diff --git a/scripts/cross_reference.py b/scripts/cross_reference.py
index 020c6cbe..e8e23f5e 100644
--- a/scripts/cross_reference.py
+++ b/scripts/cross_reference.py
@@ -102,20 +102,25 @@ def _build_supplemental_index(
             if dpath.is_dir() and not dpath.name.startswith("."):
                 names.add(dpath.name + "/")
                 names.add(dpath.name.lower() + "/")
-        import zipfile
+        names |= _zip_member_names(bios_path)
+    return names
 
-        for zpath in bios_path.rglob("*.zip"):
-            try:
-                with zipfile.ZipFile(zpath) as zf:
-                    for member in zf.namelist():
-                        if not member.endswith("/"):
-                            basename = (
-                                member.rsplit("/", 1)[-1] if "/" in member else member
-                            )
-                            names.add(basename)
-                            names.add(basename.lower())
-            except (zipfile.BadZipFile, OSError):
-                pass
+
+def _zip_member_names(bios_path: Path) -> set[str]:
+    """Basenames of the files inside every ZIP under bios/, both cases."""
+    import zipfile
+
+    names: set[str] = set()
+    for zpath in bios_path.rglob("*.zip"):
+        try:
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(zpath) as zf:
+                members = [m for m in zf.namelist() if not m.endswith("/")]
+        except (zipfile.BadZipFile, OSError) as exc:
+            print(f"  WARNING: unreadable archive {zpath}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+            continue
+        for member in members:
+            basename = member.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+            names.update((basename, basename.lower()))
     return names
 
 
@@ -177,18 +182,22 @@ def _resolve_source(
             by_name_lower[canonical.lower()]
         ):
             return "bios"
-    # data/ supplemental index: a directory entry looks for a directory, a
-    # file entry for a file.
-    if data_names:
-        is_directory = fname.endswith("/") or (file_entry or {}).get("type") == "directory"
-        looked_up = [fname, key] + ([basename, basename.lower()] if basename else [])
-        if is_directory:
-            looked_up = [name.rstrip("/") + "/" for name in looked_up]
-        if any(name in data_names for name in looked_up):
-            return "data"
+    if data_names and _data_hit(fname, basename, file_entry, data_names):
+        return "data"
     return None
 
 
+def _data_hit(
+    fname: str, basename: str | None, file_entry: dict | None, data_names: set[str]
+) -> bool:
+    """Whether data/ or a ZIP holds the name: a directory entry looks for a
+    directory, a file entry for a file."""
+    looked_up = [fname, fname.lower()] + ([basename, basename.lower()] if basename else [])
+    if fname.endswith("/") or (file_entry or {}).get("type") == "directory":
+        looked_up = [name.rstrip("/") + "/" for name in looked_up]
+    return any(name in data_names for name in looked_up)
+
+
 def entry_source(f: dict, index: dict) -> str | None:
     """Where the collection holds a profile entry, or None.
 
diff --git a/scripts/exporter/baseline.py b/scripts/exporter/baseline.py
index 42415f93..6fd86c11 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/baseline.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/baseline.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ def _is_placeholder(name: str) -> bool:
     return "<" in name or ">" in name or "*" in name
 
