diff --git a/src/config/mcp-config-normalize.ts b/src/config/mcp-config-normalize.ts
index cbf6fb695bf..63fa4b392bd 100644
--- a/src/config/mcp-config-normalize.ts
+++ b/src/config/mcp-config-normalize.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
 
-export type ConfigMcpServers = Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+type ConfigMcpServers = Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
 type OpenClawMcpHttpTransport = "sse" | "streamable-http";
 
 const CLI_MCP_TYPE_TO_OPENCLAW_TRANSPORT: Record<string, OpenClawMcpHttpTransport | "stdio"> = {
diff --git a/src/config/mcp-config.ts b/src/config/mcp-config.ts
index e3597494dbb..addfb8014be 100644
--- a/src/config/mcp-config.ts
+++ b/src/config/mcp-config.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ import { readSourceConfigSnapshot } from "./io.js";
 import {
   canonicalizeConfiguredMcpServer,
   normalizeConfiguredMcpServers,
-  type ConfigMcpServers,
 } from "./mcp-config-normalize.js";
 import { replaceConfigFile } from "./mutate.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "./types.openclaw.js";
 import { validateConfigObjectWithPlugins } from "./validation.js";
 
-export { normalizeConfiguredMcpServers, type ConfigMcpServers } from "./mcp-config-normalize.js";
+type ConfigMcpServers = ReturnType<typeof normalizeConfiguredMcpServers>;
 
 type ConfigMcpReadResult =
   | {