diff --git a/pages/index.vue b/pages/index.vue
index 7f52ad3..f3f95db 100644
--- a/pages/index.vue
+++ b/pages/index.vue
@@ -3923,15 +3923,20 @@ async function pollLoras() {
     const left = new Set(a)
     return b.every(name => left.has(name))
   }
-  if (nextVideo.length && !sameNameSet(videoLoras.value, nextVideo)) {
-    videoLoras.value = nextVideo
-    rememberLoraNames('aigen-lora-names-video', nextVideo)
+  // A successful non-empty Comfy list always wins — including when it shrank after a delete.
+  if (nextVideo.length) {
+    if (!sameNameSet(videoLoras.value, nextVideo)) {
+      videoLoras.value = nextVideo
+      rememberLoraNames('aigen-lora-names-video', nextVideo)
+    }
   } else if (!videoLoras.value.length) {
     videoLoras.value = readStoredLoraNames('aigen-lora-names-video')
   }
-  if (nextImage.length && !sameNameSet(imageLoras.value, nextImage)) {
-    imageLoras.value = nextImage
-    rememberLoraNames('aigen-lora-names-image', nextImage)
+  if (nextImage.length) {
+    if (!sameNameSet(imageLoras.value, nextImage)) {
+      imageLoras.value = nextImage
+      rememberLoraNames('aigen-lora-names-image', nextImage)
+    }
   } else if (!imageLoras.value.length) {
     imageLoras.value = readStoredLoraNames('aigen-lora-names-image')
   }
diff --git a/server/utils/loras.ts b/server/utils/loras.ts
index f7c9756..07e776d 100644
--- a/server/utils/loras.ts
+++ b/server/utils/loras.ts
@@ -166,24 +166,10 @@ async function loadLoraCache(options: { fresh?: boolean } = {}): Promise<LoraCac
     }
     // Comfy asleep / unreachable returns empty. Keep the last good list so the picker
     // does not vanish — but do NOT refresh `at`, or a blip freezes new folder drops out.
+    // Never merge a shorter fresh list back into the old one: deletes must disappear.
     if (!next.image.length && !next.video.length && cache && (cache.image.length || cache.video.length)) {
       return cache
     }
-    // Prefer the richer list when a partial reply would shrink a known catalog.
-    if (
-      cache
-      && (next.image.length + next.video.length) < (cache.image.length + cache.video.length)
-      && next.image.every(name => cache!.image.includes(name) || cache!.video.includes(name))
-      && next.video.every(name => cache!.image.includes(name) || cache!.video.includes(name))
-    ) {
-      const merged: LoraCache = {
-        at: Date.now(),
-        image: uniqueNames([...cache.image, ...next.image]),
-        video: uniqueNames([...cache.video, ...next.video])
-      }
-      cache = merged
-      return merged
-    }
     cache = next
     return next
   })().finally(() => {
diff --git a/utils/loras.ts b/utils/loras.ts
index 5138e96..d935ea3 100644
--- a/utils/loras.ts
+++ b/utils/loras.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ export function loraIdentityKey(name: string) {
 
 export function isXaigenOnlyLora(name: string) {
   const base = loraBasename(name)
-  return /^xaigen/i.test(base) || /klein_snofs|snofs_krea/i.test(base)
+  // Include the common `xiagen-` typo so those files stay off AIGen too.
+  return /^(xai|xia)gen/i.test(base) || /klein_snofs|snofs_krea/i.test(base)
 }
 
 /** Pick the real Comfy filename: exact path, then same basename ignoring `xaigen-`, then suffix/contains. */