diff --git a/config.default.json b/config.default.json
index 2860cad..3c65a39 100644
--- a/config.default.json
+++ b/config.default.json
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 	},
 	"loadDbcs": true,
 	"hideGameMasters": true,
-	"hideBotAccounts": true,
-	"botAccountPattern": "RNDBOT%",
 	"transmogModule": false,
 	"useZamCdn": false,
 	"realms": [
diff --git a/docker-compose.mythica.yml b/docker-compose.mythica.yml
index c1cbb8c..cfaef68 100644
--- a/docker-compose.mythica.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.mythica.yml
@@ -40,16 +40,7 @@ services:
 
             # --- behaviour -----------------------------------------------------
             ACORE_ARMORY_LOAD_DBCS: ${ARMORY_LOAD_DBCS:-1}
-            # Off by default here: GM accounts on this realm belong to real
-            # players who should appear in the armory like anyone else. Set to
-            # 1 to hide them from search and 404 their character pages.
-            ACORE_ARMORY_HIDE_GAME_MASTERS: ${ARMORY_HIDE_GMS:-0}
-
-            # Playerbots are ordinary accounts, not game masters, so the GM
-            # filter does not touch them. Without this the armory lists ~1350
-            # bots against ~29 real characters.
-            ACORE_ARMORY_HIDE_BOT_ACCOUNTS: ${ARMORY_HIDE_BOTS:-1}
-            ACORE_ARMORY_BOT_ACCOUNT_PATTERN: ${ARMORY_BOT_PATTERN:-RNDBOT%}
+            ACORE_ARMORY_HIDE_GAME_MASTERS: ${ARMORY_HIDE_GMS:-1}
             ACORE_ARMORY_TRANSMOG_MODULE: ${ARMORY_TRANSMOG:-0}
 
             # 0 = serve 3D model assets from the local data directory.
diff --git a/docs/mythica-deploy.md b/docs/mythica-deploy.md
index d146f1a..299abc0 100644
--- a/docs/mythica-deploy.md
+++ b/docs/mythica-deploy.md
@@ -129,10 +129,5 @@ FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   page rather than shipping both.
 - **The Dockerfile builds from `node:16`**, which is end-of-life. It builds and
   runs fine; bumping it is a separate change from getting this deployed.
-- **`hideGameMasters` is off** in this stack, unlike upstream. GM accounts on
-  this realm belong to real players — `Spinnaker` among them — so hiding them
-  would hide people who should be listed. Set `ARMORY_HIDE_GMS=1` to restore
-  upstream behaviour.
-- **Playerbots are hidden** via `hideBotAccounts` / `botAccountPattern`
-  (`RNDBOT%`). They are ordinary accounts rather than game masters, so the GM
-  filter never touched them. `ARMORY_HIDE_BOTS=0` shows them again.
+- **`hideGameMasters` defaults to on** here, so GM characters are hidden from
+  search and return 404.
diff --git a/src/armory/Config.ts b/src/armory/Config.ts
index 4bbafe2..4ae6283 100644
--- a/src/armory/Config.ts
+++ b/src/armory/Config.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ export class Config {
 	public iframeMode: IIframeModeConfig;
 	public loadDbcs: boolean;
 	public hideGameMasters: boolean;
-	public hideBotAccounts: boolean;
-	public botAccountPattern: string;
 	public transmogModule: boolean;
 	public useZamCdn: boolean;
 	public realms: IRealmConfig[];
diff --git a/src/armory/Utils.ts b/src/armory/Utils.ts
index 67f92dd..366f5c9 100644
--- a/src/armory/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/armory/Utils.ts
@@ -60,17 +60,4 @@ export class Utils {
 			background: obj.background.toString().padStart(padLength, "0"),
 		};
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Quote a configuration-supplied string for inline use in SQL.
-	 *
-	 * The bot-account filter has to be spliced into join clauses that the query
-	 * builder emits as raw SQL, so it cannot be passed as a bound parameter the
-	 * way a normal value would be. The value comes from the operator's own
-	 * config rather than from a request, but quoting it keeps a stray apostrophe
-	 * from producing a broken or surprising query.
-	 */
-	public static quoteSqlString(value: string): string {
-		return `'${String(value).replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/'/g, "\\'")}'`;
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/armory/controllers/CharacterController.ts b/src/armory/controllers/CharacterController.ts
index 2a9f682..cbef2b8 100644
--- a/src/armory/controllers/CharacterController.ts
+++ b/src/armory/controllers/CharacterController.ts
@@ -342,16 +342,6 @@ export class CharacterController {
 
