diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/refused.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/refused.go
index 6d2e8b7..d994a58 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/refused.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/refused.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/asks"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/buscompose"
@@ -77,30 +76,11 @@ func withKept(users []User, kept map[string]User) []User {
 	return out
 }
 
-// keptEntry is a user of the accounts block as buscompose.ComposeAccounts writes one, from grants kept rather than
-// composed: the same lines, so the bus reads it as it read the list in force.
+// keptEntry is a user of the accounts block from grants kept rather than composed, in ComposeAccounts' own lines
+// (buscompose.AccountsEntry), so the bus reads it as it read the list in force.
 func keptEntry(u User, hash string) string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "      { user: %q, password: %q, permissions: {\n", u.User, hash)
-	if len(u.PublishDeny) > 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "        publish: { allow: [%s], deny: [%s] }\n", quotedList(u.Publish), quotedList(u.PublishDeny))
-	} else {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "        publish: { allow: [%s] }\n", quotedList(u.Publish))
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "        subscribe: { allow: [%s] }\n", quotedList(u.Subscribe))
-	if u.AllowResponses {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "        allow_responses: { max: 1, ttl: \"%dm\" }\n", int(buscompose.ResponseTTL/time.Minute))
-	}
-	b.WriteString("      } }\n")
-	return b.String()
-}
-
-func quotedList(in []string) string {
-	q := make([]string, len(in))
-	for i, s := range in {
-		q[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", s)
-	}
-	return strings.Join(q, ", ")
+	return buscompose.AccountsEntry(u.User, hash, buscompose.Permissions{Publish: u.Publish, PublishDeny: u.PublishDeny,
+		Subscribe: u.Subscribe, AllowResponses: u.AllowResponses})
 }
 
 // withEntries puts entries at the end of the accounts block's users, before it closes.