diff --git a/src/telegram/account-inspect.ts b/src/telegram/account-inspect.ts
index 5c50c7d7d67..305e410d39a 100644
--- a/src/telegram/account-inspect.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/account-inspect.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { hasConfiguredSecretInput, normalizeSecretInputString } from "../config/types.secrets.js";
 import type { TelegramAccountConfig } from "../config/types.telegram.js";
 import { resolveAccountWithDefaultFallback } from "../plugin-sdk/account-resolution.js";
-import { resolveAccountEntry } from "../routing/account-lookup.js";
 import { DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID, normalizeAccountId } from "../routing/session-key.js";
-import { resolveDefaultTelegramAccountId } from "./accounts.js";
+import {
+  mergeTelegramAccountConfig,
+  resolveDefaultTelegramAccountId,
+  resolveTelegramAccountConfig,
+} from "./accounts.js";
 
 export type TelegramCredentialStatus = "available" | "configured_unavailable" | "missing";
 
@@ -20,31 +23,6 @@ export type InspectedTelegramAccount = {
   config: TelegramAccountConfig;
 };
 
-function resolveTelegramAccountConfig(
-  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
-  accountId: string,
-): TelegramAccountConfig | undefined {
-  const normalized = normalizeAccountId(accountId);
-  return resolveAccountEntry(cfg.channels?.telegram?.accounts, normalized);
-}
-
-function mergeTelegramAccountConfig(cfg: OpenClawConfig, accountId: string): TelegramAccountConfig {
-  const {
-    accounts: _ignored,
-    defaultAccount: _ignoredDefaultAccount,
-    groups: channelGroups,
-    ...base
-  } = (cfg.channels?.telegram ?? {}) as TelegramAccountConfig & {
-    accounts?: unknown;
-    defaultAccount?: unknown;
-  };
-  const account = resolveTelegramAccountConfig(cfg, accountId) ?? {};
-  const configuredAccountIds = Object.keys(cfg.channels?.telegram?.accounts ?? {});
-  const isMultiAccount = configuredAccountIds.length > 1;
-  const groups = account.groups ?? (isMultiAccount ? undefined : channelGroups);
-  return { ...base, ...account, groups };
-}
-
 function inspectTokenFile(pathValue: unknown): {
   token: string;
   tokenSource: "tokenFile" | "none";
diff --git a/src/telegram/accounts.ts b/src/telegram/accounts.ts
index e3d86ec84b4..b8c656d1bfd 100644
--- a/src/telegram/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/accounts.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function resolveDefaultTelegramAccountId(cfg: OpenClawConfig): string {
   return ids[0] ?? DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID;
 }
 
-function resolveAccountConfig(
+export function resolveTelegramAccountConfig(
   cfg: OpenClawConfig,
   accountId: string,
 ): TelegramAccountConfig | undefined {
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ function resolveAccountConfig(
   return resolveAccountEntry(cfg.channels?.telegram?.accounts, normalized);
 }
 
-function mergeTelegramAccountConfig(cfg: OpenClawConfig, accountId: string): TelegramAccountConfig {
+export function mergeTelegramAccountConfig(
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
+  accountId: string,
+): TelegramAccountConfig {
   const {
     accounts: _ignored,
     defaultAccount: _ignoredDefaultAccount,
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ function mergeTelegramAccountConfig(cfg: OpenClawConfig, accountId: string): Tel
     accounts?: unknown;
     defaultAccount?: unknown;
   };
-  const account = resolveAccountConfig(cfg, accountId) ?? {};
+  const account = resolveTelegramAccountConfig(cfg, accountId) ?? {};
 
   // In multi-account setups, channel-level `groups` must NOT be inherited by
   // accounts that don't have their own `groups` config.  A bot that is not a
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export function createTelegramActionGate(params: {
   const accountId = normalizeAccountId(params.accountId);
   return createAccountActionGate({
     baseActions: params.cfg.channels?.telegram?.actions,
-    accountActions: resolveAccountConfig(params.cfg, accountId)?.actions,
+    accountActions: resolveTelegramAccountConfig(params.cfg, accountId)?.actions,
   });
 }