 
+def _field_sets(entry: dict | None) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
+    return {f: set(_hash_values(entry or {}, f)) for f in HASH_FIELDS}
+
+
 @dataclass
 class NativeFile:
     """One file as the platform will read it, after correction."""
@@ -67,8 +71,7 @@ class NativeFile:
         truth's crc32 beside Batocera's md5 for bios7.bin is one dump, and
         reading it as a contradiction emptied the md5 the frontend checks.
         """
-        truth = {f: set(_hash_values(self.truth or {}, f)) for f in HASH_FIELDS}
-        plat = {f: set(_hash_values(self.platform or {}, f)) for f in HASH_FIELDS}
+        truth, plat = _field_sets(self.truth), _field_sets(self.platform)
         if not any(truth.values()):
             return "platform"
         if not any(plat.values()):
@@ -76,10 +79,12 @@ class NativeFile:
         shared = [f for f in HASH_FIELDS if truth[f] and plat[f]]
         if any(truth[f] & plat[f] for f in shared):
             return "both"
+        return "truth" if shared or self._sizes_differ() else "both"
+
+    def _sizes_differ(self) -> bool:
         t_size = (self.truth or {}).get("size")
         p_size = (self.platform or {}).get("size")
-        sizes_differ = isinstance(t_size, int) and isinstance(p_size, int) and t_size != p_size
-        return "truth" if shared or sizes_differ else "both"
+        return isinstance(t_size, int) and isinstance(p_size, int) and t_size != p_size
 
     def hashes(self, field_name: str) -> list[str]:
         """Accepted values for a hash, truth first when it has an opinion.
diff --git a/scripts/exporter/emudeck_exporter.py b/scripts/exporter/emudeck_exporter.py
index ab5ba1ba..b91f19f3 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/emudeck_exporter.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/emudeck_exporter.py
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
             return False
         return super().states(fe, field_name)
 
+    def _expected_md5s(
+        self, systems: dict[str, NativeSystem], name: str, system_id: str
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        """What a check must now hold; a refused rewrite keeps EmuDeck's own array."""
+        if name in getattr(self, "_withdrawn", {}):
+            return []
+        return self._md5s(systems, system_id)
+
     def _refused_systems(self) -> set[str]:
         withdrawn = getattr(self, "_withdrawn", {})
         return {FUNCTION_HASH_MAP[name] for name in withdrawn if name in FUNCTION_HASH_MAP}
@@ -200,9 +208,8 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
             if name not in defined:
                 issues.append(f"check absent from the output: {name}")
                 continue
-            md5s = self._md5s(systems, system_id)
-            if not md5s or name in getattr(self, "_withdrawn", {}):
-                # A refused rewrite keeps EmuDeck's own array, by design.
+            md5s = self._expected_md5s(systems, name, system_id)
+            if not md5s:
                 continue
             body = next(
                 content[start:end]
diff --git a/scripts/exporter/romm_exporter.py b/scripts/exporter/romm_exporter.py
index 01cf11ec..29e88c9f 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/romm_exporter.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/romm_exporter.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
         """
         return native_id in SLUG_MAP
 
-    def writable(self, fe: NativeFile, require: str = "") -> bool:
+    def writable(self, fe: NativeFile, require: str = "") -> bool:  # noqa: ARG002
         """What RomM already ships stays; the conditions gate additions.
 
         An entry of theirs that could never verify is still theirs, and the
diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index d38a91cc..090c98d4 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -2456,6 +2456,24 @@ def _refuse_for_all_variants(args, parser) -> None:
                 parser.error(f"{flag} is incompatible with --verify-packs")
 
 
+def _refuse_refresh_data(args, parser) -> None:
+    """Only the platform pack path refreshes the data directories.
+
+    Elsewhere the cache on disk was packed as it stood, and --offline wins
+    over the refresh without a word.
+    """
+    if not args.refresh_data:
+        return
+    for flag, on in (
+        ("--offline", args.offline),
+        ("--emulator", args.emulator),
+        ("--system", args.system and not (args.platform or args.all)),
+        ("--from-md5", args.from_md5 or args.from_md5_file),
+    ):
+        if on:
+            parser.error(f"--refresh-data is incompatible with {flag}")
+
+
 def _refuse_unapplied_flags(args, parser) -> None:
     """Refuse every flag the requested mode would not apply.
 
