diff --git a/server/private/routers/ws/ws.ts b/server/private/routers/ws/ws.ts
index 5e38c709e..f014b0e57 100644
--- a/server/private/routers/ws/ws.ts
+++ b/server/private/routers/ws/ws.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "@server/db";
-import { recordPing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
+import { recordSitePing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 import { validateNewtSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/newt";
 import { validateOlmSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/olm";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ const setupConnection = async (
             // pending pings in a single batched UPDATE every ~10s, which
             // prevents connection pool exhaustion under load (especially
             // with cross-region latency to the database).
-            recordPing(newtClient.siteId);
+            recordSitePing(newtClient.siteId);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
index 56b8a2a24..86489bd67 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Newt } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { sendNewtSyncMessage } from "./sync";
-import { recordPing } from "./pingAccumulator";
+import { recordSitePing } from "./pingAccumulator";
 
 /**
  * Handles ping messages from newt clients.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const handleNewtPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
     // batched UPDATE instead of one query per ping. This prevents
     // connection pool exhaustion under load, especially with
     // cross-region latency to the database.
-    recordPing(newt.siteId);
+    recordSitePing(newt.siteId);
 
     // Check config version and sync if stale.
     const configVersion = await getClientConfigVersion(newt.newtId);
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator.ts b/server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator.ts
index 5351c6723..be9cd4972 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator.ts
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ export function recordSitePing(siteId: number): void {
     pendingSitePings.set(siteId, now);
 }
 
-/** @deprecated Use `recordSitePing` instead. Alias kept for existing call-sites. */
-export const recordPing = recordSitePing;
-
 /**
  * Record a ping for an OLM client. Batches the `clients` table update
  * (`online`, `lastPing`, `archived`) and, when `olmArchived` is true,
diff --git a/server/routers/ws/ws.ts b/server/routers/ws/ws.ts
index 4ce337a20..dad29c4f0 100644
--- a/server/routers/ws/ws.ts
+++ b/server/routers/ws/ws.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "@server/db";
-import { recordPing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
+import { recordSitePing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 import { validateNewtSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/newt";
 import { validateOlmSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/olm";
 import { messageHandlers } from "./messageHandlers";
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ const setupConnection = async (
             // pending pings in a single batched UPDATE every ~10s, which
             // prevents connection pool exhaustion under load (especially
             // with cross-region latency to the database).
-            recordPing(newtClient.siteId);
+            recordSitePing(newtClient.siteId);
         });
     }