diff --git a/src/core/ai/recipes/dashscope-rerank.ts b/src/core/ai/recipes/dashscope-rerank.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 155c20b56..000000000
--- a/src/core/ai/recipes/dashscope-rerank.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-import type { Recipe } from '../types.ts';
-
-/**
- * Alibaba DashScope (灵积) reranker. DashScope's OpenAI-compatible surface
- * splits by capability: embeddings live under `/compatible-mode/v1` (see the
- * sibling `dashscope` recipe) while rerank lives under `/compatible-api/v1`
- * with a PLURAL leaf — `POST {base}/reranks`. Wire shape matches ZeroEntropy:
- * request `{model, query, documents, top_n?}`, response
- * `{results: [{index, relevance_score}]}` — so it rides gateway.rerank()'s
- * native path with only the recipe-pluggable `path` override (v0.40.6.1).
- *
- * This is a SEPARATE recipe rather than a reranker touchpoint on `dashscope`
- * because the two capabilities need different base URLs (`compatible-mode`
- * vs `compatible-api`) and `provider_base_urls` is keyed by recipe id — one
- * recipe can't point embeddings and rerank at different prefixes. Same
- * topology precedent as llama-server vs llama-server-reranker.
- *
- * Live-verified against the China endpoint (2026-07): `/reranks` with
- * `qwen3-rerank` → 200 `results[].relevance_score`; `/rerank` (singular)
- * → 404; `gte-rerank-v2` → 404 "Unsupported model for OpenAI compatibility
- * mode" (native-API only, so it is deliberately NOT listed here).
- *
- * Note: the international endpoint requires a region-aware DASHSCOPE_API_KEY.
- * China-region users point at https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-api/v1
- * via `provider_base_urls['dashscope-rerank']`, mirroring the embedding
- * recipe's convention.
- */
-export const dashscopeRerank: Recipe = {
-  id: 'dashscope-rerank',
-  name: 'Alibaba DashScope (灵积, reranker)',
-  tier: 'openai-compat',
-  implementation: 'openai-compatible',
-  base_url_default: 'https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-api/v1',
-  auth_env: {
-    required: ['DASHSCOPE_API_KEY'],
-    setup_url: 'https://help.aliyun.com/zh/model-studio/getting-started/',
-  },
-  touchpoints: {
-    reranker: {
-      // Only the model verified live on the OpenAI-compat /reranks surface.
-      // gte-rerank-v2 exists on DashScope's native API but the compat path
-      // rejects it ("Unsupported model for OpenAI compatibility mode").
-      models: ['qwen3-rerank'],
-      default_model: 'qwen3-rerank',
-      // Mirror ZE's defensive per-request ceiling; gateway.rerank()
-      // pre-flights body size and fails open.
-      max_payload_bytes: 5_000_000,
-      // PLURAL leaf under compatible-api — the whole reason this recipe
-      // exists. `${base_url}${path}` → `…/compatible-api/v1/reranks`.
-      path: '/reranks',
-      // Hosted API: no local warmup, but cross-region latency can exceed
-      // the 5s gateway default (same rationale as llama-server-reranker).
-      default_timeout_ms: 30_000,
-    },
-  },
-  setup_hint:
-    'Get an API key at https://help.aliyun.com/zh/model-studio/getting-started/, then ' +
-    '`export DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=...` and `gbrain config set search.reranker.model ' +
-    'dashscope-rerank:qwen3-rerank`. China-region accounts: `gbrain config set ' +
-    'provider_base_urls.dashscope-rerank https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-api/v1`.',
-};
diff --git a/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts b/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts
index 5cba83749..eb751ec61 100644
--- a/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { together } from './together.ts';
 import { llamaServer } from './llama-server.ts';
 import { minimax } from './minimax.ts';
 import { dashscope } from './dashscope.ts';
-import { dashscopeRerank } from './dashscope-rerank.ts';
 import { zhipu } from './zhipu.ts';
 import { azureOpenAI } from './azure-openai.ts';
 import { zeroentropyai } from './zeroentropyai.ts';
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ const ALL: Recipe[] = [
   llamaServerReranker,
   minimax,
   dashscope,
-  dashscopeRerank,
   zhipu,
   azureOpenAI,
   zeroentropyai,
diff --git a/test/ai/recipe-dashscope-rerank.test.ts b/test/ai/recipe-dashscope-rerank.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ef009064b..000000000
--- a/test/ai/recipe-dashscope-rerank.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * dashscope-rerank recipe smoke.
