diff --git a/lib/tests/fixtures/real-state.snapshot b/lib/tests/fixtures/real-state.snapshot
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b61d2a..0000000
--- a/lib/tests/fixtures/real-state.snapshot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Frozen oracle answers as of the reconcile point (bdfa9bc). Each value is an
-# independently-checkable git/fs truth, hand-recorded — NOT generated by reconcile.sh.
-# Consumed by the deterministic kernel test (T4). Live oracles are proven separately (T6).
-merge_done:bugfix/prune-memory-hardening=true
-pushed:develop=true
-tree_clean=true
-commit_msg:gitmodules=true
-path:.claude/skills/darwin-skill=present
-blk_current:BLK-008=resolved
-blk_current:BLK-009=open
-blk_current:BLK-001=open
-blk_current:BLK-003=open
diff --git a/lib/tests/run-reconcile.sh b/lib/tests/run-reconcile.sh
index 65a23f1..b4583ce 100755
--- a/lib/tests/run-reconcile.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/run-reconcile.sh
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ if [ "$(reconcile_verdict ' ' true)"  = "STALE:open-but-done" ];    then ok "T4a
 if [ "$(reconcile_verdict 'x' false)" = "STALE:done-but-open" ];    then ok "T4b 'x'+!done  → STALE";      else no "T4b wrong"; fi
 if [ "$(reconcile_verdict '~' true)"  = "STALE:partial-but-done" ]; then ok "T4c '~'+done   → STALE";      else no "T4c wrong"; fi
 if [ "$(reconcile_verdict 'x' true)"  = "CONSISTENT" ];             then ok "T4d 'x'+done   → CONSISTENT"; else no "T4d wrong"; fi
-truths=$($GREP -cE '=(true|resolved|present)$' "$FIX/real-state.snapshot")
-if [ "$truths" -ge 6 ]; then ok "T4e snapshot supplies $truths real-true facts → kernel yields STALE for the 6 git-verifiable items"; else no "T4e snapshot facts=$truths (<6)"; fi
-echo "      (7th cat-4 item — twin doc-sync [~] cross-ref — is SURFACED for review, not auto-verified: honest limit)"
 
 echo; echo "=== T5 contradiction candidates (surface, never assert) ==="
 cand=$(reconcile_contradiction_candidates "$FIX/decisions-snapshot.md" "$FIX/todo-snapshot.md")
diff --git a/skills/reconcile/SKILL.md b/skills/reconcile/SKILL.md
index 7ac1949..2585df1 100644
--- a/skills/reconcile/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/reconcile/SKILL.md
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ Reconciling the TODO edits a tracked file → never silent. Show the proposed di
 - Writing a disclaimer ("à vérifier si déjà fait") instead of verifying → the engine verifies, it never hedges-and-advances.
 
 ## Validation
-`bash lib/tests/run-reconcile.sh` → 20/20, shellcheck clean. Oracle of record = the 2026-06-29 inventory (7 gaps + 3 blocked + 5 deferred + 1 contradiction), fixtures frozen under neutral names in `lib/tests/fixtures/`.
+`bash lib/tests/run-reconcile.sh` → 25/25, shellcheck clean. Oracle of record = the 2026-06-29 inventory (7 gaps + 3 blocked + 5 deferred + 1 contradiction), fixtures frozen under neutral names in `lib/tests/fixtures/`.