@@ -2475,18 +2493,7 @@ def _refuse_unapplied_flags(args, parser) -> None:
             parser.error("--region is incompatible with --manifest-targets")
     if args.one_per_slot and args.manifest_targets:
         parser.error("--one-per-slot is incompatible with --manifest-targets")
-    # Only the platform pack path refreshes the data directories; elsewhere
-    # the cache on disk was packed as it stood.
-    if args.refresh_data:
-        if args.offline:
-            parser.error("--refresh-data is incompatible with --offline")
-        for flag, on in (
-            ("--emulator", args.emulator),
-            ("--system", args.system and not (args.platform or args.all)),
-            ("--from-md5", args.from_md5 or args.from_md5_file),
-        ):
-            if on:
-                parser.error(f"--refresh-data is incompatible with {flag}")
+    _refuse_refresh_data(args, parser)
 
     _refuse_for_all_variants(args, parser)
     mode = next(
diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index ae9da32c..39f84098 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ from common import (
     load_database,
     load_emulator_profiles,
     load_provenance_snapshots,
-    parse_md5_list,
     require_yaml,
     resolve_platform_cores,
     unique_emulator_profiles,
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ from nativemode import reads_file_contents
 
 
 yaml = require_yaml()
-from generate_readme import compute_coverage, release_totals
+from generate_readme import compute_coverage, contributing_text, release_totals
 from profile_sync import source_ref_values, split_source_ref
 from provenance_report import build_report
 import release_record
@@ -3108,8 +3107,6 @@ def generate_cross_reference(
 
 
 def generate_contributing() -> str:
-    from generate_readme import contributing_text
-
     return contributing_text(
         lambda page: f"{page}.md", "# Contributing - RetroBIOS", "on this site"
     )
diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 9dd460e3..70f3b7f2 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -2676,17 +2676,60 @@ def _writing_pairs(
         written = _writing_pins(revisions, intro_sha, f"{pin_field}_commit")
         if len(written) > 1:
             ambiguous.append(f"{pin_field}_commit {' -> '.join(written)}")
-        moved = [(repo, pin, current) for pin in written if pin != current]
-        # The current pin among the candidates reads as "no move" for that
-        # repository, which the other candidates must then agree with.
-        options.append(moved + ([None] if current in written else []))
+        # The current pin among the candidates reads as "no move" (None) for
+        # that repository, which the other candidates must then agree with.
+        options.append([
+            (repo, pin, current) if pin != current else None for pin in written
+        ])
     readings = [
         [pair for pair in combo if pair is not None]
         for combo in itertools.product(*options)
-    ] if options else [[]]
+    ]
     return readings, ambiguous
 
 
+def _realign_citation(
+    citation: Citation,
+    readings: list[list],
+    ambiguous: list[str],
+    cache_dir: str,
+    offline: bool,
+) -> tuple[dict[int, tuple[int, int, str | None]], list[str]]:
+    """The moves one prose run needs, and what blocks them.
+
+    Several pins under one text: the history cannot say which the text
+    describes, but when the cited range lands in the same place from every
+    one of them the question does not matter. When the readings disagree,
+    moving from the wrong one rewrites a correct citation onto someone
+    else's code, with nothing to show it happened.
+    """
+    moves: dict[int, tuple[int, int, str | None]] = {}
+    blocked: list[str] = []
+    for index, part in enumerate(citation.parts):
+        outcomes = {
+            repr(result): result
+            for result in (
+                _realign_part(part, pairs, cache_dir, offline) if pairs else None
+                for pairs in readings
+            )
+        }
+        if len(outcomes) > 1:
+            blocked.extend(
+                f"pin moved under this text: {item}; the readings disagree"
+                for item in ambiguous
+            )
+            continue
+        outcome = next(iter(outcomes.values()))
+        if outcome is None:
+            continue
+        state, payload = outcome
+        if state == "ok":
+            moves[index] = (payload[0], payload[1], None)
+        else:
+            blocked.append(payload)
+    return moves, blocked
+
+
 def realign_prose(
     path: Path, cache_dir: str, offline: bool = False, dry_run: bool = False
 ) -> list[str]:
@@ -2748,34 +2791,7 @@ def realign_prose(
         readings, ambiguous = _writing_pairs(document, repos, revisions, intro_sha)
         if not any(readings):
             continue
-        moves: dict[int, tuple[int, int, str | None]] = {}
-        blocked: list[str] = []
-        for index, part in enumerate(citation.parts):
-            # Several pins under one text: the history cannot say which the
-            # text describes, but when the cited range lands in the same
-            # place from every one of them the question does not matter.
-            results = [
-                _realign_part(part, pairs, cache_dir, offline) if pairs else None
-                for pairs in readings
-            ]
-            outcomes = {repr(result): result for result in results}
-            if len(outcomes) > 1:
-                # Moving from the wrong one rewrites a correct citation onto
-                # someone else's code, with nothing to show it happened.
-                blocked.extend(
-                    f"pin moved under this text: {item}; the readings disagree"
-                    for item in ambiguous
-                )
-                continue
-            outcome = next(iter(outcomes.values()))
-            if outcome is None:
-                continue
-            state, payload = outcome
-            if state == "ok":
-                start, end = payload
-                moves[index] = (start, end, None)
-            else:
-                blocked.append(payload)
+        moves, blocked = _realign_citation(citation, readings, ambiguous, cache_dir, offline)
         if blocked:
             # Half a run must not move: the untouched ranges would read as
             # already realigned when they were never even located.
@@ -2911,21 +2927,13 @@ def _check_quota(count: int, offline: bool) -> None:
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
 
