diff --git a/src/core/link-extraction.ts b/src/core/link-extraction.ts
index 8aa203480..6ff2f6822 100644
--- a/src/core/link-extraction.ts
+++ b/src/core/link-extraction.ts
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ export type LinkResolutionType = 'qualified' | 'unqualified';
 /**
  * Directory prefix whitelist. These are the top-level slug dirs the extractor
  * recognizes as entity references. Upstream canonical + our extensions:
- *   - Gbrain canonical: people, companies, meetings, concepts, deal, civic, project, source, media, yc, projects, reference
+ *   - Gbrain canonical: people, companies, meetings, concepts, deal, civic, project, source, media, yc, projects
  *   - Our domain extensions: tech, finance, personal, openclaw (domain-organized wikis)
  *   - Our entity prefix: entities (we kept some legacy entities/projects/ pages)
  */
-const DIR_PATTERN = '(?:people|companies|meetings|concepts|deal|civic|project|projects|source|media|yc|tech|finance|personal|openclaw|entities|reference)';
+const DIR_PATTERN = '(?:people|companies|meetings|concepts|deal|civic|project|projects|source|media|yc|tech|finance|personal|openclaw|entities)';
 
 /**
  * Match `[Name](path)` markdown links pointing to entity directories.
diff --git a/test/link-extraction.test.ts b/test/link-extraction.test.ts
index 64e1db2f9..9a2bc4f7d 100644
--- a/test/link-extraction.test.ts
+++ b/test/link-extraction.test.ts
@@ -140,17 +140,6 @@ describe('extractEntityRefs', () => {
     expect(wikiRefs[0].needsResolution).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  test('recognizes reference-page wikilinks as concrete targets', () => {
-    const refs = extractEntityRefs('See [[reference/mcminnville-market-data]] for source context.');
-    expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(refs[0]).toMatchObject({
-      name: 'reference/mcminnville-market-data',
-      slug: 'reference/mcminnville-market-data',
-      dir: 'reference',
-    });
-    expect(refs[0].needsResolution).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
   test('skips qualified-syntax tokens (those belong to 2a)', () => {
     // [[wiki:topics/ai]] looks like 2a's qualified shape — even though
     // it wouldn't satisfy DIR_PATTERN, 2c must not claim it either