diff --git a/scripts/build-module-runtime.sh b/scripts/build-module-runtime.sh
index baa92c3..cff3e8f 100755
--- a/scripts/build-module-runtime.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-module-runtime.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ TSC="$MESH_SDK/node_modules/.bin/tsc"; ( cd "$MOD" && "$TSC" "${SRCS[@]}" --modu
 STAGE="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$STAGE"' EXIT
 cp -r "$MESH_TOOLS/dist" "$STAGE/dist"
 cp -rL "$MESH_TOOLS/node_modules" "$STAGE/node_modules"
+# And the sdk, from the sibling this script just built, whatever form the installed tree holds it
+# in. It used to be relied on being a symlink into that sibling, which `-L` above materialised —
+# true only on a workstation where somebody had linked them, and false the moment the runtime's
+# dependencies are installed the ordinary way, which now fetches the sdk as sources with nothing
+# compiled in it. The image built then looked fine and every entry point inside it pointed at
+# nothing.
+rm -rf "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk"
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox"
+cp -rL "$MESH_SDK" "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk"
+rm -rf "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk/node_modules"
 mkdir -p "$STAGE/modules/$MODULE"; cp -r "$MOD/dist" "$STAGE/modules/$MODULE/dist"
 cp "$MESH_TOOLS/package.json" "$STAGE/package.json"
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-runtime-image.sh b/scripts/build-runtime-image.sh
index 41cabec..e6ca133 100755
--- a/scripts/build-runtime-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-runtime-image.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,17 @@ echo "  module   $AUDIT"
 STAGE="$(mktemp -d)"
 trap 'rm -rf "$STAGE"' EXIT
 cp -r "$MESH_TOOLS/dist" "$STAGE/dist"
-cp -rL "$MESH_TOOLS/node_modules" "$STAGE/node_modules"   # -L materialises the @novox/mesh-sdk symlink
+cp -rL "$MESH_TOOLS/node_modules" "$STAGE/node_modules"
+# And the sdk, from the sibling this script just built, whatever form the installed tree holds it
+# in. It used to be relied on being a symlink into that sibling, which `-L` above materialised —
+# true only on a workstation where somebody had linked them, and false the moment the runtime's
+# dependencies are installed the ordinary way, which now fetches the sdk as sources with nothing
+# compiled in it. The image built then looked fine and every entry point inside it pointed at
+# nothing.
+rm -rf "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk"
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox"
+cp -rL "$MESH_SDK" "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk"
+rm -rf "$STAGE/node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk/node_modules"   # -L materialises the @novox/mesh-sdk symlink
 mkdir -p "$STAGE/modules/audit-logger"
 cp -r "$AUDIT/dist" "$STAGE/modules/audit-logger/dist"
 cp "$MESH_TOOLS/package.json" "$STAGE/package.json"