diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index 68516e6b..ea1a369c 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -464,9 +464,15 @@ def find_undeclared_files(
             profile.get("files", []), db, is_standalone
         ):
             fname = f.get("name", "")
-            effective_path = (
-                f.get("standalone_path") if is_standalone else f.get("path")
-            ) or fname
+            # One destination rule for the dedup key and for the entry: a
+            # standalone build without standalone_path falls back on path.
+            # The key used to skip that fallback, so clk's Acorn/basic.rom and
+            # Electron/basic.rom both keyed as "basic.rom" under Batocera's
+            # standalone clk and the second was dropped.
+            if is_standalone:
+                dest = f.get("standalone_path") or f.get("path") or fname
+            else:
+                dest = f.get("path") or fname
             raw_regions = f.get("region") or []
             region_key = tuple(
                 str(value) for value in (
@@ -478,7 +484,7 @@ def find_undeclared_files(
             seen_key = (
                 fname,
                 f.get("archive"),
-                effective_path,
+                dest,
                 f.get("system"),
                 f.get("variant_group"),
                 region_key,
@@ -539,12 +545,6 @@ def find_undeclared_files(
                     entry["required"] = True
                 continue
 
-            # Determine destination path based on mode
-            if is_standalone:
-                dest = f.get("standalone_path") or f.get("path") or fname
-            else:
-                dest = f.get("path") or fname
-
             # Resolution: storage flag, then name, then path basename
             storage = f.get("storage", "")
             if storage in ("release", "large_file"):
diff --git a/tests/test_undeclared_dedup.py b/tests/test_undeclared_dedup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7fa6cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_undeclared_dedup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Same-named core files at two paths stay two files in standalone mode.
+
+find_undeclared_files keyed its dedup on standalone_path alone when the
+platform runs the core standalone, while the destination it then writes
+falls back on path. Batocera runs clk standalone, clk declares basic.rom
+under Acorn/ and Electron/ without a standalone_path, and the second was
+dropped from the pack.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
+
+
+class StandaloneFallsBackOnPath(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_both_paths_survive(self):
+        from verify import find_undeclared_files
+
+        profile = {
+            "emulator": "Clock Signal",
+            "type": "standalone + libretro",
+            "systems": ["acorn-electron"],
+            "files": [
+                {"name": "basic.rom", "path": "Acorn/basic.rom", "required": True},
+                {"name": "basic.rom", "path": "Electron/basic.rom", "required": True},
+            ],
+        }
+        config = {"cores": ["clk"], "standalone_cores": ["clk"], "systems": {}}
+        db = {"files": {}, "indexes": {}}
+        found = find_undeclared_files(config, "emulators", db, emu_profiles={"clk": profile})
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sorted(f["path"] for f in found if f["name"] == "basic.rom"),
+            ["Acorn/basic.rom", "Electron/basic.rom"],
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()