-def _apply_writes(args, name: str, profile: dict, report: ProfileReport) -> None:
-    path = Path(args.emulators_dir) / f"{name}.yml"
-    if not path.is_file():
-        return
-    if args.backfill_commits and report.pin and not profile.get("source_commit"):
-        if args.dry_run:
-            print(f"{name}: would write source_commit {report.pin[:7]}")
-        elif backfill_commit(path, report.pin):
-            print(f"{name}: source_commit {report.pin[:7]}")
-    if not (args.rebase_refs or args.bump_commit):
-        return
-    # Prose written under an older pin describes that revision: anchored from
-    # the current pin, a recale or a bump follows someone else's code
-    # (boom3 FileSystem.cpp:2125, written at b810234e, an unrelated
-    # OpenFileRead at 132dfddb). It moves first, from the pin it was written at.
+def _stale_prose_blocks(name: str, path: Path, args) -> bool:
+    """Whether prose written under an older pin has to move first.
+
+    Anchored from the current pin, a recale or a bump follows someone else's
+    code (boom3 FileSystem.cpp:2125, written at b810234e, an unrelated
+    OpenFileRead at 132dfddb). It moves first, from the pin it was written at.
+    """
     stale = realign_prose(path, args.cache_dir, args.offline, dry_run=True)
     if stale:
         print(
@@ -2933,6 +2941,26 @@ def _apply_writes(args, name: str, profile: dict, report: ProfileReport) -> None
             "run --realign-prose or read them before the pin moves",
             file=sys.stderr,
         )
+    return bool(stale)
+
+
+def _backfill(args, name: str, profile: dict, report: ProfileReport, path: Path) -> None:
+    """Write the pin a profile without source_commit was written at."""
+    if not report.pin or profile.get("source_commit"):
+        return
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print(f"{name}: would write source_commit {report.pin[:7]}")
+    elif backfill_commit(path, report.pin):
+        print(f"{name}: source_commit {report.pin[:7]}")
+
+
+def _apply_writes(args, name: str, profile: dict, report: ProfileReport) -> None:
+    path = Path(args.emulators_dir) / f"{name}.yml"
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return
+    if args.backfill_commits:
+        _backfill(args, name, profile, report, path)
+    if not (args.rebase_refs or args.bump_commit) or _stale_prose_blocks(name, path, args):
         return
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as scratch:
         # Always work on a copy. A dry run reports what it left there; a real
diff --git a/scripts/scraper/fbneo_hash_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/fbneo_hash_scraper.py
index 07fa9718..5d38f11a 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/fbneo_hash_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/fbneo_hash_scraper.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import argparse
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -101,27 +102,7 @@ def _extract_version() -> tuple[str, str]:
         version = _version_from_resource_h()
     # Last resort: use GitHub API for latest real release tag
     if version == "unknown":
-        try:
-            import urllib.error
-            import urllib.request
-
-            req = urllib.request.Request(
-                "https://api.github.com/repos/finalburnneo/FBNeo/tags?per_page=10",
-                headers={"User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0"},
-            )
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
-                import json as json_mod
-
-                tags = json_mod.loads(resp.read())
-                for t in tags:
-                    if t["name"] != "latest" and t["name"].startswith("v"):
-                        version = t["name"]
-                        break
-        except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError) as exc:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"cannot determine the FBNeo version: {exc}") from exc
-    if version == "unknown":
-        # Written as core_version otherwise, and cached for a day.
-        raise RuntimeError("cannot determine the FBNeo version: no tag, resource.h or release")
+        version = _version_from_api()
 