 	private async getCharacterData(realm: IRealmConfig, character: string | number): Promise<ICharacterData> {
 		const where = typeof character === "string" ? "LOWER(`characters`.`name`) = LOWER(?)" : "`characters`.`guid` = ?";
-
-		// Bot accounts are hidden the same way game masters are: left join the
-		// rows we do not want, then require the join to have missed. Keeping the
-		// pattern inline rather than bound avoids disturbing the positional
-		// values below.
-		const botJoin = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts
-			? `LEFT JOIN \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\` AS \`bot_account\` ON \`bot_account\`.\`id\` = \`characters\`.\`account\` AND \`bot_account\`.\`username\` LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(this.armory.config.botAccountPattern)}`
-			: "";
-		const botWhere = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts ? "AND `bot_account`.`id` IS NULL" : "";
-
 		const [rows] = await this.armory.getCharactersDb(realm.name).query({
 			sql: `
 				SELECT \`characters\`.\`guid\`, \`characters\`.\`name\`, \`race\`, \`class\`, \`gender\`, \`level\`, \`skin\`, \`face\`, \`hairStyle\`, \`hairColor\`, \`facialStyle\`, \`playerFlags\`, \`online\`, \`guild\`.\`name\` AS \`guild\`
@@ -359,11 +349,9 @@ export class CharacterController {
 				LEFT JOIN \`guild_member\` ON \`guild_member\`.\`guid\` = \`characters\`.\`guid\`
 				LEFT JOIN \`guild\` ON \`guild\`.\`guildid\` = \`guild_member\`.\`guildid\`
 				LEFT JOIN \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account_access\` ON \`account_access\`.\`id\` = \`characters\`.\`account\` AND \`account_access\`.\`RealmID\` IN (-1, ${realm.realmId}) AND \`account_access\`.\`gmlevel\` > 0
-				${botJoin}
 				WHERE
 					${where}
 					AND (\`account_access\`.\`id\` IS NULL OR ? = 0)
-					${botWhere}
 			`,
 			values: [character, this.armory.config.hideGameMasters ? 1 : 0],
 			timeout: this.armory.config.dbQueryTimeout,
diff --git a/src/armory/controllers/GuildController.ts b/src/armory/controllers/GuildController.ts
index 441cc6e..c7eb65d 100644
--- a/src/armory/controllers/GuildController.ts
+++ b/src/armory/controllers/GuildController.ts
@@ -93,19 +93,6 @@ export class GuildController {
 			ssp = ssp.where("`account_access`.`id` IS NULL");
 		}
 
-		if (this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts) {
-			ssp.joins.push({
-				table1: "characters",
-				column1: "account",
-				table2: "account",
-				column2: "id",
-				database2: realm.authDatabase,
-				kind: "LEFT",
-				where: `AND \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`username\` LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(this.armory.config.botAccountPattern)}`,
-			});
-			ssp = ssp.where(`\`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`id\` IS NULL`);
-		}
-
 		const result = await ssp.where("`guildid` = ?", guildId).where("`deleteInfos_Account` IS NULL").run(this.armory.config.dbQueryTimeout);
 
 		const ranks = await this.getGuildRanks(realm, guildId);
diff --git a/src/armory/controllers/IndexController.ts b/src/armory/controllers/IndexController.ts
index de776af..0a72dd3 100644
--- a/src/armory/controllers/IndexController.ts
+++ b/src/armory/controllers/IndexController.ts
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@ export class IndexController {
 			ssp = ssp.where("`account_access`.`id` IS NULL");
 		}
 
-		if (this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts) {
-			ssp.joins.push({
-				table1: "characters",
-				column1: "account",
-				table2: "account",
-				column2: "id",
-				database2: realm.authDatabase,
-				kind: "LEFT",
-				where: `AND \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`username\` LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(this.armory.config.botAccountPattern)}`,
-			});
-			ssp = ssp.where(`\`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`id\` IS NULL`);
-		}
-
 		const result = await ssp.where("`deleteInfos_Account` IS NULL").run(this.armory.config.dbQueryTimeout);
 
 		res.json({