diff --git a/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py b/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py
index 0f57962c25..bd2aebbe05 100644
--- a/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import logging
 import urllib.request
 
 from hermes_cli.urllib_security import open_credentialed_url
-from providers import register_provider
+from providers import get_provider_profile, register_provider
 from providers.base import ProviderProfile, _profile_user_agent
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -47,11 +47,14 @@ class CommandCodeProfile(ProviderProfile):
         without them ``/reasoning`` never reaches the request (#95232). Other model
         families stay a no-op — CommandCode declares no reasoning vocabulary for them."""
         m = (model or "").strip()
-        if not m.lower().startswith("deepseek/") or len(m) <= len("deepseek/"):
+        if not m.lower().startswith("deepseek/"):
             return {}, {}
-        from plugins.model_providers.deepseek import deepseek as _deepseek_profile
-
-        return _deepseek_profile.build_api_kwargs_extras(
+        # Registry lookup, not a module import: the deepseek shim is only a loader-injected
+        # sys.modules entry, and the registry honours a user override of the profile.
+        native = get_provider_profile("deepseek")
+        if native is None:
+            return {}, {}
+        return native.build_api_kwargs_extras(
             reasoning_config=reasoning_config, model=m.split("/", 1)[1], **context,
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py b/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py
index dd7537e19f..f33e58fd16 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ class TestCommandCodeReasoningWireControls:
         from plugins.model_providers.deepseek import deepseek
 
         rc = {"enabled": True, "effort": "low"}
+        expected = deepseek.build_api_kwargs_extras(reasoning_config=rc, model="deepseek-v4.1-flash")
+        assert expected[1].get("reasoning_effort") == "low"  # equality below must not be ({}, {}) == ({}, {})
         assert commandcode_profile.build_api_kwargs_extras(
             reasoning_config=rc, model="deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash"
-        ) == deepseek.build_api_kwargs_extras(reasoning_config=rc, model="deepseek-v4.1-flash")
+        ) == expected
         assert commandcode_profile.build_api_kwargs_extras(
             reasoning_config=rc, model="Qwen/Qwen3.7-Max"
         ) == ({}, {})