diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/signals.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/signals.go
index 24361bf1..115687ed 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/signals.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/signals.go
@@ -712,9 +712,6 @@ func BusUserWords(user string) (string, string) {
 		return "the node-engine on " + m, m
 	}
 	if m, module, ok := strings.Cut(user, "."); ok {
-		if module == "node-tools" {
-			return "the tool runner on " + m, m
-		}
 		return module + " on " + m, m
 	}
 	return "a client of the bus", ""
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/watch_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/watch_test.go
index 0a8e05ea..591d1748 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/watch_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-watchman/internal/watch/watch_test.go
@@ -745,3 +745,13 @@ func TestAStuckKeyWhoseKeyIsGoneIsClosedAtTheStart(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// design 47 G §7, §428: no part's code names another module: a bus user is said by its own module's name on its machine, the tool
+// runner's no differently from any module's.
+func TestABusUserIsSaidByItsModuleWithoutAModulesNameInTheCode(t *testing.T) {
+	for user, want := range map[string]string{"ace.node-tools": "node-tools on ace", "ace.web": "web on ace", "node.ace": "the node-engine on ace"} {
+		if got, _ := BusUserWords(user); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("BusUserWords(%q) = %q, want %q", user, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}