diff --git a/scripts/cross_reference.py b/scripts/cross_reference.py
index 19405123f..61ac3b47d 100644
--- a/scripts/cross_reference.py
+++ b/scripts/cross_reference.py
@@ -546,20 +546,6 @@ class FileConsumers:
             if member is not entry
         }
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def entry_target(entry: dict, files: list[dict]) -> tuple[dict, str]:
-        """The entry a profile entry resolves through, and its destination.
-
-        A ROM read inside an archive is the archive: FBNeo opens sm1.sm1 in
-        neogeo.zip, and resolved by its crc32 it credited a loose copy FBNeo
-        never opens, while no neogeo.zip card named FBNeo. The archive
-        members the profile reads decide between same-named copies, as in
-        the emulator pack and verify.
-        """
-        if entry.get("archive"):
-            return archive_entry(entry["archive"], files), ""
-        return with_archive_members(entry, files), entry.get("path") or ""
-
     def add_emulators(self, profiles: dict[str, dict]) -> None:
         """Each file a profile entry resolves to, a directory's members included.
 
@@ -588,13 +574,27 @@ class FileConsumers:
                         for dest, sha1 in members.items()
                     ]
                 else:
-                    found = [self.sha1_of(*self.entry_target(entry, files), owner=name)]
+                    found = [self.sha1_of(*entry_target(entry, files), owner=name)]
                 for sha1 in found:
                     if sha1:
                         self.emulators.setdefault(sha1, set()).add(name)
                         self.emulator_entries.setdefault(sha1, {}).setdefault(name, index)
 
 
+def entry_target(entry: dict, files: list[dict]) -> tuple[dict, str]:
+    """The entry a profile entry resolves through, and its destination.
+
+    A ROM read inside an archive is the archive: FBNeo opens sm1.sm1 in
+    neogeo.zip, and resolved by its crc32 it credited a loose copy FBNeo
+    never opens, while no neogeo.zip card named FBNeo. The archive
+    members the profile reads decide between same-named copies, as in
+    the emulator pack and verify.
+    """
+    if entry.get("archive"):
+        return archive_entry(entry["archive"], files), ""
+    return with_archive_members(entry, files), entry.get("path") or ""
+
+
 def entry_source(f: dict, index: dict) -> str | None:
     """Where the collection holds a profile entry, or None.
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index 108b77a01..b75afd262 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ from common import (
 )
 from artifacts import ArtifactLockBusy, artifact_lock
 from artifacts import json_text as _json_text
-from cross_reference import FileConsumers, held_copy
+from cross_reference import FileConsumers, entry_target, held_copy
 from nativemode import check_label, digest_algorithm, reads_file_contents
 
 
@@ -8220,7 +8220,7 @@ def _render_emulator_file(
         details.extend(_directory_copies(f, consumers))
     if consumers:
         sha1 = consumers.sha1_of(
-            *consumers.entry_target(f, profile.get("files") or []), owner=owner)
+            *entry_target(f, profile.get("files") or []), owner=owner)
         held = consumers.path_of(sha1) if sha1 and in_repo else ""
         parts = held.split("/")
         if len(parts) >= 3 and parts[0] == "bios" and f.get("archive"):
diff --git a/tests/test_file_consumers.py b/tests/test_file_consumers.py
index 50790d2f0..1d382916f 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_consumers.py
+++ b/tests/test_file_consumers.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
 
-from cross_reference import FileConsumers  # noqa: E402
+from cross_reference import FileConsumers, entry_target  # noqa: E402
 from generate_site import generate_system_page  # noqa: E402
 
 _TMP = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ class EveryReaderIsTheEmulatorPackFile(unittest.TestCase):
             build_zip_contents_index, load_data_dir_registry,
             load_emulator_profiles, resolve_local_file,
         )
-        from validation import with_archive_members
 
         db_path = REPO_ROOT / "database.json"
         if not db_path.exists():
@@ -275,9 +274,12 @@ class EveryReaderIsTheEmulatorPackFile(unittest.TestCase):
                 if members:
                     from_trees |= {(sha1, name) for sha1 in members.values()}
                     continue
+                # A ROM read inside an archive is the archive, as the
+                # emulator pack resolves it (archive_entry).
+                target, dest = entry_target(entry, files)
                 path, status = resolve_local_file(
-                    {**with_archive_members(entry, files), "source_profile": name},
-                    db, zips, dest_hint=entry.get("path") or "",
+                    {**target, "source_profile": name},
+                    db, zips, dest_hint=dest,
                     data_dir_registry=registry,
                 )
                 if path and status not in ("not_found", "hash_mismatch"):