diff --git a/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.spec.ts
index 8d53202..9ff1372 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.spec.ts
@@ -224,25 +224,9 @@ describe("PrefetchWorkerService — fast lane (lifo) + backlog gating", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("poison guards (Faz 6: generic-model + category cap)", () => {
-    type PI = { processInit: (j: unknown) => Promise<void> };
+  describe("poison guard (Faz 6: category cap — brand-agnostic anti-explosion)", () => {
     type PC = { processChildren: (j: unknown) => Promise<void> };
 
-    it("processInit skips + marks poison for a generic-model vehicle (model == brand)", async () => {
-      const { service, queue, redis } = makeDeps({
-        waiting: 0,
-        limitResults: [[{ id: "op1", brandName: "Opel", model: "Opel" }]], // vehicle lookup
-      });
-      await (service as never as PI).processInit({
-        data: { vehicleId: "op1", source: "pl24" },
-      } as never);
-      const poisonSet = redis.set.mock.calls.some((c) =>
-        String(c[0]).includes("prefetch:poison:op1"),
-      );
-      expect(poisonSet).toBe(true);
-      expect(queue.add).not.toHaveBeenCalled(); // tree never drilled
-    });
-
     it("processChildren marks poison once progress.total exceeds CATEGORY_CAP", async () => {
       const { service, queue, redis } = makeDeps({ waiting: 0, limitResults: [] });
       redis.getJson.mockImplementation(async (...a: unknown[]) =>
diff --git a/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.ts b/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.ts
index 78aefc9..2d37d3f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/jobs/prefetch-worker.service.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export class PrefetchWorkerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     await checkCooldown(this.redis, source);
     checkTimeWindow(source);
 
-    // Already flagged as poison (over-cap / generic model on a prior run) — skip.
+    // Already flagged as poison (tree exceeded CATEGORY_CAP on a prior run) — skip.
     if (await this.redis.exists(this.poisonKey(vehicleId))) {
       this.logger.debug(`[prefetch] Skip poison vehicle=${vehicleId}`);
       return;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export class PrefetchWorkerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
 
     // Verify vehicle still exists
     const [vehicle] = await this.db
-      .select({ id: vehicles.id, brandName: vehicles.brandName, model: vehicles.model })
+      .select({ id: vehicles.id })
       .from(vehicles)
       .where(eq(vehicles.id, vehicleId))
       .limit(1);
@@ -293,19 +293,6 @@ export class PrefetchWorkerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Generic-model guard: when VIN decode fails to resolve the model it stays
-    // equal to the brand (e.g. model "Opel" for brand "Opel") and the catalog
-    // fetch lands on the brand's ROOT tree — the whole model universe, hundreds
-    // of thousands of part-less categories. Don't drill it; mark poison until the
-    // decode is fixed. A real model is always more specific than the brand.
-    if (this.isGenericModel(vehicle.brandName, vehicle.model)) {
-      this.logger.warn(
-        `[prefetch] Skip generic-model vehicle=${vehicleId} (brand=${vehicle.brandName}, model=${vehicle.model}) — marking poison`,
-      );
-      await this.markPoison(vehicleId);
-      return;
-    }
-
     await initProgress(this.redis, vehicleId); // resets progress.total — the cap's tree-size proxy
 
     // Get all top-level categories for this vehicle
@@ -823,19 +810,11 @@ export class PrefetchWorkerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     return `prefetch:poison:${vehicleId}`;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * True when VIN decode failed to resolve a model: it stays equal to the brand
-   * (case-insensitive) or is empty. Such a vehicle can't be catalog-scoped and
-   * fetches the brand's whole root tree — see CATEGORY_CAP.
-   */
-  private isGenericModel(brandName: string | null, model: string | null): boolean {
-    const m = (model ?? "").trim();
-    if (!m) return true;
-    return m.toLowerCase() === (brandName ?? "").trim().toLowerCase();
-  }
-
-  /** Flag a vehicle as poison (generic-model / over-cap) so init/scan skip it,
-   *  and clear its in-flight + progress state. */
+  /** Flag a vehicle as poison (its tree blew past CATEGORY_CAP — a generic
+   *  root-catalog explosion from a decode that didn't resolve the model) so
+   *  init/scan skip it, and clear its in-flight + progress state. Brand-agnostic:
+   *  only an actual explosion trips it, so small legit generic-model PSA vehicles
+   *  (which stay ~200 categories and DO yield parts) are never affected. */
   private async markPoison(vehicleId: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.redis.set(this.poisonKey(vehicleId), "1", POISON_TTL_S);
     await this.redis.del(`prefetch:scheduled:${vehicleId}`);