diff --git a/build.ts b/build.ts
index 68472ae..c2140ab 100644
--- a/build.ts
+++ b/build.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,14 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   // regardless of dotted or bracket access, so a build machine that happened to
   // have it set (e.g. .env.local) would otherwise stamp one run id into the
   // bundle for every user. Exclude it from the sweep so no define ever matches.
-  // POLYLANE_TELEMETRY_NOTICE_ACK is likewise a per-run runtime value (the
-  // installer sets it after printing the telemetry disclosure itself).
-  const DEFINE_EXCLUDE = new Set(['POLYLANE_ONBOARDING_RUN', 'POLYLANE_TELEMETRY_NOTICE_ACK']);
+  // The installer also sets both notice acknowledgements for its CLI child.
+  // They must remain runtime values so a build cannot suppress notices for
+  // everyone who later runs the published CLI directly.
+  const DEFINE_EXCLUDE = new Set([
+    'POLYLANE_ONBOARDING_RUN',
+    'POLYLANE_TELEMETRY_NOTICE_ACK',
+    'POLYLANE_TERMS_NOTICE_ACK',
+  ]);
   // Bake every other POLYLANE_* env var visible at build time into the bundle, so
   // the produced binary works without needing those vars set at runtime.
   // - Locally: comes from .env.local (gitignored — your dev domain / dev OAuth)
diff --git a/src/commands/auth/signup.ts b/src/commands/auth/signup.ts
index 31beea6..62a7331 100644
--- a/src/commands/auth/signup.ts
+++ b/src/commands/auth/signup.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ const TERMS_NOTICE = [
   '  https://polylane.com/privacy/',
 ].join('\n');
 
+// The installer prints the notice before its login picker and sets this only
+// for the CLI process it starts, so an email choice does not print it twice.
+const showTermsNotice = (): boolean => process.env.POLYLANE_TERMS_NOTICE_ACK !== '1';
+
 // Shown exactly once, on stderr, right after the server accepted it. Password
 // reset from the console sign-in page is the way to pick a different one.
 function announceGeneratedPassword(config: Config, email: string, password: string): void {
@@ -166,8 +170,7 @@ async function oauthSignup(config: Config, provider: 'google' | 'github'): Promi
     [
       `Your browser will open the Polylane signup page.`,
       `Pick "${label}" there, then approve the CLI's access when asked.`,
-      ``,
-      TERMS_NOTICE,
+      ...(showTermsNotice() ? ['', TERMS_NOTICE] : []),
     ].join('\n'),
     `Sign up with ${label}`
   );
@@ -255,7 +258,7 @@ export async function emailSignup(config: Config, args: Record<string, unknown>)
   // the console (nominal#465). No separate confirm step — that was tried in
   // cli#53 and reverted. Scripted runs get it on stderr, never blocking. The
   // --code completion path creates nothing, so it stays silent.
-  if (!codeArg) {
+  if (!codeArg && showTermsNotice()) {
     if (isInteractive(config.nonInteractive)) note(TERMS_NOTICE);
     else process.stderr.write(`\n${TERMS_NOTICE}\n\n`);
   }
diff --git a/test/signup.test.ts b/test/signup.test.ts
index e02461f..2d8c92d 100644
--- a/test/signup.test.ts
+++ b/test/signup.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ describe('auth signup terms notice', () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    delete process.env.POLYLANE_TERMS_NOTICE_ACK;
     rmSync(CONFIG_FILE, { force: true });
     rmSync(CREDENTIALS_FILE, { force: true });
   });
@@ -168,6 +169,26 @@ describe('auth signup terms notice', () => {
     assert.ok(!output.includes('Continue?'));
   });
 
+  it('keeps the email signup prompts but does not repeat a notice printed by the installer', async () => {
+    mockApi({ '/v1/auth/signup': signupResponse });
+    process.env.POLYLANE_TERMS_NOTICE_ACK = '1';
+
+    captureOutput();
+    try {
+      await authSignupCommand.execute(
+        mockConfig({ telemetry: false, nonInteractive: false }),
+        {} as GlobalFlags,
+        { email: 'dev@acme.com' }
+      );
+    } finally {
+      restoreOutput();
+      delete process.env.POLYLANE_TERMS_NOTICE_ACK;
+    }
+
+    assert.ok(!output.includes(TERMS_LINE));
+    assert.ok(output.includes(PASSWORD_PROMPT_MARKER));
+  });
+
   it('shows the notice without a gate when --password is passed interactively', async () => {
     mockApi({ '/v1/auth/signup': signupResponse });