diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanChannel.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanChannel.cs
index 91a6715a6..8b3b917e2 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanChannel.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanChannel.cs
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ public static class BanChannel
 
     public static IReadOnlyList<IBanReporter> Reporters => _reporters;
 
-    public static void Configure()
-    {
-        // Load ban policy for the accept path. Reporters are NOT built here — content registers them
-        // via Register() during the same Configure() sweep, in any order relative to this call, so we
-        // must not clobber any registrations that may already have arrived.
-        BanConfiguration.Configure();
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Registers a contribution sink from content (inversion of control). Idempotent by
     /// <see cref="IBanReporter.Name"/>: a second registration of the same name is ignored. Configures the
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanConfiguration.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanConfiguration.cs
index 2f48007e7..b1160f54e 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/Bans/BanConfiguration.cs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public static class BanConfiguration
 
     public static void Configure()
     {
-        // Idempotent: this Configure() is auto-discovered and also called explicitly by BanChannel,
-        // so guard against a redundant second load.
+        // Reached by the Configure sweep, which is the only caller. Idempotent anyway, so a second call
+        // cannot re-deserialize or re-write the template over an operator's edits.
         if (Settings != null)
         {
             return;
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
index 317ed46eb..6c6262ae4 100755
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ public partial class NetState : IComparable<NetState>, IValueLinkListNode<NetSta
 
         // Initialize IORingGroup and buffer pools
         ConfigureNetwork();
-
-        // Load ban policy. Reporters (content) register themselves during the same Configure sweep, as do
-        // the accept-path IConnectionFilters.
-        Bans.BanChannel.Configure();
     }
 
     // Internal constructor for accepted sockets