     sha_result = subprocess.run(
         ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"],
@@ -135,6 +116,31 @@ def _extract_version() -> tuple[str, str]:
     return version, commit
 
 
+def _version_from_api() -> str:
+    """The latest real release tag, or an error: "unknown" was written as
+    core_version and cached for a day."""
+    import json as json_mod
+    import urllib.error
+    import urllib.request
+
+    headers = {"User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0"}
+    token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    if token:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/finalburnneo/FBNeo/tags?per_page=10", headers=headers
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
+            tags = json_mod.loads(resp.read())
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, ValueError) as exc:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"cannot determine the FBNeo version: {exc}") from exc
+    for tag in tags:
+        if tag["name"] != "latest" and tag["name"].startswith("v"):
+            return tag["name"]
+    raise RuntimeError("cannot determine the FBNeo version: no tag, resource.h or release")
+
+
 def _version_from_resource_h() -> str:
     """Fallback: parse VER_FULL_VERSION_STR from resource.h."""
     resource_h = CLONE_DIR / "src" / "burner" / "resource.h"
diff --git a/scripts/validate_schemas.py b/scripts/validate_schemas.py
index 46f429a2..752290a0 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_schemas.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_schemas.py
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ def unchecked_formats() -> list[str]:
     return sorted(used - set(FormatChecker().checkers))
 
 
+def _format_errors() -> list[str]:
+    """jsonschema skips a format it has no checker for: say so, and fail."""
+    return [
+        f"no checker for format {name}: install \"jsonschema[format-nongpl]\""
+        for name in unchecked_formats()
+    ]
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -277,17 +285,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    unchecked = unchecked_formats()
-    if unchecked:
-        # jsonschema skips a format it has no checker for, silently.
-        print(
-            f"ERROR no checker for format(s) {', '.join(unchecked)}: "
-            'install "jsonschema[format-nongpl]"',
-            file=sys.stderr,
-        )
-        return 1
-
-    errors: list[str] = []
+    errors: list[str] = _format_errors()
     errors.extend(
         _validate_yaml_directory(ROOT / "emulators", "emulator.schema.json")
     )
diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index d0169248..453b0443 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ from validation import (
 
 DEFAULT_DB = "database.json"
 DEFAULT_PLATFORMS_DIR = "platforms"
+# The repository's platforms wherever the script runs from, for library calls
+# that pass no directory.
+_REPO_PLATFORMS = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "platforms")
 DEFAULT_EMULATORS_DIR = "emulators"
 
 
@@ -1258,7 +1261,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
     db: dict,
     standalone: bool = False,
     regions: list[str] | None = None,
-    platforms_dir: str | None = None,
+    platforms_dir: str = _REPO_PLATFORMS,
 ) -> dict:
     """Verify files for specific emulator profiles.
 
