diff --git a/scripts/package-release.sh b/scripts/package-release.sh
index 8d4599c5e..8be6edbf7 100755
--- a/scripts/package-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/package-release.sh
@@ -183,21 +183,14 @@ if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then
     (
         cd "$PACK_DIR"
         rm -f "$OUT_DIR/$NAME.zip"
-        ARCHIVE_MEMBERS=(
-            codebase-memory-mcp.exe LICENSE install.ps1
-            THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
-        )
-        zip -q "$OUT_DIR/$NAME.zip" "${ARCHIVE_MEMBERS[@]}"
+        zip -q "$OUT_DIR/$NAME.zip" \
+            codebase-memory-mcp.exe LICENSE install.ps1 THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
     )
     echo "=== package-release: $OUT_DIR/$NAME.zip ==="
 else
-    ARCHIVE_MEMBERS=(
-        codebase-memory-mcp LICENSE install.sh
-        THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
-    )
     # BSD tar otherwise materializes macOS extended attributes as hidden
     # AppleDouble `._*` members, violating the exact four-file inventory.
     COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar -czf "$OUT_DIR/$NAME.tar.gz" -C "$PACK_DIR" \
-        "${ARCHIVE_MEMBERS[@]}"
+        codebase-memory-mcp LICENSE install.sh THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
     echo "=== package-release: $OUT_DIR/$NAME.tar.gz ==="
 fi
diff --git a/tests/test_smoke_fixture_contract.sh b/tests/test_smoke_fixture_contract.sh
index 111b5c7cd..b202f967d 100755
--- a/tests/test_smoke_fixture_contract.sh
+++ b/tests/test_smoke_fixture_contract.sh
@@ -137,15 +137,15 @@ for relative, source in (
 # Unix fixtures mirror the release archive surface and Linux update aliases.
 for name in ("LICENSE", "install.sh", "THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md"):
     require(name in smoke_local, f"smoke-local.sh archive must include {name}")
+# One composition ships, so there is one archive name and no variant alias.
 require(
-    "codebase-memory-mcp${SUFFIX}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz" in smoke_local
-    and "codebase-memory-mcp-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz" in smoke_local,
-    "smoke-local.sh must create the selected variant and standard alias",
+    "codebase-memory-mcp-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz" in smoke_local
+    and "${SUFFIX}" not in smoke_local,
+    "smoke-local.sh must create the single canonical archive with no variant alias",
 )
 require(
-    "codebase-memory-mcp${SUFFIX}-${OS}-${ARCH}-portable.tar.gz" in smoke_local
-    and "codebase-memory-mcp-${OS}-${ARCH}-portable.tar.gz" in smoke_local,
-    "smoke-local.sh must create Linux portable selected-variant and standard aliases",
+    "codebase-memory-mcp-${OS}-${ARCH}-portable.tar.gz" in smoke_local,
+    "smoke-local.sh must create the Linux portable update alias",
 )
 require(
     'CBM_CACHE_DIR="$WORK_DIR/cache"' in smoke_local
diff --git a/tests/test_windows_bundle_contract.sh b/tests/test_windows_bundle_contract.sh
index 3a7faf52d..5a284d19c 100644
--- a/tests/test_windows_bundle_contract.sh
+++ b/tests/test_windows_bundle_contract.sh
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ single_binary_contracts = {
     ),
     "pkg/pypi/src/codebase_memory_mcp/_cli.py": (
         r"_WINDOWS_BINARY_NAME\s*=\s*['\"]codebase-memory-mcp\.exe['\"]",
-        r"def\s+_windows_binary_ready\(",
+        r"def\s+_runtime_set_ready\(",
     ),
 }
 for relative, patterns in single_binary_contracts.items():