100644
--- a/test/unit/local-scorer-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/local-scorer-adapter.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ function fixtureCommand(name: string) {
   return `node ${join(process.cwd(), "test/fixtures/local-scorer", name)}`;
 }
 
+// Points at the real bundled scorer script the package ships, so this test exercises it end to end.
+// Lives here (not exported from lib/local-branch.js) since this test is its only real caller (#6259) --
+// production guidance text always uses the intentionally generic, path-redacted referenceScorePreviewExample.
+function packagedScorerCommand(kind: "metadata" | "gittensor" = "metadata") {
+  const script = kind === "gittensor" ? "gittensor-score-preview.py" : "gittensor-score-preview.mjs";
+  const interpreter = kind === "gittensor" ? "python3" : "node";
+  return `${interpreter} ${join(process.cwd(), "packages/loopover-mcp/scripts", script)}`;
+}
+
 describe("local scorer adapter", () => {
   const metadata = {
     repoFullName: "entrius/allways-ui",
@@ -96,8 +105,8 @@ describe("local scorer adapter", () => {
 
   it("runs the packaged reference scorer against metadata only", async () => {
     // @ts-expect-error package helper is plain JS because the local wrapper ships as a Node bin package.
-    const { referenceScorePreviewCommand, runExternalScorePreview } = await import("../../packages/loopover-mcp/lib/local-branch.js");
-    const result = runExternalScorePreview(metadata, referenceScorePreviewCommand("metadata"));
+    const { runExternalScorePreview } = await import("../../packages/loopover-mcp/lib/local-branch.js");
+    const result = runExternalScorePreview(metadata, packagedScorerCommand("metadata"));
     expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
     expect(result.payload).toMatchObject({
       sourceTokenScore: expect.any(Number),