diff --git a/core/relinker/relinker/src/analysis/SyscallScanner.cpp b/core/relinker/relinker/src/analysis/SyscallScanner.cpp
index cffd899a5c..bbe6db0f4c 100644
--- a/core/relinker/relinker/src/analysis/SyscallScanner.cpp
+++ b/core/relinker/relinker/src/analysis/SyscallScanner.cpp
@@ -375,27 +375,7 @@ static std::vector<CodeRange> DiscoverRoutines(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>&
             pos += info.Length;
         }
     }
-    for (std::size_t pos = 0; pos < limit;) {
-        if (ContainsOffset(unwind, pos)) {
-            const auto after = std::upper_bound(unwind.begin(), unwind.end(), pos, [](const std::size_t value, const CodeRange& range) { return value < range.Begin; });
-            if (after != unwind.begin())
-                pos = static_cast<std::size_t>(std::prev(after)->End);
-            continue;
-        }
-        Codegen::DecodedInstructionInfo info;
-        try {
-            info = decoder.DecodeInstruction(code.data() + pos, limit - pos);
-        } catch (const Codegen::CodegenException&) {
-            ++pos;
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (info.Length == 0 || info.Length > limit - pos) {
-            ++pos;
-            continue;
-        }
-        QueueInstructionTargets(pending, visited, unwind, info, code, pos, limit);
-        pos += info.Length;
-    }
+
     std::set<std::size_t> explored;
     while (!pending.empty()) {
         const auto root = pending.back();
diff --git a/core/relinker/relinker/tests/CodeDataScanningTests.cpp b/core/relinker/relinker/tests/CodeDataScanningTests.cpp
index 8ef5d809be..b0b9a87d9f 100644
--- a/core/relinker/relinker/tests/CodeDataScanningTests.cpp
+++ b/core/relinker/relinker/tests/CodeDataScanningTests.cpp
@@ -98,16 +98,29 @@ void CheckNoUnwindIndirectJumpSyscall(Domain::FileByteOffset origin) {
 
 void CheckIndirectOnlyDynamicSyscall(Domain::FileByteOffset origin) {
     const Bytes code = {
-        0xC3,
-        0x0F, 0x78,
-        0x90, 0x90,
+        0xEB, 0x03,
+        0x0F, 0x78, 0x00,
         0x48, 0x8D, 0x05, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0xFF, 0xE0,
         0x8B, 0x07,
         0x0F, 0x05,
         0xC3,
     };
-    CheckForbiddenInstruction(code, origin, 16, {}, {{0, 1}});
+    CheckForbiddenInstruction(code, origin, 16, {}, {{0, 2}});
+}
+
+void CheckGapBranchToSyscall(Domain::FileByteOffset origin) {
+    const Bytes code = {
+        0xC3,
+        0xEB, 0x03,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x8B, 0x07,
+        0x0F, 0x05,
+        0xC3,
+    };
+    TestProgress progress;
+    const auto scanner = Relinker::MakeSyscallScanner(progress);
+    Require(scanner->ScanCodeSectionForSyscalls(code, origin, code.size(), {}, {{0, 1}}).empty(), "Data gap branch falsely created a routine and rejected 0F 05");
 }
 
 void CheckDirectCallAfterIndirectJump(Domain::FileByteOffset origin) {
@@ -175,6 +188,7 @@ int main() {
             CheckDirectCallAfterIndirectJump(origin);
             CheckConditionalBranchAcrossGap(origin);
             CheckUnwindGapAndBoundedCallee(origin);
+            CheckGapBranchToSyscall(origin);
         }
         std::cout << "Embedded-code-data known-gap and reachable-code controls passed\n";
     } catch (const std::exception& error) {
diff --git a/docs/dev/debt/relinker.md b/docs/dev/debt/relinker.md
index a29eea4a05..6243194829 100644
--- a/docs/dev/debt/relinker.md
+++ b/docs/dev/debt/relinker.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 - [Packed relative relocations](../../../core/relinker/relinker/src/parsing/RelrRelocations.cpp) require the table to fit in one file-backed PT_LOAD segment and each 8-byte storage unit to fit in one load segment. Units spanning load segments, overlapping RELR units and overlaps with RELA relocations are rejected; relocation composition is not implemented.
 
-- The [syscall scanner](../../../core/relinker/relinker/src/analysis/SyscallScanner.cpp) discovers routine bounds from unwind ranges, direct branch targets, and address-taken `lea` targets ([#7547](https://github.com/boykopovar/AnyPS5/issues/7547)) so undecodable bytes in an inter-routine gap are not reported as an illegal instruction. Each unwind range is decoded from its start through its end, and direct branch and `lea` targets from it and from inter-routine gaps are followed until the next return, unconditional jump, indirect jump, or trap. Inside discovered routines, all syscalls are rejected, including dynamic RAX loads. In inter-routine gaps outside all discovered routines, embedded data does not trigger decode failures, and raw syscall bytes without a constant number are skipped and counted; stubs with constant syscall numbers in gaps remain detected. With no unwind ranges, discovery is not performed and every syscall byte pattern is rejected.
+- The [syscall scanner](../../../core/relinker/relinker/src/analysis/SyscallScanner.cpp) discovers routine bounds from unwind ranges, direct branch targets, and address-taken `lea` targets ([#7547](https://github.com/boykopovar/AnyPS5/issues/7547)) so undecodable bytes in an inter-routine gap are not reported as an illegal instruction. Each unwind range is decoded from its start through its end, and direct branch and `lea` targets reached from it are followed until the next return, unconditional jump, indirect jump, or trap. Inside discovered routines, all syscalls are rejected, including dynamic RAX loads. In inter-routine gaps outside all discovered routines, embedded data does not trigger decode failures, and raw syscall bytes without a constant number are skipped and counted; stubs with constant syscall numbers in gaps remain detected. With no unwind ranges, discovery is not performed and every syscall byte pattern is rejected.
 
 - [Executable guest imports](../../../core/relinker/relinker/src/guest/GuestModuleBuilder.cpp) - on Linux and macOS, a relocated executable import resolved to one guest provider requires that module and its dependencies at startup, even when it was discovered through `--module-dir` without a DT_NEEDED entry. Unreferenced symbols and no-op relocations do not require an otherwise deferred module. Console module-start ordering is unmeasured.