diff --git a/src/core/link-extraction.ts b/src/core/link-extraction.ts
index a23f2221e..6ff2f6822 100644
--- a/src/core/link-extraction.ts
+++ b/src/core/link-extraction.ts
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ export async function extractPageLinks(
   // path needed `resolveBasenameMatches` on the real resolver.
   let fmUnresolved: UnresolvedFrontmatterRef[] = [];
   if (!opts.skipFrontmatter) {
-    const fm = await extractFrontmatterLinks(slug, pageType, frontmatter, resolver, opts.globalBasename);
+    const fm = await extractFrontmatterLinks(slug, pageType, frontmatter, resolver);
     candidates.push(...fm.candidates);
     fmUnresolved = fm.unresolved;
   }
@@ -1042,24 +1042,11 @@ export interface FrontmatterExtractResult {
  * Arrays of objects: uses the `name` or `slug` property (codex tension 6.3).
  * Non-string / non-object entries: silently skipped (log-only).
  */
-/**
- * Unwrap an Obsidian-style `[[wikilink]]` frontmatter value to its bare link
- * target: drops the surrounding brackets, any `|alias`, and `#heading` /
- * `^block` suffixes. Non-bracketed values pass through unchanged. Used to feed
- * the basename index when global_basename is on (see extractFrontmatterLinks).
- */
-function unwrapWikilink(value: string): string {
-  const match = /^\s*\[\[(.+?)\]\]\s*$/.exec(value);
-  if (!match) return value;
-  return match[1].split('|')[0].split('#')[0].split('^')[0].trim();
-}
-
 export async function extractFrontmatterLinks(
   slug: string,
   pageType: PageType,
   frontmatter: Record<string, unknown>,
   resolver: SlugResolver,
-  globalBasename = false,
 ): Promise<FrontmatterExtractResult> {
   const candidates: LinkCandidate[] = [];
   const unresolved: UnresolvedFrontmatterRef[] = [];
@@ -1092,23 +1079,7 @@ export async function extractFrontmatterLinks(
         }
         if (!name) continue;   // skip numbers, nulls, malformed objects
 
-        let resolved = await resolver.resolve(name, mapping.dirHint);
-        if (!resolved && globalBasename && typeof resolver.resolveBasenameMatches === 'function') {
-          // Issue #972 follow-up: extend global_basename resolution to
-          // frontmatter link fields. resolve() can't reach a bare-title
-          // wikilink value (e.g. `sources: "[[2025-12-25_mentor-extraction]]"`)
-          // — it has no '/', so the slug-direct getPage is skipped, and the
-          // field's dirHint may name folders that don't exist in this brain,
-          // so the dir-scoped exact + fuzzy steps miss too. When
-          // link_resolution.global_basename is on, fall back to the SAME
-          // basename index the body bare-wikilink pass uses, after unwrapping
-          // the brackets. Unique-match-only: ambiguous basenames (e.g. archive
-          // duplicates, generic hubs like `_index`) stay unresolved rather than
-          // create a wrong edge.
-          const matches = (await resolver.resolveBasenameMatches(unwrapWikilink(name)))
-            .filter((s) => s !== slug);
-          if (matches.length === 1) resolved = matches[0];
-        }
+        const resolved = await resolver.resolve(name, mapping.dirHint);
         if (!resolved) {
           unresolved.push({ field, name });
           continue;
diff --git a/test/link-extraction.test.ts b/test/link-extraction.test.ts
index 8f7564edd..9a2bc4f7d 100644
--- a/test/link-extraction.test.ts
+++ b/test/link-extraction.test.ts
@@ -270,53 +270,6 @@ describe('extractPageLinks', () => {
     expect(sourceLink!.targetSlug).toBe('meetings/2026-01-15');
   });
 
-  // ─── global_basename for frontmatter link fields (issue #972 follow-up) ───
-
-  test('frontmatter [[wikilink]] resolves via global_basename when resolve() misses', async () => {
-    // `sources: [[2025-12-25_mentor-extraction]]` — bare title, no '/', so the
-    // standard resolver misses; the basename index finds the single match.
-    const resolver: SlugResolver = {
-      resolve: async () => null,
-      resolveBasenameMatches: async (name) =>
-        name === '2025-12-25_mentor-extraction'
-          ? ['trading/raw/2025-12-25_mentor-extraction']
-          : [],
-    };
-    const { candidates } = await extractPageLinks(
-      'trading/wiki/backtesting', 'Body.',
-      { sources: ['[[2025-12-25_mentor-extraction]]'] },
-      'concept', resolver, { globalBasename: true },
-    );
-    // `sources` is direction:'incoming' → edge is resolved → page.
-    const edge = candidates.find(c => c.linkType === 'discussed_in');
-    expect(edge).toBeDefined();
-    expect(edge!.fromSlug).toBe('trading/raw/2025-12-25_mentor-extraction');
-    expect(edge!.targetSlug).toBe('trading/wiki/backtesting');
-  });
-
-  test('frontmatter basename fallback stays unresolved when ambiguous (>1 match)', async () => {
-    const resolver: SlugResolver = {
-      resolve: async () => null,
-      resolveBasenameMatches: async () => ['a/dup', 'b/dup'],
-    };
-    const { candidates, unresolved } = await extractPageLinks(
-      'wiki/x', 'Body.', { sources: ['[[dup]]'] }, 'concept', resolver, { globalBasename: true },
-    );
-    expect(candidates.find(c => c.linkType === 'discussed_in')).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(unresolved.some(u => u.field === 'sources')).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('frontmatter basename fallback is gated OFF when globalBasename is false', async () => {
-    const resolver: SlugResolver = {
-      resolve: async () => null,
-      resolveBasenameMatches: async () => ['raw/note'],
-    };
-    const { candidates } = await extractPageLinks(
-      'wiki/x', 'Body.', { sources: ['[[note]]'] }, 'concept', resolver, // globalBasename omitted = false
-    );
-    expect(candidates.find(c => c.linkType === 'discussed_in')).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
   test('extracts bare slug references in text', async () => {
     const { candidates } = await extractPageLinks(
       'docs/x', 'See companies/acme for details.', {}, 'concept', nullResolver,