diff --git a/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/heartbeat.go b/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/heartbeat.go
index e34c4cbfd..2fdbb7a89 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/heartbeat.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/heartbeat.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/health"
+	meshselfcheck "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/seats/meshselfcheck"
 )
 
 // HeartbeatEvent is the event's local name under the seat mesh-self-check.
-const HeartbeatEvent = health.EventChecked
+const HeartbeatEvent = meshselfcheck.EventChecked
 
 // Beat is one heartbeat.
 type Beat struct {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Beat struct {
 }
 
 // isHeartbeat says whether an envelope's key is the self-check's heartbeat.
-func isHeartbeat(key string) bool { return key == health.SelfCheckModule+"."+HeartbeatEvent }
+func isHeartbeat(key string) bool { return key == meshselfcheck.Seat+"."+HeartbeatEvent }
 
 // DecodeBeat reads one heartbeat's body.
 func DecodeBeat(body []byte) (Beat, error) {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/main.go b/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/main.go
index 79b516bcb..41e57b7c6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-watcher/cmd/mesh-watcher/main.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import (
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/clients/meshconditionsclient"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/clients/meshhandactsclient"
+	meshselfcheck "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/seats/meshselfcheck"
 	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/health"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/views"
 )
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func run(w *Watcher, l *listening, node string, placement *views.Reader) {
 	}
 	<-stdio.Served() // subscribed as soon as the runtime serves, never after a guessed wait: a heartbeat sent meanwhile is heard
 	for wait := 2 * time.Second; ; wait = min(wait*2, time.Minute) {
-		err := stdio.Subscribe(health.SelfCheckModule+".*", handle)
+		err := stdio.Subscribe(meshselfcheck.Seat+".*", handle)
 		if err == nil {
 			l.set("listening")
 			logf("[mesh-watcher] listening for the self-check's heartbeat; watching from %s", node)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-watcher/go.mod b/modules/mesh-watcher/go.mod
index cf36fac8e..e578d0d55 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-watcher/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-watcher/go.mod
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 // indirect
 )
+
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/seats/meshselfcheck v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000