diff --git a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.js b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f0d90acc9b..0000000000
--- a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Thin re‑export shim so test files that import `image-picker-overlay.js`
-// continue to work even though the real component is authored in TypeScript.
-//
-// We deliberately keep this file in plain JavaScript so Node can resolve it
-// without the “.tsx” extension when running under ts-node/esm in the test
-// environment.
-
-export { default } from "./image-picker-overlay.tsx";
diff --git a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.tsx b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.tsx
index efd8151205..80c8dc2543 100644
--- a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.tsx
+++ b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { Box, Text, useInput, useStdin } from "ink";
 
 import SelectInput from "../select-input/select-input.js";
 
-import { getDirectoryItems } from "../../utils/image-picker-utils.js";
-import type { PickerItem } from "../../utils/image-picker-utils.js";
+import { getDirectoryItems } from "../../utils/image-picker-utils";
+import type { PickerItem } from "../../utils/image-picker-utils";
 import React, { useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 
 interface Props {
diff --git a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx
index 3466348719..b0663a947d 100644
--- a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx
+++ b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { useInterval } from "use-interval";
 
 // Internal imports
 // Image picker overlay triggered by "@" sentinel
-import ImagePickerOverlay from "./image-picker-overlay.js";
+import ImagePickerOverlay from "./image-picker-overlay";
 
 const suggestions = [
   "explain this codebase to me",
diff --git a/codex-cli/src/utils/image-picker-utils.js b/codex-cli/src/utils/image-picker-utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f06274012..0000000000
--- a/codex-cli/src/utils/image-picker-utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// Re‑export TypeScript implementation so regular `.js` import paths used by
-// the existing test‑suite continue to resolve correctly at runtime.
-
-export * from "./image-picker-utils.ts";
diff --git a/codex-cli/tests/image-overlay.test.tsx b/codex-cli/tests/image-overlay.test.tsx
index d32b0d4e22..8c5eb8b0e9 100644
--- a/codex-cli/tests/image-overlay.test.tsx
+++ b/codex-cli/tests/image-overlay.test.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ vi.mock("../src/utils/input-utils.js", () => ({
   imageFilenameByDataUrl: new Map(),
 }));
 
-import ImagePickerOverlay from "../src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay.js";
+import ImagePickerOverlay from "../src/components/chat/image-picker-overlay";
 
 async function type(
   stdin: NodeJS.WritableStream & { write(str: string): void },