diff --git a/config/build/env_vars.yaml b/config/build/env_vars.yaml
index 2db8e7f..ad05e4e 100644
--- a/config/build/env_vars.yaml
+++ b/config/build/env_vars.yaml
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ defaults:
   NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"   # Writable cache dir for numba
   MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"       # Writable config dir for matplotlib
 
-overrides:
-  # (Removed the dead `howtogalaxy/` + `guides/` PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS-unset
-  # workarounds: they matched no files here, and the tutorials now use
-  # `ag.util.dataset.should_simulate` which deletes + re-simulates stale data
-  # under the cap, so the chapters run correctly at 16x16.)
-  # guides/results/start_here.py must produce real samples so the example
-  # scripts that read from `output/results_folder` afterwards
-  # (data_fitting, queries, models, samples_via_aggregator) find a
-  # non-empty aggregator. Covers all scripts under guides/results/.
-  - pattern: "guides/results/"
-    unset: [PYAUTO_TEST_MODE, PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT]
+# (Removed the dead `howtogalaxy/` + `guides/` PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS-unset
+# workarounds: they matched no files here, and the tutorials now use
+# `ag.util.dataset.should_simulate` which deletes + re-simulates stale data
+# under the cap, so the chapters run correctly at 16x16.)
+#
+# 2026-07-23: the last remaining override, `guides/results/`, was removed for
+# the same reason — it is an autogalaxy_workspace path copied in from that
+# repo's env_vars.yaml. HowToGalaxy contains only chapter_*/tutorial_*.py, so
+# it never matched a file here. Do not copy override patterns between repos; a
+# pattern that matches nothing is silently inert, not an override. The list is
+# now empty, and `overrides: []` is written explicitly because env_config.py
+# reads `.get("overrides", [])` — a bare `overrides:` key would load as None
+# and raise on iteration.
+overrides: []
diff --git a/config/build/no_run.yaml b/config/build/no_run.yaml
index e55f9a4..7b64039 100644
--- a/config/build/no_run.yaml
+++ b/config/build/no_run.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 #   - Entries without '/' match the file stem exactly
 # Add an inline # comment to document the reason for skipping.
 #
+# THIS LIST IS REPO-LOCAL. Do not copy entries from autogalaxy_workspace (or any
+# other repo) into it. HowToGalaxy contains only chapter_*/tutorial_*.py, so a
+# workspace path such as `gui/mask` or `guides/results/start_here` can never
+# match here; it is silently inert, not a skip. In July 2026 this file had
+# accumulated 15 such entries against 1 real one. Every entry below must match a
+# file in THIS repo — verify with `should_skip` in
+# PyAutoHands/autobuild/build_util.py before adding one.
+#
 # SLOW-skip convention:
 #   Entries tagged `# SLOW <YYYY-MM-DD> - <reason>` mark scripts that are
 #   skipped because they exceed the per-script timeout cap (300s by
@@ -19,18 +27,3 @@
 #   the NEEDS_FIX marker.
 
 - tutorial_searches
-- guides/results/start_here # SLOW 2026-04-10 - exceeds 60s test timeout; unsets TEST_MODE to produce real samples for downstream examples
-- guides/results/examples/galaxies_fit # SLOW 2026-04-10 - exceeds 60s test timeout; unsets TEST_MODE for downstream examples
-- guides/results/examples/samples # SLOW 2026-04-10 - exceeds 60s test timeout; unsets TEST_MODE for downstream examples
-- guides/results/examples/models # SLOW 2026-04-10 - cascade from SLOW-skipped results/start_here.py; aggregator returns NoneType so instance.galaxies is None
-- guides/results/workflow/csv_make # SLOW 2026-04-10 - exceeds 60s test timeout; unsets TEST_MODE for downstream examples
-- guides/results/database/start_here # SLOW 2026-04-10 - previously failed fast on a broken aggregator query; now runs the real aggregator and exceeds 60s
-- gui/light_centre # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/mask_extra_galaxies # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/mask # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/extra_galaxies_centres # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- fits_make # Test mode does not output .fits images.
-- png_make # Test mode does not output .png images.
-- examples/searches # Test mode breaks search visualization.
-- data_fitting # Test mode breaks .fits file output
-- ellipse/database # Ellipse model needs refactor and JAX support