diff --git a/i18n/messages.json b/i18n/messages.json
index 3685e2b26..a6a8b2c2d 100644
--- a/i18n/messages.json
+++ b/i18n/messages.json
@@ -6915,10 +6915,6 @@
       "en": "Meta tools",
       "zh": "元工具"
     },
-    "gui.settings.tools.meta_elsewhere": {
-      "en": "switched on by the tool-search setting, not here",
-      "zh": "由工具检索设置控制，不在这里开关"
-    },
     "gui.settings.setup.web_search": {
       "en": "Web search",
       "zh": "联网搜索"
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/i18n/messages.generated.ts b/ui-tui/src/i18n/messages.generated.ts
index cfe3e3a3f..384ccdc54 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/i18n/messages.generated.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/i18n/messages.generated.ts
@@ -1937,7 +1937,6 @@ export const UI_TEXT: Record<Locale, Record<string, string>> = {
     'gui.settings.tools.grp_skills': 'Skills and playbooks',
     'gui.settings.tools.grp_memory': 'Memory',
     'gui.settings.tools.grp_search': 'Meta tools',
-    'gui.settings.tools.meta_elsewhere': 'switched on by the tool-search setting, not here',
     'gui.settings.setup.web_search': 'Web search',
     'gui.settings.setup.web_fetch': 'Page reading',
     'gui.settings.setup.ready': 'On',
@@ -3674,7 +3673,6 @@ export const UI_TEXT: Record<Locale, Record<string, string>> = {
     'gui.settings.tools.grp_skills': '技能与剧本',
     'gui.settings.tools.grp_memory': '记忆',
     'gui.settings.tools.grp_search': '元工具',
-    'gui.settings.tools.meta_elsewhere': '由工具检索设置控制，不在这里开关',
     'gui.settings.setup.web_search': '联网搜索',
     'gui.settings.setup.web_fetch': '网页抓取',
     'gui.settings.setup.ready': '已开启',
diff --git a/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.test.tsx b/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.test.tsx
index 2043332e8..4bb53d366 100644
--- a/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.test.tsx
+++ b/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.test.tsx
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ describe('tools page', () => {
     expect(dag.classList.contains('settings-swi-fixed')).toBe(false)
     expect(TOOL_GROUPS.collab).toContain('cancel_dag')
     expect(TOOL_GROUPS.search).not.toContain('cancel_dag')
-    /* The note that says where `tool_search`'s switch really is. Without it the
-       row reads as a tool that cannot be turned on at all. */
-    expect(screen.getByText('gui.settings.tools.meta_elsewhere')).toBeTruthy()
     /* Eight known tools, none of them meta: read_file, exec, spawn, web_fetch
        (Jina reads without a key) and cancel_dag are on and unblocked;
        web_search lacks its key; deep_research and image_generate are switched
diff --git a/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.tsx b/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.tsx
index c26a7f8e3..32ecd736f 100644
--- a/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.tsx
+++ b/ui-web/src/features/settings/pages/Tools.tsx
@@ -152,19 +152,10 @@ export function Tools(): JSX.Element {
     if (!known_) return null
     const isOn = !meta && wanted(id)
     const blk = isOn ? blocker(id, raw) : ''
-    /* The one meta-tool whose switch is a different setting
-       (`tools.toolSearch.enabled`), so the row says where it is rather than
-       looking like a tool that cannot be turned on at all. */
-    const elsewhere = id === 'tool_search'
     return (
       <Xrow
         key={id}
-        name={
-          <>
-            <span className="mono">{id}</span>
-            {elsewhere ? <span className="settings-xd">{t('gui.settings.tools.meta_elsewhere')}</span> : null}
-          </>
-        }
+        name={<span className="mono">{id}</span>}
         status={meta
           ? <Rov>{t('gui.settings.tools.builtin')}</Rov>
           : blk ? <Chip state="warn">{t('gui.settings.tools.setup')}</Chip> : null}
diff --git a/ui-web/src/features/settings/styles.css b/ui-web/src/features/settings/styles.css
index 671ce70e9..57e5c78ad 100644
--- a/ui-web/src/features/settings/styles.css
+++ b/ui-web/src/features/settings/styles.css
@@ -413,6 +413,5 @@ footer {border-top:1px solid var(--line); margin:48px 0 0; padding:18px 0 70px;
 .settings-xrow.settings-dim .settings-xn {color:var(--muted)}
 .settings-xname {display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:9px; flex:1; min-width:0; font:inherit; color:inherit; background:none; border:0; padding:0; text-align:left; cursor:pointer}
 .settings-xname .settings-xn {font-size:13.5px; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap}
-.settings-xname .settings-xd {margin-left:9px; font-size:11.5px; color:var(--faint); white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; min-width:0}
 .settings-xrow.settings-open .settings-chev {transform:rotate(90deg); border-color:var(--amber); color:var(--gold); background:var(--amber-dp)}
 .settings-lnkico {margin-left:6px; vertical-align:middle}