diff --git a/hermes_cli/cli_voice_mixin.py b/hermes_cli/cli_voice_mixin.py
index 8f704f563d..8f2b0ebfb9 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/cli_voice_mixin.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/cli_voice_mixin.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class CLIVoiceMixin:
                 # Fail-closed echo guard: playback-phase capture has no echo cancellation, so
                 # a close match for what Hermes just spoke is speaker bleed, not a user turn.
                 if getattr(self, "_voice_barge_phase", None) == "playback":
-                    from tools.voice_mode import is_tts_echo
+                    from tools.voice_mode_transcript import is_tts_echo
                     if is_tts_echo(transcript, getattr(self, "_voice_last_tts_text", "")):
                         logger.debug(
                             "Dropping playback-phase barge transcript as TTS echo: %r", transcript)
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ class CLIVoiceMixin:
         _cprint(f"  {_DIM}{self._voice_record_key_label()} to start/stop recording{_RST}")
         # Spoken-stop hint from voice.stop_phrases (first entry); "" when disabled.
         try:
-            from tools.voice_mode import voice_stop_hint
+            from tools.voice_mode_transcript import voice_stop_hint
             _stop_hint = voice_stop_hint()
         except Exception:
             _stop_hint = ""
diff --git a/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py b/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
index aebd9bb885..fdab36972d 100644
--- a/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
@@ -1802,10 +1802,12 @@ def test_voice_toggle_on_carries_stop_hint(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setitem(
         sys.modules,
         "tools.voice_mode",
-        types.SimpleNamespace(
-            check_voice_requirements=lambda: {"available": True, "details": ""},
-            voice_stop_hint=lambda: 'Say "halt" to end the voice chat.',
-        ),
+        types.SimpleNamespace(check_voice_requirements=lambda: {"available": True, "details": ""}),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setitem(
+        sys.modules,
+        "tools.voice_mode_transcript",
+        types.SimpleNamespace(voice_stop_hint=lambda: 'Say "halt" to end the voice chat.'),
     )
     monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_VOICE", "0")
 
@@ -1817,11 +1819,8 @@ def test_voice_toggle_on_carries_stop_hint(monkeypatch):
     # Disabled stop phrases → empty hint, clients show nothing.
     monkeypatch.setitem(
         sys.modules,
-        "tools.voice_mode",
-        types.SimpleNamespace(
-            check_voice_requirements=lambda: {"available": True, "details": ""},
-            voice_stop_hint=lambda: "",
-        ),
+        "tools.voice_mode_transcript",
+        types.SimpleNamespace(voice_stop_hint=lambda: ""),
     )
     on_resp = _dispatch_sync(
         {"id": "voice-on2", "method": "voice.toggle", "params": {"action": "on"}}
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py b/tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py
index 3e9914eb0c..d0ed71d1ed 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class TestTypedVoiceStop:
         # Hermetic: don't let a dev machine's voice.stop_phrases config
         # change which utterances count as a stop phrase.
         monkeypatch.setattr(
-            "tools.voice_mode._load_voice_stop_phrases", lambda: ("stop",)
+            "tools.voice_mode_transcript._load_voice_stop_phrases", lambda: ("stop",)
         )
 
     def test_typed_stop_ends_voice_chat_when_voice_on(self):
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_voice_stop_phrase.py b/tests/tools/test_voice_stop_phrase.py
index 02af9e7e49..ebd40e60ca 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_voice_stop_phrase.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_voice_stop_phrase.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
-from tools.voice_mode import (
+from tools.voice_mode_transcript import (
     DEFAULT_VOICE_STOP_PHRASES,
     _load_voice_stop_phrases,
     is_voice_stop_phrase,
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ class TestVoiceStopHint:
     """The 'Say "stop" to end the voice chat.' hint shown on voice-mode start."""
 
     def test_default_phrase(self):
-        with patch("tools.voice_mode._load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=("stop",)):
+        with patch("tools.voice_mode_transcript._load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=("stop",)):
             assert voice_stop_hint() == 'Say "stop" to end the voice chat.'
 
 
     def test_disabled_phrases_show_no_hint(self):
-        with patch("tools.voice_mode._load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=()):
+        with patch("tools.voice_mode_transcript._load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=()):
             assert voice_stop_hint() == ""
 
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TestIsVoiceStopPhrase:
 
 
     def test_uses_config_when_phrases_omitted(self):
-        with patch("tools.voice_mode._load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=("halt",)):
+        with patch("tools.voice_mode_transcript._load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=("halt",)):
             assert is_voice_stop_phrase("halt") is True
             assert is_voice_stop_phrase("stop") is False
 
