diff --git a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4GLASSWIN.cpp b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4GLASSWIN.cpp
index d3adff6..d818445 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4GLASSWIN.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4GLASSWIN.cpp
@@ -810,31 +810,9 @@ static void
 		SelectObject(dc, oldPen);
 		DeleteObject(pen);
 
-		// FLASHING lamps re-draw ON TOP of the surface (#118): the alarm
-		// invites (gotoEngineering / engEject, RIO flash bits state&3) were
-		// invisible under the imagery -- only the few protruding edge pixels
-		// blinked, and the operator "never saw it flash".  The pod's keys
-		// were physical backlit buttons BESIDE the screen; when one carries
-		// a FLASH state, give it its full face back so the invite reads.
-		for (int i = 0; i < w->buttonCount; ++i)
-		{
-			const GButton &b = w->buttons[i];
-			int state = PadRIO::GetLampState(b.address);
-			if ((state & 3) == 0)
-				continue;						// not flashing
-			int shade = LampBrightnessOf(state, tick);
-			COLORREF bright = (b.color == ClrYellow) ? RGB(245, 210, 60)
-			                : (b.color == ClrBlue)   ? RGB(205, 228, 255)
-			                                         : RGB(230, 70, 70);
-			COLORREF dim    = (b.color == ClrYellow) ? RGB(70, 60, 24)
-			                : (b.color == ClrBlue)   ? RGB(70, 86, 120)
-			                                         : RGB(64, 40, 40);
-			HBRUSH face = CreateSolidBrush((shade >= 2) ? bright : dim);
-			RECT r = b.rect;
-			FillRect(dc, &r, face);
-			DeleteObject(face);
-			FrameRect(dc, &r, (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH));
-		}
+		// (NO full-face flash overlay here either -- same wrongness as the
+		// L4VB16 one, removed 2026-08-03: the buttons are big rects tucked
+		// under the surface by design, and the protruding edge is the lamp.)
 	}
 
 	BitBlt(winDC, 0, 0, client.right - client.left, client.bottom - client.top,
diff --git a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VB16.cpp b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VB16.cpp
index 89c2032..a14ef9f 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VB16.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VB16.cpp
@@ -1180,35 +1180,14 @@ void BTDrawCockpitPanels(LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 device)
 		}
 	}
 
-	// 3b) FLASHING lamps re-draw ON TOP of the surfaces (#118): the alarm
-	//     invites (gotoEngineering / engEject, RIO flash bits state & 3)
-	//     were invisible under the imagery -- only the protruding edge
-	//     pixels blinked, and the operator "never saw it flash".  The pod's
-	//     keys were physical backlit buttons beside the CRT; when one
-	//     carries a FLASH state, give it its full face back.
-	for (int i = 0; i < L.buttonCount; i++)
-	{
-		const BTCockpitBtn &b = L.buttons[i];
-		int state = CkLampState(b.address);
-		if ((state & 3) == 0) continue;						// not flashing
-		int shade = BTLampBrightnessOf(state, tick);
-		{
-			static int s_flog = -1;
-			if (s_flog < 0) s_flog = (getenv("BT_LAMP_LOG") != 0) ? 1 : 0;
-			static unsigned long s_lastLog = 0;
-			if (s_flog && tick - s_lastLog > 1000)
-			{
-				s_lastLog = tick;
-				DEBUG_STREAM << "[ckflash] addr 0x" << std::hex << b.address
-					<< " state 0x" << state << std::dec << " shade " << shade
-					<< " at (" << b.x << "," << b.y << ")\n" << std::flush;
-			}
-		}
-		D3DCOLOR fill, border;
-		CkLampColors(b.colorClass, shade, b.inert, &fill, &border);
-		CkFill(device, b.x, b.y, b.w, b.h, border);
-		CkFill(device, b.x + 1, b.y + 1, b.w - 2, b.h - 2, fill);
-	}
+	// (NO full-face "flash overlay" here -- twice field-broken 2026-08-03.
+	// The side buttons are BIG rects deliberately tucked UNDER the surfaces;
+	// step 2 already animates their lamp shades, and the protruding edge IS
+	// the port's lamp light (the pod's backlit keys sat beside the CRT --
+	// there is no in-display face to light).  An on-top redraw either covers
+	// the MFD imagery with flashing faces, or -- drawn without resetting the
+	// texture state DrawDevSurface leaves bound -- smears the gauge atlas as
+	// striped garbage (operator captures: green stripes, then red faces).)
 
 	// 4) Flight-block labels (on top; the blue faces aren't covered by surfaces).
 	for (int i = 0; i < L.buttonCount; i++)