@@ -1276,9 +1279,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
     # Build validation index from selected profiles only
     selected_profiles = {n: p for n, p in selected}
     validation_index = _build_validation_index(selected_profiles)
-    data_registry = load_data_dir_registry(
-        platforms_dir or os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "platforms")
-    )
+    data_registry = load_data_dir_registry(platforms_dir)
 
     details = []
     file_status: dict[str, str] = {}
@@ -1556,7 +1557,7 @@ def verify_system(
     db: dict,
     standalone: bool = False,
     regions: list[str] | None = None,
-    platforms_dir: str | None = None,
+    platforms_dir: str = _REPO_PLATFORMS,
 ) -> dict:
     """Verify files for all emulators supporting given system IDs."""
     profiles = load_emulator_profiles(emulators_dir)
@@ -1729,6 +1730,21 @@ def _refuse_listing_narrowings(
             parser.error(f"{flag} is incompatible with {listing}")
 
 
+def _refuse_mode_flags(args: argparse.Namespace, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+    """A flag the chosen mode does not read is refused, never ignored."""
+    for refused, message in (
+        (args.standalone and not (args.emulator or args.system),
+         "--standalone requires --emulator or --system"),
+        (args.include_archived and not args.all, "--include-archived requires --all"),
+        (args.target and not (args.platform or args.all),
+         "--target requires --platform or --all"),
+        (args.target and (args.emulator or args.system),
+         "--target is incompatible with --emulator and --system"),
+    ):
+        if refused:
+            parser.error(message)
+
+
 def _run_listing(args: argparse.Namespace, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     if args.list_emulators:
         list_emulator_profiles(args.emulators_dir)
@@ -1811,14 +1827,7 @@ def main():
         parser.error(
             "--platform, --all, --emulator, and --system are mutually exclusive"
         )
-    if args.standalone and not (args.emulator or args.system):
-        parser.error("--standalone requires --emulator or --system")
-    if args.include_archived and not args.all:
-        parser.error("--include-archived requires --all")
-    if args.target and not (args.platform or args.all):
-        parser.error("--target requires --platform or --all")
-    if args.target and (args.emulator or args.system):
-        parser.error("--target is incompatible with --emulator and --system")
+    _refuse_mode_flags(args, parser)
 
     with open(args.db) as f:
         db = json.load(f)
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 7d08c39d..ef3b2414 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ class SchemaFormatsAreChecked(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_JSONSCHEMA, "validating a schema needs jsonschema")
     def test_a_missing_checker_is_named(self):
-        import validate_schemas
+        import validate_schemas  # noqa: PLC0415
 
         empty = mock.Mock(checkers={})
         with mock.patch.object(validate_schemas, "FormatChecker", return_value=empty):
diff --git a/tests/test_contributing_text.py b/tests/test_contributing_text.py
index 84a345c0..e4b80660 100644
--- a/tests/test_contributing_text.py
+++ b/tests/test_contributing_text.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
@@ -37,11 +38,9 @@ class CoverageReadsTheGivenProfiles(unittest.TestCase):
     platform coverage, which read ./emulators whatever was given."""
 
     def test_the_directory_reaches_verify(self):
-        from unittest import mock  # noqa: PLC0415
-
         seen: list[str] = []
 
-        def fake_verify(config, db, emulators_dir, **_kwargs):
+        def fake_verify(_config, _db, emulators_dir, **_kwargs):
             seen.append(emulators_dir)
             return {"status_counts": {}, "total_files": 0, "undeclared_files": [], "details": []}
 
diff --git a/tests/test_export_counts.py b/tests/test_export_counts.py
index 75f16bbd..2cc6da75 100644
--- a/tests/test_export_counts.py
+++ b/tests/test_export_counts.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
 
