diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/ciCachePolicy.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/ciCachePolicy.test.ts
index 47e4f86dc..4dea36ae5 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/ciCachePolicy.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/ciCachePolicy.test.ts
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ it("bounds the rolling static snapshot with Turbo age and size eviction", async
     .object({
       cacheMaxAge: z.string(),
       cacheMaxSize: z.string(),
-      tasks: z.record(
-        z.string(),
-        z.object({ inputs: z.array(z.unknown()).optional() }),
-      ),
     })
     .parse(JSON.parse(await readFile(join(repository, "turbo.json"), "utf8")));
   // The static job restores the previous snapshot by prefix and saves the
@@ -248,5 +244,4 @@ it("bounds the rolling static snapshot with Turbo age and size eviction", async
     unit === "TB" ? value * 1024 * 1024 : unit === "GB" ? value * 1024 : value;
   expect(megabytes).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   expect(megabytes).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1024);
-  expect(turbo.tasks["knip"]?.inputs).toContain("vitest.config.ts");
 });
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/staticCheckReports.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/staticCheckReports.test.ts
index 7d022da72..10ef06674 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/staticCheckReports.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/staticCheckReports.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const lintDiagnostics = async (root: string) =>
       ),
     ).diagnostics;
 
-it("includes every actually linted file in both cached lint task inputs", () => {
+it("covers the lint inventory and root tool configs in resolved cache inputs", () => {
   const scan = spawnSync(
     process.execPath,
     [join(repository, "node_modules/oxlint/bin/oxlint"), "--debug=files"],
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ it("includes every actually linted file in both cached lint task inputs", () =>
       "run",
       "lint",
       "lint:built",
+      "knip",
       "--dry=json",
     ],
     {
@@ -99,6 +100,14 @@ it("includes every actually linted file in both cached lint task inputs", () =>
       files.filter((file) => !Object.hasOwn(task.inputs, file)),
       `${task.task} omits actual checker inputs`,
     ).toEqual([]);
+  const knip = tasks.find(({ task }) => task === "knip");
+  expect(knip).toBeDefined();
+  expect(
+    files.filter(
+      (file) => !file.includes("/") && !Object.hasOwn(knip!.inputs, file),
+    ),
+    "knip omits root tool configuration inputs",
+  ).toEqual([]);
 });
 
 it("summarizes warnings without losing their complete diagnostic records", async () => {