diff --git a/AGENT.md b/AGENT.md
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--- a/AGENT.md
+++ b/AGENT.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Point them to [`README.md`](README.md). They do not need this file or the skill.
 
 ## Hard rules (always)
 
-- **OA-only downloads** — no Sci-Hub; paywalled → `not_downloaded.csv` / `.txt`.
+- **OA-only downloads** — paywalled → `not_downloaded.csv` / `.txt`.
   Resolve collects multiple OA candidates (PMC, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Unpaywall,
   arXiv, CORE, Crossref); download walks them until one succeeds.
 - **Don't bypass `04_screen_prep.py`** — batch JSONL is the audit trail.
diff --git a/docs/AGENT_GUIDE.md b/docs/AGENT_GUIDE.md
index b81fa70..34337cb 100644
--- a/docs/AGENT_GUIDE.md
+++ b/docs/AGENT_GUIDE.md
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ You (the coding agent) are modifying or deeply debugging SLR-Engine. This is you
 
 5. **OA-only for downloads.** Resolve and download only **gold**, **green**, or
    **bronze** tiers (`slr_engine/oa_resolver.py`). **Hybrid** and **closed** are skipped.
-   Multiple lawful OA URLs are collected and tried in order; there is no Sci-Hub
-   fallback. Unretrievable includes land in `not_downloaded.csv` / `.txt`.
-   Sci-Hub is out of scope.
+   Multiple lawful OA URLs are collected and tried in order. Unretrievable includes
+   land in `not_downloaded.csv` / `.txt`.
 
 ## Per-stage instructions