 from exporter.baseline import NativeFile, NativeSystem, build_native_model  # noqa: E402
+from exporter.bizhawk_exporter import Exporter as BizHawk  # noqa: E402
+from exporter.misterfpga_exporter import Exporter as Mister  # noqa: E402
+from exporter.romm_exporter import Exporter as Romm  # noqa: E402
+from scraper.emudeck_scraper import FUNCTION_HASH_MAP  # noqa: E402
 from exporter.emudeck_exporter import Exporter as EmuDeck  # noqa: E402
 from exporter.retrobat_exporter import Exporter as RetroBat  # noqa: E402
 from exporter.retrodeck_exporter import Exporter as RetroDeck  # noqa: E402
@@ -130,8 +134,6 @@ class EmuDeckWritesItsCorrections(unittest.TestCase):
     SCRIPT = "checkPS1BIOS(){\n  local hashes=(%s)\n}\n"
 
     def _systems(self, corrected: NativeFile, other: NativeFile) -> dict:
-        from scraper.emudeck_scraper import FUNCTION_HASH_MAP
-
         system_id = FUNCTION_HASH_MAP["checkPS1BIOS"]
         corrected.native_system = other.native_system = system_id
         return {system_id: NativeSystem(system_id, files=[corrected, other])}
@@ -168,8 +170,6 @@ class EmuDeckWritesItsCorrections(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class BizHawkCountsWhatItWrites(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_an_ambiguous_name_is_not_counted(self):
-        from exporter.bizhawk_exporter import Exporter as BizHawk
-
         sha_a, sha_b, sha_c = "a" * 40, "b" * 40, "c" * 40
         first = NativeFile("bios.bin", "bios.bin", "S1", platform={"sha1": sha_a},
                            truth={"sha1": sha_b}, corrections=["sha1"])
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ class BizHawkCountsWhatItWrites(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class MisterCountsWhatItWrites(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_a_path_the_database_lacks_is_not_counted(self):
-        from exporter.misterfpga_exporter import Exporter as Mister
-
         held = NativeFile("boot.rom", "NES/boot.rom", "nes", platform={"md5": A},
                           truth={"md5": B}, corrections=["md5"])
         absent = NativeFile("boot.rom", "SNES/boot.rom", "snes", platform={"md5": A},
@@ -260,8 +258,6 @@ class OneFileOneIdentity(unittest.TestCase):
 class RommKeepsItsOwnKeys(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_a_same_named_addition_does_not_replace_their_entry(self):
         """fbneo's 480-byte boot.bin overwrote RomM's Dreamcast boot.bin."""
-        from exporter.romm_exporter import Exporter as Romm
-
         theirs = NativeFile("boot.bin", "dc/boot.bin", "dc",
                             platform={"size": 2097152, "md5": A})
         ours = NativeFile("boot.bin", "fbneo/boot.bin", "dc",
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 4aad42db..d47b7383 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -2558,7 +2558,9 @@ class TestBumpCommit(unittest.TestCase):
         text = self.path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         self.path.write_text(
             "source_commit:\n  standalone: \"aaa\"\n  libretro: \"bbb\"\n"
-            + "\n".join(l for l in text.splitlines() if not l.startswith("source_commit"))
+            + "\n".join(
+                line for line in text.splitlines() if not line.startswith("source_commit")
+            )
             + "\n",
             encoding="utf-8",
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_region.py b/tests/test_region.py
index c915d14c..9f7770b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_region.py
+++ b/tests/test_region.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "scripts"))
 
-import region
+import common  # noqa: E402
+import region  # noqa: E402
+from packextras import emulator_region_drops  # noqa: E402
 
 
 class TestVocabulary(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -647,10 +649,6 @@ class RegionalRequestsKeepWhatTheCodeLoads(unittest.TestCase):
     )
 
     def test_each_request_keeps_its_file(self):
-        sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "scripts"))
-        import common
-        from packextras import emulator_region_drops
-
         profiles = common.load_emulator_profiles(
             os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "emulators")
         )