diff --git a/src/commands/channels/list.ts b/src/commands/channels/list.ts
index 54419609a93..58c7c7163c1 100644
--- a/src/commands/channels/list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/channels/list.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ export async function channelsListCommand(
   }
   const includeUsage = opts.usage !== false;
 
-  const plugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg);
+  const plugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg, {
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
+  });
 
   const authStore = loadAuthProfileStoreWithoutExternalProfiles();
   const authProfiles = Object.entries(authStore.profiles).map(([profileId, profile]) => ({
diff --git a/src/commands/channels/status-config-format.ts b/src/commands/channels/status-config-format.ts
index 031fd85df8e..de93afbaf84 100644
--- a/src/commands/channels/status-config-format.ts
+++ b/src/commands/channels/status-config-format.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export async function formatConfigChannelsStatusLines(
   const sourceConfig = opts?.sourceConfig ?? cfg;
   const plugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg, {
     activationSourceConfig: sourceConfig,
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
   });
   for (const plugin of plugins) {
     const accountIds = plugin.config.listAccountIds(cfg);
diff --git a/src/commands/health.ts b/src/commands/health.ts
index b40867c1725..09554071c69 100644
--- a/src/commands/health.ts
+++ b/src/commands/health.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ export async function getHealthSnapshot(params?: {
   const cappedTimeout = timeoutMs === undefined ? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS : Math.max(50, timeoutMs);
   const doProbe = params?.probe !== false;
   const channels: Record<string, ChannelHealthSummary> = {};
-  const plugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg);
+  const plugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg, {
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
+  });
   const channelOrder = plugins.map((plugin) => plugin.id);
   const channelLabels: Record<string, string> = {};
 
@@ -448,7 +450,9 @@ export async function healthCommand(
       ? resolvedAgents
       : resolvedAgents.filter((agent) => agent.agentId === defaultAgentId);
     const channelBindings = buildChannelAccountBindings(cfg);
-    const displayPlugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg);
+    const displayPlugins = listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg, {
+      includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
+    });
     if (debugEnabled) {
       runtime.log(info("[debug] local channel accounts"));
       for (const plugin of displayPlugins) {
diff --git a/src/commands/status-all/channels.ts b/src/commands/status-all/channels.ts
index c2582c903c0..9e0f9a363d3 100644
--- a/src/commands/status-all/channels.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status-all/channels.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ export async function buildChannelsTable(
   const sourceConfig = opts?.sourceConfig ?? cfg;
   for (const plugin of listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg, {
     activationSourceConfig: sourceConfig,
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
   })) {
     const accountIds = plugin.config.listAccountIds(cfg);
     const defaultAccountId = resolveChannelDefaultAccountId({
diff --git a/src/commands/status-runtime-shared.ts b/src/commands/status-runtime-shared.ts
index 742260b0985..c78f6346f38 100644
--- a/src/commands/status-runtime-shared.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status-runtime-shared.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export async function resolveStatusSecurityAudit(params: {
   const { runSecurityAudit } = await loadSecurityAuditModule();
   const readOnlyPlugins = resolveReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(params.config, {
     activationSourceConfig: params.sourceConfig,
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
   });
   return await runSecurityAudit({
     config: params.config,
diff --git a/src/commands/status.link-channel.ts b/src/commands/status.link-channel.ts
index 0d01a3c2567..17eba3690f5 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.link-channel.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.link-channel.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export async function resolveLinkChannelContext(
   const sourceConfig = options.sourceConfig ?? cfg;
   for (const plugin of listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(cfg, {
     activationSourceConfig: sourceConfig,
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
   })) {
     const { defaultAccountId, account, enabled, configured } =
       await resolveDefaultChannelAccountContext(plugin, cfg, {
diff --git a/src/infra/channel-summary.ts b/src/infra/channel-summary.ts
index 0063f1fc53f..73b663d8e6d 100644
--- a/src/infra/channel-summary.ts
+++ b/src/infra/channel-summary.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ async function listChannelSummaryPlugins(params: {
   const { listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig } = await import("../channels/plugins/read-only.js");
   return listReadOnlyChannelPluginsForConfig(params.cfg, {
     activationSourceConfig: params.sourceConfig,
+    includeSetupRuntimeFallback: false,
   });
 }