@@ -185,9 +185,10 @@ class TestStopPhraseSurvivesHallucinationFilter:
 
     def _transcribe(self, text, phrases):
         import tools.voice_mode as vm
+        import tools.voice_mode_transcript as vmt
 
         with patch.object(
-            vm, "_load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=tuple(phrases)
+            vmt, "_load_voice_stop_phrases", return_value=tuple(phrases)
         ), patch(
             "tools.transcription_tools.transcribe_audio",
             return_value={"success": True, "transcript": text},
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_voice_tts_echo_guard.py b/tests/tools/test_voice_tts_echo_guard.py
index 5ae992165b..db7f24feb4 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_voice_tts_echo_guard.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_voice_tts_echo_guard.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Contract:
     instead of queuing it as the next user turn.
 """
 
-from tools.voice_mode import is_tts_echo
+from tools.voice_mode_transcript import is_tts_echo
 
 
 class TestIsTtsEcho:
diff --git a/tools/transcription_common.py b/tools/transcription_common.py
index f0f74ccbba..95b491e3ce 100644
--- a/tools/transcription_common.py
+++ b/tools/transcription_common.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 import os
-import subprocess  # noqa: F401  (type annotation only)
+import subprocess
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from tools.tts_command_provider import _get_provider_section as _get_stt_section
diff --git a/tools/voice_mode.py b/tools/voice_mode.py
index 1e6ebecaac..8d50615433 100644
--- a/tools/voice_mode.py
+++ b/tools/voice_mode.py
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-from tools.voice_mode_transcript import (  # noqa: F401 - re-exported; tests patch tools.voice_mode.<name>
-    _voice_config, WHISPER_HALLUCINATIONS, _HALLUCINATION_REPEAT_RE, is_whisper_hallucination,
-    DEFAULT_VOICE_STOP_PHRASES, _load_voice_stop_phrases, is_voice_stop_phrase,
-    DEFAULT_TTS_ECHO_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD, MIN_FRAGMENT_LENGTH_FOR_ECHO, _normalize_for_echo_compare,
-    is_tts_echo, voice_stop_hint,
-)
+from tools.voice_mode_transcript import _voice_config, is_voice_stop_phrase, is_whisper_hallucination
 from hermes_constants import is_termux as _is_termux_environment
 
 # ── Recording parameters ──
diff --git a/tools/voice_mode_transcript.py b/tools/voice_mode_transcript.py
index f9d5319054..ceb98543ef 100644
--- a/tools/voice_mode_transcript.py
+++ b/tools/voice_mode_transcript.py
@@ -56,19 +56,12 @@ def _load_voice_stop_phrases() -> tuple:
     return DEFAULT_VOICE_STOP_PHRASES
 
 
-def _configured_stop_phrases() -> tuple:
-    """Resolve ``_load_voice_stop_phrases`` through ``tools.voice_mode`` so
-    ``patch("tools.voice_mode._load_voice_stop_phrases")`` still takes effect."""
-    from tools import voice_mode as _vm
-    return _vm._load_voice_stop_phrases()
-
-
 def is_voice_stop_phrase(transcript: str, stop_phrases: Optional[tuple] = None) -> bool:
     """True when *transcript* is EXACTLY a configured stop phrase. Deliberately strict: the whole
     utterance — lowercased, surrounding punctuation stripped — must equal a phrase, so "stop doing
     that and try again" still reaches the agent. ``voice.stop_phrases: []`` disables."""
     cleaned = transcript.strip().lower().strip(".,!?;: \t\n\"'") if transcript else ""
-    return bool(cleaned) and cleaned in (_configured_stop_phrases() if stop_phrases is None else stop_phrases)
+    return bool(cleaned) and cleaned in (_load_voice_stop_phrases() if stop_phrases is None else stop_phrases)
 
 
 # Similarity ratio (difflib.SequenceMatcher) above which a playback-phase barge transcript
@@ -113,5 +106,5 @@ def voice_stop_hint() -> str:
     """One-line 'Say "stop" to end the voice chat.' hint for voice-mode start, using the first
     ``voice.stop_phrases`` entry ("" when disabled). Every surface announcing voice-mode start
     (CLI, TUI, desktop) uses this one owner instead of hardcoding the wording."""
-    phrases = _configured_stop_phrases()
+    phrases = _load_voice_stop_phrases()
     return f'Say "{phrases[0]}" to end the voice chat.' if phrases else ""
diff --git a/tui_gateway/methods_voice.py b/tui_gateway/methods_voice.py
index 3278ede98c..d13a6c3c85 100644
--- a/tui_gateway/methods_voice.py
+++ b/tui_gateway/methods_voice.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ def _voice_toggle_mode(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
     if enabled:
         # Spoken-stop hint for the client; sourced from voice.stop_phrases, empty when disabled.
         with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-            from tools.voice_mode import voice_stop_hint
+            from tools.voice_mode_transcript import voice_stop_hint
             stop_hint = voice_stop_hint()
         # Speech output already on → warm the engine now, not on the first reply.
         if _voice_tts_enabled():