diff --git a/overlays/patches/README.md b/overlays/patches/README.md
index 45f902f..d254048 100644
--- a/overlays/patches/README.md
+++ b/overlays/patches/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ change independently of Nix, and `default.nix` preserves existing patches.
 | [GnuTLS](gnutls/README.md) | Wait for the UDP server socket before connecting |
 | [Jupyter Server](jupyter-server/README.md) | Exercise the correct shared future during reconnect |
 | [Prometheus](prometheus/README.md) | Complete parsing before inspecting the test editor state |
-| [pytest-xdist](pytest-xdist/README.md) | Check worker replacements despite concurrent crashes |
+| [pytest-xdist](pytest-xdist/README.md) | Check worker replacements and allow startup on loaded builders |
 | [SciPy](scipy/README.md) | Account for floating-point rounding in STFT tests |
 | [Sentry SDK](sentry-sdk/README.md) | Isolate SDK thread mocks from Python's threading module |
 | [Torchaudio](torchaudio/README.md) | Compare pitch-shift batches at appropriate precision |
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ package set. Abseil repairs several vendored copies and is gated on
 `x86-64-v3`; Prometheus patches its separate assets derivation; Python
 packages use `pythonPackagesExtensions`.
 
-[`../test-exclusions.nix`](../test-exclusions.nix) retains only pytest-xdist's
-outer-worker limit and inner-worker startup allowance. It adds no skipped
+The [pytest-xdist directory](pytest-xdist/README.md) also owns its outer-worker
+limit and remote-worker event timeout. These package overrides add no skipped
 tests. Existing nixpkgs exclusions remain separate from these repairs.
 
 The test-exclusion review used Python 3.14.7 and the pinned x86-64-v3 package
diff --git a/overlays/patches/default.nix b/overlays/patches/default.nix
index 0029556..fbc0c5e 100644
--- a/overlays/patches/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/patches/default.nix
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ _final: prev:
 
   pythonPackagesExtensions = prev.pythonPackagesExtensions ++ [
     (_pythonFinal: pythonPrev: {
-      backrefs = import ./backrefs { inherit (pythonPrev) backrefs; };
       pytest-xdist = import ./pytest-xdist { inherit (pythonPrev) pytest-xdist; };
+      scipy = import ./scipy { inherit (pythonPrev) scipy; };
       sentry-sdk = import ./sentry-sdk { inherit (pythonPrev) sentry-sdk; };
-      torchcodec = import ./torchcodec { inherit (pythonPrev) torchcodec; };
     })
   ];
 }
diff --git a/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/README.md b/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/README.md
index aa47a94..07fd295 100644
--- a/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/README.md
+++ b/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# pytest-xdist concurrent worker crashes
+# pytest-xdist test fixes
 
 With two workers and a restart limit of three, the fourth worker crash
 requests shutdown while another test can still be running. That test may
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ even though five failures can occur without exceeding the replacement limit.
 five failed tests, the failed-tests exit status, the limit message, and no
 internal error. It retains the two-worker workload and ten queued tests.
 
+`worker-startup-timeout.patch` changes the remote-test helper's event timeout
+from 10 to 60 seconds so loaded builders have time to start workers. The
+helper returns immediately when an event arrives and still has a bounded wait.
+
 The existing nixpkgs pytest-9 compatibility patches remain in place.
 Production scheduling and worker-restart behavior are unchanged.
 
@@ -23,9 +27,11 @@ the nixpkgs pytest-9 compatibility patches where required. From this directory:
 
 ```sh
 patch --fuzz=0 -d /path/to/pytest-xdist -p1 < concurrent-worker-crashes.patch
+patch --fuzz=0 -d /path/to/pytest-xdist -p1 < worker-startup-timeout.patch
 cd /path/to/pytest-xdist
 python -m pytest testing/acceptance_test.py \
   -k test_max_worker_restart_tests_queued -q
+python -m pytest testing/test_remote.py -q
 ```
 
 Twenty unmodified runs passed during the review. To force the failing
@@ -36,22 +42,23 @@ tests when shutdown starts. Bound the marker wait so a reproduction failure
 cannot hang the suite. The original assertion fails on five reported
 failures; the patched test passes.
 
-## Remaining resource settings
+## Worker startup and outer concurrency
 
-[`../../test-exclusions.nix`](../../test-exclusions.nix) runs the outer suite
-with one worker and sets the inner-worker wait to 60 seconds. These settings
-limit nested process pools and allow worker startup on loaded builders.
+[`default.nix`](default.nix) runs the outer suite with one worker to limit
+nested process pools. This is a Nix test-runner setting; the source timeout
+change lives in [`worker-startup-timeout.patch`](worker-startup-timeout.patch).
 
