diff --git a/src/agents/tools/web-search.late-bind.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/web-search.late-bind.test.ts
index e172f4bc7ad..eb958a0e93a 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/web-search.late-bind.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/web-search.late-bind.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createWebSearchTool } from "./web-search.js";
 
 const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   runWebSearch: vi.fn(),
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
   });
 
   it("falls back to options.runtimeWebSearch when active runtime web tools metadata is absent", async () => {
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const tool = createWebSearchTool({
       config: {},
       lateBindRuntimeConfig: true,
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
   });
 
   it("falls back to options.config when getActiveSecretsRuntimeSnapshot is null", async () => {
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const fallbackConfig = {
       tools: { web: { search: { provider: "brave" } } },
     };
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
   });
 
   it("uses configured provider id from config when no runtime selection is present", async () => {
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const config = {
       tools: { web: { search: { provider: "Brave" } } },
     };
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
   });
 
   it("keeps runtime provider discovery enabled when no provider id is selected anywhere", async () => {
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const tool = createWebSearchTool({
       config: {},
       lateBindRuntimeConfig: true,
@@ -125,7 +122,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
 
   it("does not prefer runtime providers when the configured provider is a bundled manifest owner", async () => {
     mocks.resolveManifestContractOwnerPluginId.mockReturnValue("openclaw-bundled-brave");
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const config = {
       tools: { web: { search: { provider: "brave" } } },
     };
@@ -148,7 +144,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
         diagnostics: [],
       },
     });
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const tool = createWebSearchTool({
       config: {},
       lateBindRuntimeConfig: true,
@@ -169,7 +164,6 @@ describe("web_search late-bound runtime fallback", () => {
     mocks.getActiveSecretsRuntimeSnapshot.mockReturnValue({
       config: { tools: { web: { search: { enabled: false } } } },
     });
-    const { createWebSearchTool } = await import("./web-search.js");
     const tool = createWebSearchTool({
       config: { tools: { web: { search: { provider: "brave" } } } },
       lateBindRuntimeConfig: true,