diff --git a/go/catalogue/own_manifest_test.go b/go/catalogue/own_manifest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1f7196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/catalogue/own_manifest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package catalogue
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// mesh-sdk's own manifest is judged by the controller that runs when it is checked, and that controller reads it
+// strictly: a manifest word ships one release ahead of its first user. R4e's group is judged by today's controller
+// (novox/hq ADR 0503 §4), which does not know `paths` (ADR 0499), so mesh-sdk's lib names no paths until a release
+// after R4e's delivery adds them back (ADR 0499 §6, issue 1758).
+func TestOwnManifestUsesNoWordTheRunningControllerRefuses(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m, err := ParseManifest(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mesh-sdk's module.json does not parse: %v", err)
+	}
+	if m.Build == nil || len(m.Build.Artifacts) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("mesh-sdk's module.json declares no artifact")
+	}
+	for _, a := range m.Build.Artifacts {
+		if a.Paths != nil {
+			t.Errorf("artifact %q names paths %v: the running controller refuses the word until R4e is delivered", a.Name, a.Paths)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/module.json b/module.json
index 404139a..bf74eb7 100644
--- a/module.json
+++ b/module.json
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
   "slug": "sdk",
   "build": {
     "artifacts": [
-      {
-        "name": "lib",
-        "kind": "package",
-        "language": "typescript",
-        "paths": ["src", "test", "package.json", "package-lock.json", "tsconfig.json"]
-      }
+      { "name": "lib", "kind": "package", "language": "typescript" }
     ]
   },
   "resources": []