 A separate reproduction inserts an 11-second `pytest_sessionstart` delay
 into the child created by `test_basic_collect_and_runtests` in
 `testing/test_remote.py`. The original 10-second channel wait fails; the
-60-second wait passes. This is a worker-startup bound, not a product deadline.
+60-second wait passes. This bounds waits for test worker events, including
+startup, rather than changing a product deadline.
 
 ## Upstream status
 
-This is a standalone test patch for pytest-xdist 3.8.0. No upstream submission
-was made during this work. Recheck the allowed in-flight failures and
-replacement count when updating the scheduler or shutdown behavior.
+These are standalone test patches for pytest-xdist 3.8.0. No upstream submission
+was made during this work. Recheck the allowed in-flight failures, replacement
+count, and remote-test wait when updating the scheduler or worker behavior.
 
 ## Local NixOS integration and build results
 
@@ -62,6 +69,11 @@ replacement count when updating the scheduler or shutdown behavior.
 nix build --no-link -L .#nixosConfigurations.jeeves.pkgs.python314Packages.pytest-xdist
 ```
 
-The patched x86-64-v3 package passed 185 tests, with 6 existing skips and
-10 expected failures. The forced concurrent-crash reproduction passed after
-the fix, and the focused test passed again after formatting the assertion.
+After consolidating the settings in this directory, the full x86-64-v3 package
+build passed 185 tests, with 6 existing skips and 10 expected failures. Nix
+evaluation confirmed the same outer-worker limit and preserved existing
+patches, with the timeout now applied as a source patch.
+
+The earlier forced concurrent-crash and delayed-startup reproductions passed
+after their fixes; the focused crash test also passed after formatting its
+assertion.
diff --git a/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/default.nix b/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/default.nix
index 1f81ee6..25c068e 100644
--- a/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 { pytest-xdist }:
 pytest-xdist.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
-  patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [ ./concurrent-worker-crashes.patch ];
+  patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [
+    ./concurrent-worker-crashes.patch
+    ./worker-startup-timeout.patch
+  ];
+
+  # The suite exercises its own worker pools. Limit the outer suite to one worker.
+  preCheck = builtins.replaceStrings [ "--numprocesses=$NIX_BUILD_CORES" ] [ "--numprocesses=1" ] (
+    old.preCheck or ""
+  );
 })
diff --git a/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/worker-startup-timeout.patch b/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/worker-startup-timeout.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e83bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/patches/pytest-xdist/worker-startup-timeout.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: allow more time for remote worker events
+
+Worker startup can exceed ten seconds on heavily loaded builders. Allow
+the remote-test helper to wait up to sixty seconds for worker events.
+The wait still returns as soon as an event arrives and remains bounded.
+Production worker timeouts and test assertions are unchanged.
+
+--- a/testing/test_remote.py
++++ b/testing/test_remote.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
+ from xdist.workermanage import WorkerController
+ 
+ 
+-WAIT_TIMEOUT = 10.0
++# Allow worker events extra time on heavily loaded builders.
++WAIT_TIMEOUT = 60.0
+ 
+ 
+ def check_marshallable(d: object) -> None:
diff --git a/overlays/test-exclusions.nix b/overlays/test-exclusions.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 95aac73..0000000
--- a/overlays/test-exclusions.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Test resource settings for the locally rebuilt x86-64-v3 package set.
-#
-# Selecting x86-64-v3 changes every affected derivation, so the normal
-# nixpkgs binary cache cannot be used and upstream test suites run locally.
-# The jeeves builder uses /tmp/nix-builds so filesystem tests run on tmpfs
-# instead of ZFS with normalization=formD and utf8only=on; those tests remain
-# enabled. This overlay no longer excludes any tests. The remaining settings
-# bound nested worker concurrency and allow time for worker startup under load.
-# Test repairs and their validation are indexed in patches/README.md.
-_final: prev: {
-  pythonPackagesExtensions = prev.pythonPackagesExtensions ++ [
-    (_pythonFinal: pythonPrev: {
-      pytest-xdist = pythonPrev.pytest-xdist.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
-        # The suite exercises its own worker pools. Run the outer suite with one
-        # worker and allow inner workers more time on heavily loaded builders.
-        postPatch = (old.postPatch or "") + ''
-          substituteInPlace testing/test_remote.py \
-            --replace-fail "WAIT_TIMEOUT = 10.0" "WAIT_TIMEOUT = 60.0"
-        '';
-        preCheck = builtins.replaceStrings [ "--numprocesses=$NIX_BUILD_CORES" ] [ "--numprocesses=1" ] (
-          old.preCheck or ""
-        );
-      });
-
-    })
-  ];
-}