diff --git a/src/slack/account-inspect.ts b/src/slack/account-inspect.ts
index f29d718aa..82978d32d 100644
--- a/src/slack/account-inspect.ts
+++ b/src/slack/account-inspect.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { hasConfiguredSecretInput, normalizeSecretInputString } from "../config/types.secrets.js";
 import type { SlackAccountConfig } from "../config/types.slack.js";
-import { resolveAccountEntry } from "../routing/account-lookup.js";
 import { DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID, normalizeAccountId } from "../routing/session-key.js";
-import { resolveDefaultSlackAccountId, type SlackTokenSource } from "./accounts.js";
+import {
+  mergeSlackAccountConfig,
+  resolveDefaultSlackAccountId,
+  type SlackTokenSource,
+} from "./accounts.js";
 
 export type SlackCredentialStatus = "available" | "configured_unavailable" | "missing";
 
@@ -39,21 +42,6 @@ export type InspectedSlackAccount = {
   channels?: SlackAccountConfig["channels"];
 };
 
-function resolveSlackAccountConfig(
-  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
-  accountId: string,
-): SlackAccountConfig | undefined {
-  return resolveAccountEntry(cfg.channels?.slack?.accounts, accountId);
-}
-
-function mergeSlackAccountConfig(cfg: OpenClawConfig, accountId: string): SlackAccountConfig {
-  const { accounts: _ignored, ...base } = (cfg.channels?.slack ?? {}) as SlackAccountConfig & {
-    accounts?: unknown;
-  };
-  const account = resolveSlackAccountConfig(cfg, accountId) ?? {};
-  return { ...base, ...account };
-}
-
 function inspectSlackToken(value: unknown): {
   token?: string;
   source: Exclude<SlackTokenSource, "env">;
diff --git a/src/slack/accounts.ts b/src/slack/accounts.ts
index b997a2ccc..b90ded773 100644
--- a/src/slack/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/slack/accounts.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ function resolveAccountConfig(
   return resolveAccountEntry(cfg.channels?.slack?.accounts, accountId);
 }
 
-function mergeSlackAccountConfig(cfg: OpenClawConfig, accountId: string): SlackAccountConfig {
+export function mergeSlackAccountConfig(
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
+  accountId: string,
+): SlackAccountConfig {
   const { accounts: _ignored, ...base } = (cfg.channels?.slack ?? {}) as SlackAccountConfig & {
     accounts?: unknown;
   };