diff --git a/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistGalleryTab.vue b/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistGalleryTab.vue
index f0d2a70..56a9d6d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistGalleryTab.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistGalleryTab.vue
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { onMounted } from 'vue'
-import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
-
 import { useArtistStore } from '../../stores/artist.js'
 import { useModalStore } from '../../stores/modal.js'
 import MasonryGrid from '../discovery/MasonryGrid.vue'
@@ -24,21 +21,6 @@ const props = defineProps({
 
 const store = useArtistStore()
 const modal = useModalStore()
-const route = useRoute()
-const router = useRouter()
-
-onMounted(() => {
-  // Audit 2026-06-02: same overlay treatment as GalleryView —
-  // honor `?image=N` once for backward-compat, then strip the
-  // query and let the modal live in Pinia-only state.
-  const initial = parseInt(route.query.image, 10)
-  if (!isNaN(initial)) {
-    modal.open(initial)
-    const q = { ...route.query }
-    delete q.image
-    router.replace({ query: q })
-  }
-})
 
 function openImage (id) {
   modal.open(id)
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/GalleryView.vue b/frontend/src/views/GalleryView.vue
index aa10623..03c804c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/GalleryView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/GalleryView.vue
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 <script setup>
 import { onMounted, watch } from 'vue'
-import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
+import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
 import { useGalleryStore } from '../stores/gallery.js'
 import { useModalStore } from '../stores/modal.js'
 import GalleryGrid from '../components/gallery/GalleryGrid.vue'
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import { useGallerySelectionStore } from '../stores/gallerySelection.js'
 const store = useGalleryStore()
 const modal = useModalStore()
 const sel = useGallerySelectionStore()
-const router = useRouter()
 const route = useRoute()
 
 onMounted(async () => {
@@ -47,20 +46,6 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   else if (!isNaN(tagId)) store.setTagFilter(tagId)
   await store.loadInitial()
   await store.loadTimeline()
-  // Audit 2026-06-02: modal is now a Pinia-only overlay (see
-  // G5.4 design). The previous URL↔modal sync leaked the modal
-  // across route changes and re-opened it on history back/forward.
-  // We still honor `?image=N` as a one-shot deep-link opener so
-  // existing bookmarks / shared URLs keep working; we strip the
-  // query immediately via router.replace so the URL doesn't
-  // re-trigger and no history entry is added.
-  const initial = parseInt(route.query.image, 10)
-  if (!isNaN(initial)) {
-    modal.open(initial)
-    const q = { ...route.query }
-    delete q.image
-    router.replace({ query: q })
-  }
 })
 
 watch(() => route.query.tag_id, (q) => {