diff --git a/scripts/exporter/recalbox_exporter.py b/scripts/exporter/recalbox_exporter.py
index 5fe9f845..676a30fa 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/recalbox_exporter.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/recalbox_exporter.py
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
         elif hash_match is True:
             attrs.append('hashMatchMandatory="true"')
 
-        note = " ".join(str(fe.native("note", "")).split())
+        # The platform's own note only: ours is prose about our profiles, with
+        # file:line citations, and the format does not carry note corrections.
+        note = " ".join(str((fe.platform or {}).get("note") or "").split())
         if note:
             attrs.append(f"note={quoteattr(note)}")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_export_counts.py b/tests/test_export_counts.py
index 6bb88c3c..a951306c 100644
--- a/tests/test_export_counts.py
+++ b/tests/test_export_counts.py
@@ -169,5 +169,13 @@ class OneFileOneIdentity(unittest.TestCase):
         declared = next(f for f in systems["dc"].files if f.platform is not None)
         self.assertIsNone(declared.truth)
 
+class RecalboxKeepsItsOwnNotes(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_no_profile_prose_reaches_a_note(self):
+        from exporter.recalbox_exporter import Exporter as Recalbox
+
+        fe = NativeFile("bios.bin", "bios.bin", "psx", platform={"md5": A},
+                        truth={"md5": A, "note": "Loaded at libretro.c:120"})
+        self.assertNotIn("note=", Recalbox()._bios_element(fe, "psx"))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()