diff --git a/openless-all/app/android/frontend/components/AndroidPermissionsPanel.tsx b/openless-all/app/android/frontend/components/AndroidPermissionsPanel.tsx
index 959a5565..ff667399 100644
--- a/openless-all/app/android/frontend/components/AndroidPermissionsPanel.tsx
+++ b/openless-all/app/android/frontend/components/AndroidPermissionsPanel.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Icon } from '../../../src/components/Icon';
-import { getSettings, setSettings } from '../../../src/lib/ipc';
+import { getSettings, setSettings } from '../../../src/lib/ipc/settings';
 import type { UserPreferences } from '../../../src/lib/types';
 import { Btn, Pill } from '../../../src/pages/_atoms';
 import { SettingRow } from '../../../src/pages/settings/shared';
diff --git a/openless-all/app/package.json b/openless-all/app/package.json
index 65be9c15..c0d5a89b 100644
--- a/openless-all/app/package.json
+++ b/openless-all/app/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
+    "prebuild": "node scripts/android-ipc-import-boundary.test.mjs",
     "build": "tsc && vite build",
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "tauri": "tauri",
diff --git a/openless-all/app/scripts/android-ipc-import-boundary.test.mjs b/openless-all/app/scripts/android-ipc-import-boundary.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32b8a49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openless-all/app/scripts/android-ipc-import-boundary.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+
+const panelUrl = new URL(
+  '../android/frontend/components/AndroidPermissionsPanel.tsx',
+  import.meta.url,
+);
+const source = await readFile(panelUrl, 'utf8');
+const imports = [...source.matchAll(/import\s+([\s\S]*?)\s+from\s+['"]([^'"]+)['"];?/g)];
+
+function moduleFor(name) {
+  return imports
+    .filter(([, bindings]) => new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`).test(bindings))
+    .map(([, , moduleName]) => moduleName);
+}
+
+for (const name of ['getSettings', 'setSettings']) {
+  const modules = moduleFor(name);
+  if (modules.length !== 1 || modules[0] !== '../../../src/lib/ipc/settings') {
+    throw new Error(
+      `${name} must be imported directly from ../../../src/lib/ipc/settings; found ${JSON.stringify(modules)}`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+if (/from\s+['"]\.\.\/\.\.\/\.\.\/src\/lib\/ipc['"]/.test(source)) {
+  throw new Error('AndroidPermissionsPanel must not import through the IPC barrel');
+}
+
+console.log('android-ipc-import-boundary.test.mjs passed');