- *
- * Sibling of recipe-llama-server-reranker.test.ts. Pins the recipe shape so:
- *  - id + tier + implementation + base_url stay byte-stable
- *  - reranker touchpoint declares the PLURAL `/reranks` leaf (the whole
- *    reason this recipe exists — DashScope's compatible-api surface 404s
- *    on singular `/rerank`) + `default_timeout_ms`
- *  - only live-verified models are listed (gte-rerank-v2 is native-API only
- *    and rejected by the OpenAI-compat surface)
- */
-
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-import { getRecipe } from '../../src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts';
-import { defaultResolveAuth } from '../../src/core/ai/gateway.ts';
-import { AIConfigError } from '../../src/core/ai/errors.ts';
-
-describe('recipe: dashscope-rerank', () => {
-  test('registered with expected shape', () => {
-    const r = getRecipe('dashscope-rerank');
-    expect(r).toBeDefined();
-    expect(r!.id).toBe('dashscope-rerank');
-    expect(r!.tier).toBe('openai-compat');
-    expect(r!.implementation).toBe('openai-compatible');
-    expect(r!.base_url_default).toBe(
-      'https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-api/v1',
-    );
-    expect(r!.auth_env?.required).toEqual(['DASHSCOPE_API_KEY']);
-  });
-
-  test('declares reranker touchpoint with PLURAL /reranks path + timeout', () => {
-    const r = getRecipe('dashscope-rerank')!;
-    const tp = r.touchpoints.reranker;
-    expect(tp).toBeDefined();
-    expect(tp!.path).toBe('/reranks');
-    expect(tp!.default_timeout_ms).toBe(30_000);
-    expect(tp!.max_payload_bytes).toBe(5_000_000);
-  });
-
-  test('base_url + path concatenation produces /v1/reranks, NOT /v1/v1/…', () => {
-    const r = getRecipe('dashscope-rerank')!;
-    const combined =
-      r.base_url_default!.replace(/\/$/, '') + (r.touchpoints.reranker!.path ?? '/models/rerank');
-    expect(combined).toBe('https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-api/v1/reranks');
-    expect(combined).not.toContain('/v1/v1/');
-    expect(combined.endsWith('/reranks')).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('lists only the live-verified compat-surface model', () => {
-    const r = getRecipe('dashscope-rerank')!;
-    const tp = r.touchpoints.reranker!;
-    expect(tp.models).toEqual(['qwen3-rerank']);
-    expect(tp.default_model).toBe('qwen3-rerank');
-    // gte-rerank-v2 is native-API only; the compat surface rejects it.
-    expect(tp.models).not.toContain('gte-rerank-v2');
-  });
-
-  test('default auth: DASHSCOPE_API_KEY set → Bearer token', () => {
-    const r = getRecipe('dashscope-rerank')!;
-    const auth = defaultResolveAuth(
-      r,
-      { DASHSCOPE_API_KEY: 'sk-dashscope-fake' },
-      'reranker',
-    );
-    expect(auth.headerName).toBe('Authorization');
-    expect(auth.token).toBe('Bearer sk-dashscope-fake');
-  });
-
-  test('default auth: missing DASHSCOPE_API_KEY → AIConfigError', () => {
-    const r = getRecipe('dashscope-rerank')!;
-    expect(() => defaultResolveAuth(r, {}, 'reranker')).toThrow(AIConfigError);
-  });
-
-  test('does not perturb the sibling dashscope embedding recipe', () => {
-    const emb = getRecipe('dashscope')!;
-    expect(emb.base_url_default).toBe('https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1');
-    expect(emb.touchpoints.reranker).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});