diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr350_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr350_test.go
index 05075466..9aba0cd9 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr350_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr350_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -10,14 +9,15 @@ import (
 // One build per change (novox/hq ADR 0350): a pull request closed unmerged has its check builds let go of, and a
 // walk's record says per module whether its build reused a check's build or built, and why.
 
-// A pull request closed unmerged asks the controller to let go of what its checks built for its merge (§5); one
-// the controller cannot answer is said, never fatal.
-func TestAPullRequestClosedUnmergedLetsGoOfItsCheckBuilds(t *testing.T) {
+// A pull request closed unmerged is stopped. Since issue 1318 (ADR 0503 §3) the controller is no longer asked to let go
+// of what its checks built (§5's forget-checks goes with the merge gate's checks); a controller that is down changes
+// nothing.
+func TestAPullRequestClosedUnmergedIsStoppedAndAsksTheControllerNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	w := newWorldOver(t, newMemStore(), newFakeController(), newFakeForge(), atCC)
 	cc := pr(cat, 101, headCC, "feat/claude-code", "modules/claude-code/module.json")
 	w.h.PullUpdated(cc)
 	w.h.PullClosed(cc)
-	if want := []string{"novox/mesh-catalog#101"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(w.ctl.forgot, want) {
+	if len(w.ctl.forgot) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("closed unmerged, the controller was asked to let go of %v", w.ctl.forgot)
 	}
 	if s := w.state(IDOf(cat, headCC)); s != Stopped {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
index b3660c23..55e7cbdb 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
@@ -864,9 +864,8 @@ func verdictOfState(s string) string {
 
 // PullClosed takes a pull request closed unmerged: its open deliveries are stopped.
 //
-// **And what its checks built for its merge goes** (novox/hq ADR 0350 §5): nothing will take it now. Asked of the
-// controller once the deliveries are settled, outside the lock; a refusal is said, and the build seat's holders let
-// go of it within the week anyway.
+// What its checks built is no longer asked to be let go of here (issue 1318): the controller's forget-checks goes with
+// the merge gate's checks (ADR 0503 §3), and the build seat's holders let go of it within the week.
 func (h *Holder) PullClosed(p PullEvent) {
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	h.forgetUnchecked(p.Owner, p.Repo, p.Number)
@@ -903,15 +902,6 @@ func (h *Holder) PullClosed(p PullEvent) {
 		h.pullUpdated(*over)
 	}
 	h.mu.Unlock()
-	if h.Controller == nil || p.Owner == "" || p.Repo == "" || p.Number <= 0 {
-		return
-	}
-	if err := h.Controller.ForgetChecks(p.Owner, p.Repo, p.Number); err != nil {
-		h.mu.Lock()
-		h.refuse(fmt.Errorf("%s#%d closed, and its check builds stay until the week's sweep: %w", p.repository(),
-			p.Number, err))
-		h.mu.Unlock()
-	}
 }
 
 // CheckedEvent is the controller's `checked`.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go
index 029a5dd7..30f76f7c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ func TestItClaimsTheDeliverySeatAndFollowsWhatItHandles(t *testing.T) {
 		"mesh-delivery-teller.answers", "mesh-delivery-checker.verdicts", "mesh-controller.assignments", "node-engine.have"}) {
 		t.Fatalf("reads %v", m.Reads)
 	}
-	// It calls exactly the controller's seven verbs (ADR 0450 §7) and reads the forge with three tools; the forge's
+	// It calls exactly the controller's seven verbs (ADR 0450 §7; queue since issue 1274, forget-checks no more since issue 1318) and reads the forge with
+	// three tools; the forge's
 	// writes are the bridge's (ADR 0437 §8). It uses no operator-channel: the teller asks (ADR 0437 §6).
 	want := []string{}
-	for _, v := range []string{"deliver", "delivery-stop", "delivery-backups-again", "delivery-walks", "delivery-check", "forget-checks", "queue", "plans"} {
+	for _, v := range []string{"deliver", "delivery-stop", "delivery-backups-again", "delivery-walks", "delivery-check", "queue", "plans"} {
 		want = append(want, "seat:"+ControllerSeat+"."+v)
 	}
 	want = append(want, "gitea.gitea_commit_statuses", "gitea.gitea_contains", "gitea.gitea_open_pulls")
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_bus_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_bus_test.go
index 0c44c294..f81cd9c8 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_bus_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_bus_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestADeliveryOnMeshCheckGoesReadyAskedAndMergedOverARealBus(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(handed.Pulls) != 1 || handed.Pulls[0].Head.Head != head || handed.Pulls[0].State != sdk.MergeMerging {
 		t.Fatalf("the merge handed is %+v", handed)
 	}
-	for _, verb := range []string{"delivery-check"} {
+	for _, verb := range []string{"delivery-check", "forget-checks"} {
 		if n := len(rt.asksOf("seat:" + ControllerSeat + "." + verb)); n != 0 {
 			t.Fatalf("the controller was asked %s %d times on a mesh/check base", verb, n)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_test.go
index b5f17590..6bfb3c26 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/onestatus_test.go
@@ -208,6 +208,17 @@ func TestRecheckRefusesAMeshCheckDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// 1318 (the gate's part): a pull request closed unmerged asks the controller to forget nothing: forget-checks is not called.
+func TestAClosedPullRequestAsksNoForgetChecks(t *testing.T) {
+	w := newWorld(t)
+	p := pr(oneRepo, 1, oneHead, "feat/one")
+	w.h.PullUpdated(p)
+	w.h.PullClosed(p)
+	if len(w.ctl.forgot) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("forget-checks was called: %v", w.ctl.forgot)
+	}
+}
+
 // 1302: the mesh/check line gives the head and the trunk it judged.
 func TestTheCheckLineGivesHeadAndTrunk(t *testing.T) {
 	head, trunk := checkLine("pass " + oneHead[:12] + " on " + oneTrunk[:12] + " | unit 4 run, 0 kept | group g of 2 pull requests")
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ports.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ports.go
index c2af77b7..b416fa9c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ports.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ports.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ type Controller interface {
 	StopWithout(walk, why, by string, without []string) (StopAnswer, error)
 	// Walks are the walks the controller keeps — one, given its id — and whether this seat has a holder on record.
 	Walks(walk string) (bool, []Walk, error)
-	// ForgetChecks lets go of the builds a pull request's merge checks made for its merge (novox/hq ADR 0350 §5).
-	ForgetChecks(owner, repo string, number int) error
 	// Queue is every ask the build queue holds, waiting or in flight (the controller's `queue`, novox/hq issue 455): what
 	// tells a check still on its way from one the queue lost (issue 1274). A dead ask is not held.
 	Queue() ([]QueuedAsk, error)
@@ -290,11 +287,6 @@ func (c seatController) BackupsAgain(walk, why string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (c seatController) ForgetChecks(owner, repo string, number int) error {
-	_, err := c.verb("forget-checks", map[string]any{"owner": owner, "repo": repo, "number": strconv.Itoa(number)})
-	return err
-}
-
 func (c seatController) Stop(walk, why, by string) error {
 	_, err := c.verb("delivery-stop", map[string]any{"plan": walk, "why": why, "by": by})
 	return err
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json
index baf8d3b6..0ac8e281 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-backups-again",
     "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-walks",
     "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-check",
-    "seat:mesh-controller.forget-checks",
     "seat:mesh-controller.queue",
     "seat:mesh-controller.plans",
     "gitea.gitea_commit_statuses",