diff --git a/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs b/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
index 436ce2e3..6e17ddbc 100644
--- a/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ export const MUTANTS = [
   },
   {
     id: 'junction-limit-backend-raw-baseline',
-    guard: 'python3 -m pytest tests_backend/test_junction_limits.py -q',
+    guard: 'node scripts/backend-test-guard.mjs '
+      + 'test_legacy_baseline_is_judged_after_the_same_migration '
+      + 'tests_backend/test_junction_limits.py',
     because: 'a legacy baseline carries no wall catalogue, so judging it raw reports "no '
       + 'violations" whatever its geometry and turns every inherited one into a refusal of '
       + 'an unrelated edit (#329 §3, code review r1 H1)',
diff --git a/test/mutation-gate.test.mjs b/test/mutation-gate.test.mjs
index 730ce133..82b41318 100644
--- a/test/mutation-gate.test.mjs
+++ b/test/mutation-gate.test.mjs
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ test('every mutant patch anchors exactly once in the current source', () => {
 
 test('every guard command points at a file that exists', () => {
   for (const mutant of MUTANTS) {
-    // Гвард — не обязательно node: бэкенд-зеркала (#329) красит pytest, и
-    // окружение мутант-джоба его ставит. Проверяем одно: команда называет
-    // существующий файл, а не выдуманный путь.
-    const script = mutant.guard.split(' ')
-      .find((part) => part.endsWith('.mjs') || part.endsWith('.py'));
+    const script = mutant.guard.split(' ').find((part) => part.endsWith('.mjs'));
     assert.ok(script, `${mutant.id}: guard не называет исполняемый файл`);
     assert.ok(existsSync(join(repoRoot, script)),
       `${mutant.id}: guard-файла ${script} не существует`);