diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx
index 54648942..d77bd9f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ export interface AnchoredPopoverOptions {
   selectedIndex?: number | null;
 }
 
-export type AnchoredPopover = ReturnType<typeof useAnchoredPopover>;
+// Internal: call sites use the inferred hook return, they don't name the type.
+type AnchoredPopover = ReturnType<typeof useAnchoredPopover>;
 
 export function useAnchoredPopover(opts: AnchoredPopoverOptions) {
   const mode = opts.mode ?? "menu";