diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1c4d5b2b6..85dea9746 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1514,18 +1514,6 @@
         "sisteransi": "^1.0.5"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@clack/prompts/node_modules/is-unicode-supported": {
-      "version": "1.3.0",
-      "extraneous": true,
-      "inBundle": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler": {
       "version": "0.3.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler/-/kv-asset-handler-0.3.4.tgz",
diff --git a/src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.ts b/src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.ts
index 674a63916..34c971c79 100644
--- a/src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.ts
+++ b/src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.ts
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@ import {
 } from './legacyFsHelpers.js';
 import { RouteOptions } from '../../core/http/index.js';
 
-/**
- * Legacy FS routes, implemented as thin shims over `FSService`.
- *
- * Each shim parses the request shape (FSNodeParam-style `{ path, uid, id }`
- * or `{ parent, name }`), invokes the service method, and returns the
- * snake_case response clients expect.
- */
-
 type RouterCache = Map<string, RequestHandler | null>;
 
 const additionalRoutePaths: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -1631,17 +1623,6 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
         download.body.pipe(res);
     };
 
-    // Helpers for writeFile
-    // -- GUI event emission -------------------------------------------
-    //
-    // Fire-and-forget `outer.gui.item.*` events so SocketService,
-    // BroadcastService, WorkerDriver (hot-reload), and cache-invalidation
-    // listeners pick up mutations made through the legacy (bare-path) routes.
-    // FSController (v2-native /fs/* routes) emits these from its own handlers;
-    // LegacyFSController delegates to the same FSService but needs its
-    // own emissions because the service layer deliberately doesn't emit GUI
-    // events (that's a controller concern).
-
     async #emitGuiEvent(
         eventName:
             | 'outer.gui.item.added'
diff --git a/src/backend/extensions.test.ts b/src/backend/extensions.test.ts
index 009a876b0..57a3fdf5e 100644
--- a/src/backend/extensions.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/extensions.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ describe('extension.import("client") optional client access', () => {
                 return null;
             }
         };
-        expect(probe()).toBe(fake);
+        // The import proxy method-binds, so the result is a binding proxy over
+        // `fake` rather than the raw reference (identity is intentionally not
+        // preserved). What the probe pattern locks is that a registered client
+        // surfaces a callable method.
+        const result = probe();
+        expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(typeof (result as { query: unknown }).query).toBe('function');
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/backend/extensions.ts b/src/backend/extensions.ts
index e66e878f1..87420f9a1 100644
--- a/src/backend/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/backend/extensions.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,35 @@ const makeUseFn = (): ExtensionUseFn => {
  *     `'store:baz'` / `'controller:qux'` / `'driver:fred'` — returns a lazy
  *     proxy to the registered instance (thrown on use-before-init).
  */
+/**
+ * Wrap a resolved layer instance so that pulling a method off the import
+ * comes out *bound* to the instance. Extensions routinely grab a method as a
+ * bare reference — `const { write } = extension.import('service').fs` or
+ * `const w = svc.fs.write` — then call it detached; without binding, `this`
+ * is `undefined` and the method's private-field access throws on the first
+ * line. Getters keep the real instance as their receiver, so private-field
+ * reads inside accessors still resolve. Only `get` is trapped; writes, `in`,
+ * and descriptor reads fall through to the instance unchanged.
+ *
+ * Trade-off: each method access returns a fresh bound function, so reference
+ * identity is not stable (`svc.fs.write !== svc.fs.write`). That's acceptable
+ * for the import surface, where instances are grabbed once and methods called.
+ */
+const bindLayerMethods = <T>(instance: T): T => {
+    if (instance === null || typeof instance !== 'object') {
+        return instance;
+    }
+    return new Proxy(instance as object, {
+        get(target, prop) {
+            const value = Reflect.get(target, prop, target);
+            return typeof value === 'function'
+                ? // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+                  (value as (...a: any[]) => unknown).bind(target)
+                : value;
+        },
+    }) as T;
+};
+
 export const extension = {
     // -- Config access -----------------------------------------------
     //
@@ -324,7 +353,7 @@ export const extension = {
                             };
                             return new Proxy({}, proxyProxyHandler) as object;
                         }
-                        return proxiedObj;
+                        return bindLayerMethods(proxiedObj);
                     },
                 };
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -352,7 +381,7 @@ export const extension = {
                             };
                             return new Proxy({}, proxyProxyHandler) as object;
                         }
-                        return proxiedObj;
+                        return bindLayerMethods(proxiedObj);
                     },
                 };
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -380,7 +409,7 @@ export const extension = {
                             };
                             return new Proxy({}, proxyProxyHandler) as object;
                         }
-                        return proxiedObj;
+                        return bindLayerMethods(proxiedObj);
                     },
                 };
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -408,7 +437,7 @@ export const extension = {
                             };
                             return new Proxy({}, proxyProxyHandler) as object;
                         }
-                        return proxiedObj;
+                        return bindLayerMethods(proxiedObj);
                     },
                 };
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -436,7 +465,7 @@ export const extension = {
                             };
                             return new Proxy({}, proxyProxyHandler) as object;
                         }
-                        return proxiedObj;
+                        return bindLayerMethods(proxiedObj);
                     },
                 };
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any