diff --git a/internal/ingestion/pipeline/pipeline.go b/internal/ingestion/pipeline/pipeline.go
index 2878f29701..e1c1d7acbf 100644
--- a/internal/ingestion/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/internal/ingestion/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -486,56 +486,3 @@ func (p *Pipeline) componentProgressCallback() runtime.ProgressCallback {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func PatchDSL(raw string, parserConfig map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
-	if len(parserConfig) == 0 {
-		return raw, nil
-	}
-
-	var dslMap map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw), &dslMap); err != nil {
-		return raw, fmt.Errorf("parse dsl: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	components, _ := dslMap["components"].(map[string]any)
-	if components == nil {
-		if inner, ok := dslMap["dsl"].(map[string]any); ok {
-			components, _ = inner["components"].(map[string]any)
-		}
-		if components == nil {
-			return raw, nil
-		}
-	}
-	for cid, extraVal := range parserConfig {
-		compVal, ok := components[cid]
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		extraParams, _ := extraVal.(map[string]any)
-		if extraParams == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		compMap, _ := compVal.(map[string]any)
-		if compMap == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		obj, _ := compMap["obj"].(map[string]any)
-		if obj == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		existing, _ := obj["params"].(map[string]any)
-		if existing == nil {
-			obj["params"] = extraParams
-		} else {
-			for k, v := range extraParams {
-				existing[k] = v
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	patched, err := json.Marshal(dslMap)
-	if err != nil {
-		return raw, fmt.Errorf("marshal patched dsl: %w", err)
-	}
-	return string(patched), nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/ingestion/task/pipeline_executor.go b/internal/ingestion/task/pipeline_executor.go
index ca7639fff7..2598e8a266 100644
--- a/internal/ingestion/task/pipeline_executor.go
+++ b/internal/ingestion/task/pipeline_executor.go
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ func (s *PipelineExecutor) loadDSLFromCanvas(ctx context.Context, canvasID strin
 
 // warnUnknownComponentParams logs a warning for any component id in the
 // parserConfig whose id is absent from the pipeline DSL. The runtime merge
-// (component params -> PatchDSL / override_params) silently drops such
-// entries, so we surface them here for operability. API-side validation
+// (component params -> override_params) silently drops such entries, so we
+// surface them here for operability. API-side validation
 // already rejects unknown ids on write; this is purely a defensive guard
 // for legacy/stale rows.
 func warnUnknownComponentParams(dsl string, parserConfig map[string]any) {
@@ -320,24 +320,20 @@ func (s *PipelineExecutor) runPipelineWithDSL(ctx context.Context, dsl string) (
 	common.InjectExtractorLLMID(parserConfig, s.taskCtx.Tenant.LLMID)
 
 	// Surface component params whose cpnID is absent from the DSL. The
-	// runtime merge (PatchDSL / override_params) silently drops such entries;
+	// runtime merge (override_params) silently drops such entries;
 	// API-side validation already rejects unknown ids on write, so this is a
 	// defensive guard for legacy/stale rows.
 	warnUnknownComponentParams(dsl, parserConfig)
-	patchedDSL, err := pipelinepkg.PatchDSL(dsl, parserConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, dsl, fmt.Errorf("patch dsl with parser_config: %w", err)
-	}
 
 	pipelineID := "pipeline_" + s.taskCtx.Doc.ID
 	if s.taskCtx.IngestionTask != nil && s.taskCtx.IngestionTask.ID != "" {
 		pipelineID = s.taskCtx.IngestionTask.ID
 	}
-	pipe, err := pipelinepkg.NewPipelineFromDSL([]byte(patchedDSL), pipelineID,
+	pipe, err := pipelinepkg.NewPipelineFromDSL([]byte(dsl), pipelineID,
 		pipelinepkg.WithProgressSink(s.progressSink),
 		pipelinepkg.WithDocumentID(s.taskCtx.Doc.ID))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, patchedDSL, fmt.Errorf("compile pipeline dsl: %w", err)
+		return nil, dsl, fmt.Errorf("compile pipeline dsl: %w", err)
 	}
 	inputs := map[string]any{}
 	if s.taskCtx.Doc.ID != "" {
@@ -349,13 +345,17 @@ func (s *PipelineExecutor) runPipelineWithDSL(ctx context.Context, dsl string) (
 	inputs["tenant_id"] = s.taskCtx.Tenant.ID
 	inputs["kb_id"] = s.taskCtx.KB.ID
 
-	output, err := pipe.Run(ctx, inputs, map[string]interface{}(s.taskCtx.Doc.ParserConfig))
+	// Component params from Doc.ParserConfig — including the tenant LLM id
+	// injected into Extractor components above — are passed to Run as
+	// override_params, keyed by cpnID with override-wins. The DSL itself is
+	// compiled unchanged.
+	output, err := pipe.Run(ctx, inputs, parserConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, patchedDSL, err
+		return nil, dsl, err
 	}
-	payload, err := pipelinepkg.ExtractPayload(patchedDSL, output)
+	payload, err := pipelinepkg.ExtractPayload(dsl, output)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, patchedDSL, err
+		return nil, dsl, err
 	}
-	return payload, patchedDSL, nil
+	return payload, dsl, nil
 }