diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Input/GameplayInputCommandController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Input/GameplayInputCommandController.cs
index 948e406f..f3fbb3a1 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Input/GameplayInputCommandController.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Input/GameplayInputCommandController.cs
@@ -239,8 +239,6 @@ internal sealed class GameplayInputCommandController : IGameplayInputCommandTarg
     {
         if (_targetMode.IsAnyTargetModeActive)
             _targetMode.CancelTargetMode();
-        else if (_camera.IsFlyMode)
-            _camera.ExitFlyMode();
         else if (_playerMode.IsPlayerMode)
             _playerMode.ExitPlayerMode();
         else
diff --git a/src/AcDream.UI.Abstractions/Input/KeyBindings.cs b/src/AcDream.UI.Abstractions/Input/KeyBindings.cs
index 0102dc29..52a55e5c 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.UI.Abstractions/Input/KeyBindings.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.UI.Abstractions/Input/KeyBindings.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ public sealed class KeyBindings
         b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.F9, ModifierMask.None), InputAction.AcdreamSensitivityUp));
         b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.M,  ModifierMask.Ctrl), InputAction.AcdreamToggleAudioMute));
         b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.F10, ModifierMask.None), InputAction.AcdreamCycleWeather));
-        b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.F, ModifierMask.None), InputAction.AcdreamToggleFlyMode));
         b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.Tab, ModifierMask.None), InputAction.AcdreamTogglePlayerMode));
         b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.Escape, ModifierMask.None), InputAction.EscapeKey));
 
@@ -368,14 +367,15 @@ public sealed class KeyBindings
         // collide with anything retail-faithful.
         b.Add(new(new KeyChord(Key.M,   ModifierMask.Ctrl), InputAction.AcdreamToggleAudioMute));
 
-        // K-fix2 (2026-04-26): free-fly toggle keyboard shortcut.
-        // Retail leaves Ctrl+Shift+F unbound (retail F = SelectionPickUp,
-        // Ctrl+F = unused) so this is non-conflicting. Also discoverable
-        // via View → Camera in the ImGui MainMenuBar and the
-        // "Toggle Free-Fly Mode" button in the Debug panel.
-        b.Add(new(
-            new KeyChord(Key.F, ModifierMask.Ctrl | ModifierMask.Shift),
-            InputAction.AcdreamToggleFlyMode));
+        // The free-fly camera has NO key binding. It is a developer camera
+        // retail never had, and a player who reaches it finds the client in a
+        // state nothing in the retail UI explains. Its two discovery routes
+        // named by the old comment here — the ImGui View menu and the Debug
+        // panel button — both went away with AcDream.UI.ImGui at Campaign V,
+        // so the shortcut was the last way in.
+        //
+        // The mode's implementation is still present and is scheduled for
+        // removal; unbinding it is what makes it unreachable today.
 
         // K-fix1 (2026-04-26): RMB-hold camera orbit. Coexists with the
         // SelectRight Click binding above resolves only after a stationary
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Input/GameplayInputCommandControllerTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Input/GameplayInputCommandControllerTests.cs
index e74d6031..c0cfce5e 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Input/GameplayInputCommandControllerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Input/GameplayInputCommandControllerTests.cs
@@ -79,12 +79,22 @@ public sealed class GameplayInputCommandControllerTests
         Assert.Empty(harness.Calls);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Escape's priority chain: cancel a target mode, else leave player mode,
+    /// else close a window.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// The free-fly rung was REMOVED (2026-08-21, user direction: free-fly
+    /// "should not be in the client"). The middle row below is the proof — a
+    /// session that is somehow in fly mode now falls through to the next rung
+    /// rather than silently exiting a camera the player has no way to enter.
+    /// </remarks>
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(true, true, true, "cancel-target")]
-    [InlineData(false, true, true, "exit-fly")]
+    [InlineData(false, true, true, "exit-player")]
     [InlineData(false, false, true, "exit-player")]
     [InlineData(false, false, false, "close")]
-    public void Escape_PreservesTargetFlyPlayerWindowPriority(
+    public void Escape_PreservesTargetPlayerWindowPriority(
         bool targetMode,
         bool flyMode,
         bool playerMode,
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Tests/Input/KeyBindingsRetailTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Tests/Input/KeyBindingsRetailTests.cs
index b51eed80..6e616f76 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Tests/Input/KeyBindingsRetailTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Tests/Input/KeyBindingsRetailTests.cs
@@ -243,4 +243,28 @@ public class KeyBindingsRetailTests
         Assert.NotNull(bound);
         Assert.Equal(InputAction.ToggleOptionsPanel, bound!.Value.Action);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The developer free-fly camera must not be reachable from the keyboard.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// It is a camera retail never had, and a player who lands in it finds the
+    /// client in a state nothing in the retail UI explains. Its two other ways
+    /// in — the ImGui View menu and the Debug panel button — went away with
+    /// AcDream.UI.ImGui at Campaign V, so a binding was the last route.
+    /// </remarks>
+    [Fact]
+    public void NoDefaultBindingReachesTheFreeFlyCamera()
+    {
+        foreach (KeyBindings bindings in new[]
+                 {
+                     KeyBindings.RetailDefaults(),
+                     KeyBindings.AcdreamCurrentDefaults(),
+                 })
+        {
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(
+                bindings.All,
+                binding => binding.Action == InputAction.AcdreamToggleFlyMode);
+        }
+    }
 }