diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx b/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx
index c3eae4041b..c25cc91a26 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx
@@ -463,21 +463,26 @@ function Loaded({ injected, renderSlot }: { injected: ModelsSectionFace; renderS
                       : null}
                 </span>
                 <span className={styles['rowActions']}>
-                  <button
-                    type="button"
-                    className={styles['secondaryButton']}
-                    aria-label={providerCopy(t('editProvider'), target)}
-                    onClick={() => {
-                      setSavedTarget(undefined)
-                      // One card at a time: the add card closes with whatever
-                      // it held, since closing either card would otherwise
-                      // discard the other's draft.
-                      setAddOpen(false)
-                      setEditing(open ? undefined : target)
-                    }}
-                  >
-                    {t('edit')}
-                  </button>
+                  {/* The account catalog comes from the account listing; its model overrides live in cordis.patch.yml. */}
+                  {row.entry.provider === 'deepseek-account'
+                    ? null
+                    : (
+                      <button
+                        type="button"
+                        className={styles['secondaryButton']}
+                        aria-label={providerCopy(t('editProvider'), target)}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setSavedTarget(undefined)
+                          // One card at a time: the add card closes with whatever
+                          // it held, since closing either card would otherwise
+                          // discard the other's draft.
+                          setAddOpen(false)
+                          setEditing(open ? undefined : target)
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        {t('edit')}
+                      </button>
+                    )}
                   {row.removable
                     ? (
                       <button
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx b/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx
index 3ed7b42d87..b4df6a7124 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
   const fallback = schema.getPath(namespace.value, settingsPath)
   const disabled = props.readOnly || busy
   const layout = layoutOf(namespace.ns)
-  const accountProvider = props.provider === 'deepseek-account'
   const keyRef = refFor(schema, namespace, settingsPath, props.provider)
   // The same schema read the create card makes, so the choices offered here
   // and there cannot drift apart: both come from the adapter's own `Config`.
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
   )
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (accountProvider) return
     let stale = false
     setKeyState(undefined)
     // The key state is a placeholder hint, not a precondition for editing: a
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
       setKeyState(described)
     })
     return () => { stale = true }
-  }, [operations, keyRef, accountProvider])
+  }, [operations, keyRef])
 
   const stringAt = (source: unknown, key: string): string | undefined => {
     const value = schema.getPath(source, [key])
@@ -370,9 +368,6 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
       },
       onReset: () => { setDraft(current => schema.deletePath(current, ['models'])) },
     }
-    if (accountProvider) return <DeepSeekModelsEditor {...catalogProps}
-      defaultContextWindow={typeof defaultContextWindow === 'number' ? defaultContextWindow : undefined}
-      defaultMaxTokens={typeof defaultMaxTokens === 'number' ? defaultMaxTokens : undefined} />
     return (
       <>
         <div className={styles['field']}>
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings-models/tests/components.client.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-settings-models/tests/components.client.spec.tsx
index 1a2398bd2a..ca157caff3 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings-models/tests/components.client.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings-models/tests/components.client.spec.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   ModelsSection, needsSetup, providerCopy, providerTargetLabel, removeProviderProfile,
 } from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
 import type { ModelsSectionInjected, ModelsSectionProps } from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
-import { ProviderEditor, pathOps } from '../src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx'
+import { pathOps } from '../src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx'
 import {
   DeepSeekModelsEditor, formatCapacity, modelDrafts, parseCapacity, validateDeepSeekModels,
 } from '../src/client/DeepSeekModelsEditor.tsx'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { deriveKeyRef, ModelsSettingsStore } from '../src/client/store.ts'
 import { createModelsOperations } from '../src/client/operations.ts'
 import type { ModelsOperations } from '../src/client/operations.ts'
 import type { ProviderRow } from '../src/client/store.ts'
-import { en, zh } from '../src/client/locales.ts'
+import { en } from '../src/client/locales.ts'
 import { settingsSchema } from './settings-schema.client.ts'
 
 afterEach(cleanup)
@@ -1883,33 +1883,13 @@ describe('apiKeyFailure', () => {
   })
 })
 
-it.each([en, zh])('edits the account model catalog without credential or endpoint fields', async (copy) => {
+it('renders the localized account row without an edit action', async () => {
   const scripted = scriptedFace({})
-  const ops = operationsWith(scripted.face)
-  const describe = vi.spyOn(ops, 'describeCredential')
-  render(<ProviderEditor provider="deepseek-account" displayName={copy.deepSeekAccount}
-    namespace={wireNamespaces()[0]!} settingsPath={[]} schema={settingsSchema}
-    operations={ops} t={key => copy[key]} readOnly={false} onClose={() => {}} />)
-  expect(screen.queryByLabelText(copy.keyInput)).toBeNull()
-  expect(screen.queryByLabelText(copy.baseUrl)).toBeNull()
-  expect(describe).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  expect(screen.getByDisplayValue('deepseek-v4-flash')).toBeTruthy()
-  await expect(`${document.body.textContent}\n`)
-    .toMatchFileSnapshot(`./expected/deepseek-account-${copy === en ? 'en' : 'zh'}.txt`)
-})
-
-it('renders the localized account row and supports catalogs without capacity defaults', async () => {
-  const scripted = scriptedFace({})
-  const { controller, view } = await mountFace(scripted)
+  const { controller } = await mountFace(scripted)
   const row = controller.store.getSnapshot().rows[0]!
   await act(async () => { controller.store.update((state) => {
     state.rows = [{ ...row, accountAvailable: true, entry: { ...row.entry, provider: 'deepseek-account' } }]
   }) })
-  expect(screen.getByText(en.deepSeekAccount)).toBeTruthy()
-  view.unmount()
-  const namespace = wireNamespaces()[0]!
-  render(<ProviderEditor provider="deepseek-account" displayName={en.deepSeekAccount}
-    namespace={{ ...namespace, value: { models: [] }, base: { models: [] } }} settingsPath={[]} schema={settingsSchema}
-    operations={operationsWith(scripted.face)} t={t} readOnly={false} onClose={() => {}} />)
-  expect(screen.queryByLabelText(en.keyInput)).toBeNull()
+  const item = screen.getByText(en.deepSeekAccount).closest('li')!
+  expect(within(item).queryByText(en.edit)).toBeNull()
 })