diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/bundled.shape-guard.test.ts b/src/channels/plugins/bundled.shape-guard.test.ts
index b5fe7d80916..e719107471f 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/bundled.shape-guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/bundled.shape-guard.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { importFreshModule } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-fixtures";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { loadPluginManifestRegistry } from "../../plugins/manifest-registry.js";
 
 vi.mock("../../plugins/bundled-dir.js", async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../../plugins/bundled-dir.js")>();
@@ -92,6 +91,19 @@ function collectBundledChannelEntrypointOffenders(
   return offenders;
 }
 
+function listSourceBundledPluginRoots(): string[] {
+  const extensionsDir = path.resolve("extensions");
+  return fs
+    .readdirSync(extensionsDir, { withFileTypes: true })
+    .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
+    .map((entry) => path.join(extensionsDir, entry.name))
+    .filter(
+      (entryPath) =>
+        fs.existsSync(path.join(entryPath, "package.json")) ||
+        fs.existsSync(path.join(entryPath, "openclaw.plugin.json")),
+    );
+}
+
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.resetModules();
   vi.doUnmock("../../plugins/bundled-channel-runtime.js");
@@ -104,9 +116,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("bundled channel entry shape guards", () => {
-  const bundledPluginRoots = loadPluginManifestRegistry({ config: {} })
-    .plugins.filter((plugin) => plugin.origin === "bundled")
-    .map((plugin) => plugin.rootDir);
+  const bundledPluginRoots = listSourceBundledPluginRoots();
 
   it("treats missing bundled discovery results as empty", async () => {
     vi.doMock("../../plugins/bundled-channel-runtime.js", async (importOriginal) => {
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/bundled.ts b/src/channels/plugins/bundled.ts
index 4a20c18ce92..666086b347c 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/bundled.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/bundled.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import {
 import { normalizePluginsConfig } from "../../plugins/config-state.js";
 import { passesManifestOwnerBasePolicy } from "../../plugins/manifest-owner-policy.js";
 import { unwrapDefaultModuleExport } from "../../plugins/module-export.js";
+import { isJavaScriptModulePath } from "../../plugins/native-module-require.js";
 import type { PluginRuntime } from "../../plugins/runtime/types.js";
 import { normalizeOptionalLowercaseString } from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
 import { resolveBundledChannelRootScope, type BundledChannelRootScope } from "./bundled-root.js";
 import { normalizeChannelMeta } from "./meta-normalization.js";
-import { isJavaScriptModulePath, loadChannelPluginModule } from "./module-loader.js";
+import { loadChannelPluginModule } from "./module-loader.js";
 import type { ChannelPlugin } from "./types.plugin.js";
 import type { ChannelId } from "./types.public.js";
 
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.test.ts b/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.test.ts
index 365a0e6bc40..4217c46c5c8 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { importFreshModule } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-fixtures";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import {
-  isJavaScriptModulePath,
-  resolveCompiledBundledModulePath,
-  resolveExistingPluginModulePath,
-  resolvePluginModuleCandidates,
-} from "./module-loader.js";
+import { isJavaScriptModulePath } from "../../plugins/native-module-require.js";
+import { resolveExistingPluginModulePath } from "./module-loader.js";
 
 const tempDirs: string[] = [];
 
@@ -27,38 +23,12 @@ function createTempDir(): string {
 }
 
 describe("channel plugin module loader helpers", () => {
-  it("prefers compiled bundled dist output when present", () => {
-    const rootDir = createTempDir();
-    const runtimePath = path.join(rootDir, "dist-runtime", "entry.js");
-    const compiledPath = path.join(rootDir, "dist", "entry.js");
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(compiledPath), { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(compiledPath, "export {};\n", "utf8");
-
-    expect(resolveCompiledBundledModulePath(runtimePath)).toBe(compiledPath);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps dist-runtime path when compiled bundled output is absent", () => {
-    const rootDir = createTempDir();
-    const runtimePath = path.join(rootDir, "dist-runtime", "entry.js");
-
-    expect(resolveCompiledBundledModulePath(runtimePath)).toBe(runtimePath);
-  });
-
-  it("resolves plugin module candidates and picks the first existing extension", () => {
+  it("resolves extensionless plugin module specifiers to the first existing extension", () => {
     const rootDir = createTempDir();
     const expectedPath = path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.mts");
     fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(expectedPath), { recursive: true });
     fs.writeFileSync(expectedPath, "export const ok = true;\n", "utf8");
 
-    expect(resolvePluginModuleCandidates(rootDir, "./src/checker")).toEqual([
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker"),
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.ts"),
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.mts"),
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.js"),
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.mjs"),
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.cts"),
-      path.join(rootDir, "src", "checker.cjs"),
-    ]);
     expect(resolveExistingPluginModulePath(rootDir, "./src/checker")).toBe(expectedPath);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.ts b/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.ts
index 4cd509318f4..575395ee8ff 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/module-loader.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   getCachedPluginJitiLoader,
   type PluginJitiLoaderCache,
 } from "../../plugins/jiti-loader-cache.js";
-export { isJavaScriptModulePath } from "../../plugins/native-module-require.js";
 
 const jitiLoaders: PluginJitiLoaderCache = new Map();
 
@@ -21,17 +20,7 @@ function loadModule(modulePath: string, tryNative?: boolean) {
   });
 }
 
-export function resolveCompiledBundledModulePath(modulePath: string): string {
-  const compiledDistModulePath = modulePath.replace(
-    `${path.sep}dist-runtime${path.sep}`,
-    `${path.sep}dist${path.sep}`,
-  );
-  return compiledDistModulePath !== modulePath && fs.existsSync(compiledDistModulePath)
-    ? compiledDistModulePath
-    : modulePath;
-}
-
-export function resolvePluginModuleCandidates(rootDir: string, specifier: string): string[] {
+function resolvePluginModuleCandidates(rootDir: string, specifier: string): string[] {
   const normalizedSpecifier = specifier.replace(/\\/g, "/");
   const resolvedPath = path.resolve(rootDir, normalizedSpecifier);
   const ext = path.extname(resolvedPath);
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/package-state-probes.ts b/src/channels/plugins/package-state-probes.ts
index 8ff20ace6bb..2f30fff0eab 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/package-state-probes.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/package-state-probes.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ import {
   listChannelCatalogEntries,
   type PluginChannelCatalogEntry,
 } from "../../plugins/channel-catalog-registry.js";
+import { isJavaScriptModulePath } from "../../plugins/native-module-require.js";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
-import {
-  isJavaScriptModulePath,
-  loadChannelPluginModule,
-  resolveExistingPluginModulePath,
-} from "./module-loader.js";
+import { loadChannelPluginModule, resolveExistingPluginModulePath } from "./module-loader.js";
 
 type ChannelPackageStateChecker = (params: {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;