diff --git a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4CTRL.cpp b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4CTRL.cpp
index 491f82e..b5ea06d 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4CTRL.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4CTRL.cpp
@@ -2631,36 +2631,14 @@ void
 		//----------------------------------------
 		buttonActivateModeMask[rio_event.Data.Unit] = mode_mask;
 
-		// THE ENG-PAGE EJECT KEY [T3 PORT CONVENIENCE -- a marked DEVIATION,
-		// #118]: side keys 0x0B/0x23/0x03 are the eng-page EJECT position
-		// (engEject lamp 0x85 = kBTEngBankTop-4).  IN THE BINARY these soft
-		// keys NEVER pilot-eject: every page routes them to a real authored
-		// function (weapon pages: EjectAmmo 0xB; myomer pages: seek toggle 9;
-		// the streamed .CTL dump has no 0x200000 records), and the flashing
-		// engEject lamp is the INVITE -- the 1995 press was the pilot KEYPAD
-		// / PANIC key beside it.  The pod eject chain itself was LIVE in 4.10
-		// (master perf FUN_004a9b5c+0x10 evaluates per frame; an earlier
-		// "unfinished" note here was wrong).  This hook adds the glass-layer
-		// convenience the operator asked for: while PANIC is armed AND that
-		// bank shows an ENG page, the flashing key ALSO forwards as a
-		// pilot-keypad press.  Runs in the drain (game thread -- mode_mask
-		// in hand; a first cut queried the mode manager from the window
-		// thread and crashed on the unbound TU global).
-		{
-			const int  a = rio_event.Data.Unit;
-			unsigned   engBits =
-				(a == 0x0B) ? 0x001Eu :			// bank 1: eng modes aux 1-4
-				(a == 0x23) ? 0x03C0u :			// bank 2: eng modes aux 5-8
-				(a == 0x03) ? 0x7800u : 0u;		// bank 3: eng modes aux 9-12
-			if (engBits != 0
-				&& ((unsigned)mode_mask & 0x200000u) != 0
-				&& ((unsigned)mode_mask & engBits) != 0)
-			{
-				ControlsKey eject_key = '0';
-				Check(&keyboardGroup[KeyboardPilot]);
-				keyboardGroup[KeyboardPilot].ForceUpdate(&eject_key, mode_mask);
-			}
-		}
+		// (NO eng-page eject-key hook: REMOVED 2026-08-03 for strict binary
+		// fidelity.  The soft keys 0x0B/0x23/0x03 never pilot-eject in the
+		// binary -- every page routes them to authored functions (weapon eng
+		// pages: EjectAmmo 0xB -- a hook here HIJACKED the unjam while armed,
+		// self-destructing a pilot trying to clear a jam).  The flashing
+		// engEject lamp is the INVITE; the authored press is the pilot KEYPAD
+		// bank / PANIC key, both live on the desktop.)
+
 		break;
 
 	case RIO::ButtonReleasedEvent: