diff --git a/src/web-server/services/compatible-cli-types.ts b/src/web-server/services/compatible-cli-types.ts
index 6493f783..bb9898e2 100644
--- a/src/web-server/services/compatible-cli-types.ts
+++ b/src/web-server/services/compatible-cli-types.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface DroidDashboardDiagnostics {
   binary: DroidBinaryDiagnostics;
   files: {
     settings: DroidConfigFileDiagnostics;
-    globalConfig: DroidConfigFileDiagnostics;
+    legacyConfig: DroidConfigFileDiagnostics;
   };
   byok: DroidByokDiagnostics;
   warnings: string[];
diff --git a/src/web-server/services/droid-dashboard-service.ts b/src/web-server/services/droid-dashboard-service.ts
index 050bffd9..d342c875 100644
--- a/src/web-server/services/droid-dashboard-service.ts
+++ b/src/web-server/services/droid-dashboard-service.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import type {
 interface DroidConfigPaths {
   settingsPath: string;
   settingsDisplayPath: string;
-  globalConfigPath: string;
-  globalConfigDisplayPath: string;
+  legacyConfigPath: string;
+  legacyConfigDisplayPath: string;
 }
 
 interface JsonFileProbe {
@@ -57,25 +57,18 @@ export function resolveDroidConfigPaths(
     homeDir?: string;
   } = {}
 ): DroidConfigPaths {
-  const platform = options.platform ?? process.platform;
   const env = options.env ?? process.env;
   const homeDir = options.homeDir ?? os.homedir();
 
   const byokBase = env.CCS_HOME || homeDir;
   const settingsPath = path.join(byokBase, '.factory', 'settings.json');
-
-  const globalConfigRoot =
-    platform === 'win32'
-      ? env.APPDATA || path.join(homeDir, 'AppData', 'Roaming')
-      : env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || path.join(homeDir, '.config');
-  const globalConfigPath = path.join(globalConfigRoot, 'factory', 'config.json');
+  const legacyConfigPath = path.join(byokBase, '.factory', 'config.json');
 
   return {
     settingsPath,
     settingsDisplayPath: '~/.factory/settings.json',
-    globalConfigPath,
-    globalConfigDisplayPath:
-      platform === 'win32' ? '%APPDATA%/factory/config.json' : '~/.config/factory/config.json',
+    legacyConfigPath,
+    legacyConfigDisplayPath: '~/.factory/config.json',
   };
 }
 
@@ -225,10 +218,10 @@ export function getDroidDashboardDiagnostics(): DroidDashboardDiagnostics {
     'BYOK settings',
     paths.settingsDisplayPath
   );
-  const globalConfigProbe = readJsonFileProbe(
-    paths.globalConfigPath,
-    'Global config',
-    paths.globalConfigDisplayPath
+  const legacyConfigProbe = readJsonFileProbe(
+    paths.legacyConfigPath,
+    'Legacy config',
+    paths.legacyConfigDisplayPath
   );
 
   const byok = summarizeDroidCustomModels(settingsProbe.json?.customModels);
@@ -242,8 +235,8 @@ export function getDroidDashboardDiagnostics(): DroidDashboardDiagnostics {
   if (byok.invalidModelEntryCount > 0) {
     warnings.push(`${byok.invalidModelEntryCount} customModels entries are malformed.`);
   }
-  if (globalConfigProbe.diagnostics.parseError) {
-    warnings.push('Global Droid config JSON is invalid.');
+  if (legacyConfigProbe.diagnostics.parseError) {
+    warnings.push('Legacy Droid config (~/.factory/config.json) JSON is invalid.');
   }
 
   return {
@@ -257,7 +250,7 @@ export function getDroidDashboardDiagnostics(): DroidDashboardDiagnostics {
     },
     files: {
       settings: settingsProbe.diagnostics,
-      globalConfig: globalConfigProbe.diagnostics,
+      legacyConfig: legacyConfigProbe.diagnostics,
     },
     byok,
     warnings,
@@ -271,6 +264,7 @@ export function getDroidDashboardDiagnostics(): DroidDashboardDiagnostics {
       ],
       notes: [
         'BYOK custom models are read from ~/.factory/settings.json customModels[]',
+        'Factory docs mention legacy support for ~/.factory/config.json',
         'Interactive model selection uses settings.model (custom:<alias>)',
         'droid exec supports --model for one-off execution mode',
       ],
diff --git a/tests/unit/web-server/droid-dashboard-service.test.ts b/tests/unit/web-server/droid-dashboard-service.test.ts
index 23249fe3..f1f388a7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/web-server/droid-dashboard-service.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/web-server/droid-dashboard-service.test.ts
@@ -29,31 +29,26 @@ describe('droid-dashboard-service', () => {
       platform: 'darwin',
       env: {
         CCS_HOME: '/tmp/ccs-home',
-        XDG_CONFIG_HOME: '/tmp/xdg',
       } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
       homeDir: '/Users/tester',
     });
 
     expect(resolved.settingsPath).toBe('/tmp/ccs-home/.factory/settings.json');
-    expect(resolved.globalConfigPath).toBe('/tmp/xdg/factory/config.json');
+    expect(resolved.legacyConfigPath).toBe('/tmp/ccs-home/.factory/config.json');
     expect(resolved.settingsDisplayPath).toBe('~/.factory/settings.json');
-    expect(resolved.globalConfigDisplayPath).toBe('~/.config/factory/config.json');
+    expect(resolved.legacyConfigDisplayPath).toBe('~/.factory/config.json');
   });
 
   it('resolves droid config paths on windows platforms', () => {
     const resolved = resolveDroidConfigPaths({
       platform: 'win32',
-      env: {
-        APPDATA: 'C:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming',
-      } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+      env: {} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
       homeDir: 'C:/Users/test',
     });
 
     expect(resolved.settingsPath).toBe(path.join('C:/Users/test', '.factory', 'settings.json'));
-    expect(resolved.globalConfigPath).toBe(
-      path.join('C:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming', 'factory', 'config.json')
-    );
-    expect(resolved.globalConfigDisplayPath).toBe('%APPDATA%/factory/config.json');
+    expect(resolved.legacyConfigPath).toBe(path.join('C:/Users/test', '.factory', 'config.json'));
+    expect(resolved.legacyConfigDisplayPath).toBe('~/.factory/config.json');
   });
 
   it('masks api key preview with only suffix', () => {
diff --git a/ui/src/hooks/use-droid.ts b/ui/src/hooks/use-droid.ts
index ec939b50..2a647f6c 100644
--- a/ui/src/hooks/use-droid.ts
+++ b/ui/src/hooks/use-droid.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export interface DroidDashboardDiagnostics {
   binary: DroidBinaryDiagnostics;
   files: {
     settings: DroidConfigFileDiagnostics;
-    globalConfig: DroidConfigFileDiagnostics;
+    legacyConfig: DroidConfigFileDiagnostics;
   };
   byok: {
     activeModelSelector: string | null;
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/droid.tsx b/ui/src/pages/droid.tsx
index 5792ef09..3f111297 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/droid.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/pages/droid.tsx
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export function DroidPage() {
               </CardTitle>
             </CardHeader>
             <CardContent className="space-y-3">
-              {[diagnostics.files.settings, diagnostics.files.globalConfig].map((file) => (
+              {[diagnostics.files.settings, diagnostics.files.legacyConfig].map((file) => (
                 <div key={file.label} className="rounded-md border p-3 space-y-1.5">
                   <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
                     <span className="font-medium text-sm">{file.label}</span>