diff --git a/routes/document_routes.py b/routes/document_routes.py
index 5625df8..03661b2 100644
--- a/routes/document_routes.py
+++ b/routes/document_routes.py
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         with a `pdf_source` marker so the viewer renders the pages without
         overlays.
         """
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
         from src.pdf_forms import has_form_fields, extract_fields
         from src.pdf_form_doc import (
             save_field_sidecar,
@@ -950,7 +949,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         any wrong values before triggering the actual download.
         """
         from src.pdf_form_doc import find_source_upload_id, parse_markdown_to_values, load_field_sidecar
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
 
         user = get_current_user(request)
         db = SessionLocal()
@@ -1015,7 +1013,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         Frontend overlays HTML form controls at those positions.
         """
         from src.pdf_form_doc import find_source_upload_id, parse_markdown_to_values, load_field_sidecar
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
 
         user = get_current_user(request)
         db = SessionLocal()
@@ -1083,7 +1080,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         frontend overlays HTML form inputs on top)."""
         from fastapi.responses import Response
         from src.pdf_form_doc import find_source_upload_id
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
 
         user = get_current_user(request)
         db = SessionLocal()
@@ -1132,7 +1128,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         import json
         import fitz
         from src.pdf_form_doc import find_source_upload_id
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
         from src.document_processor import _resolve_vl_model, _load_vl_settings
         from src.llm_core import llm_call_async
 
@@ -1275,7 +1270,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         from starlette.background import BackgroundTask
         from src.pdf_form_doc import find_source_upload_id, parse_markdown_to_values, parse_markdown_annotations
         from src.pdf_forms import fill_fields, stamp_annotations
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
         from core.database import Signature
 
         # Track temp files for this request so they get unlinked AFTER
@@ -1370,7 +1364,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
         from starlette.background import BackgroundTask
         from src.pdf_form_doc import find_source_upload_id, parse_markdown_to_values, load_field_sidecar, parse_markdown_annotations
         from src.pdf_forms import fill_fields, stamp_signatures, stamp_annotations
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
         from core.database import Signature
 
         _to_unlink: list[str] = []
@@ -1512,7 +1505,6 @@ def setup_document_routes(session_manager, upload_handler=None) -> APIRouter:
             load_field_sidecar, parse_markdown_annotations,
         )
         from src.pdf_forms import fill_fields, stamp_signatures, stamp_annotations
-        from src.constants import UPLOAD_DIR
         from core.database import Signature
         # COMPOSE_UPLOADS_DIR lives in email_routes — re-derive here so we
         # don't import from a routes file (cycle-prone). Same env override