diff --git a/src/jpegio/lvgl_decoder.c b/src/jpegio/lvgl_decoder.c
index 8dbd8d3..d72406c 100644
--- a/src/jpegio/lvgl_decoder.c
+++ b/src/jpegio/lvgl_decoder.c
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 // pixel buffer that happens to start FF D8 falls through to LVGL's built-in
 // decoder instead of being claimed.
 
-#include "lvgl.h"
-#include "src/draw/lv_image_decoder_private.h"  // lv_image_decoder_t.info_cb, lv_image_cache_data_t
-#include "src/core/lv_global.h"                 // LV_GLOBAL_DEFAULT()->image_cache_draw_buf_handlers
+#include "lvgl/lvgl.h"
+#include "lvgl/src/draw/lv_image_decoder_private.h"  // lv_image_decoder_t.info_cb, lv_image_cache_data_t
+#include "lvgl/src/core/lv_global.h"                 // LV_GLOBAL_DEFAULT()->image_cache_draw_buf_handlers
 
 #include <string.h>
 
diff --git a/src/jpegio/micropython.cmake b/src/jpegio/micropython.cmake
index e5e62f3..7c665f7 100644
--- a/src/jpegio/micropython.cmake
+++ b/src/jpegio/micropython.cmake
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ target_sources(displayif_jpegio INTERFACE
 # listed earlier in a semicolon-separated USER_C_MODULES. Pass
 # -DJPEGIO_LVGL=ON/OFF to decide by hand (the list form with lvgl-micropython
 # elsewhere needs ON plus JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR).
-get_filename_component(_JPEGIO_WORKSPACE_DIR ${DISPLAYIF_MOD_DIR} DIRECTORY)
+# The LVGL image decoder (lvgl_decoder.c) is built only when lvgl-micropython is
+# in this build, decided from USER_C_MODULES the way micropython.mk decides it:
+# what is on disk beside displayif says nothing about what this build selected,
+# and jpegio has to build without LVGL. Override with -DJPEGIO_LVGL=ON/OFF.
+# The decoder includes "lvgl/lvgl.h" and "lvgl/src/...", which resolve through
+# the bindings directory lvgl-micropython itself puts on the include path, so
+# nothing here needs to know where the bindings are.
 if(NOT DEFINED JPEGIO_LVGL)
-    if(EXISTS ${_JPEGIO_WORKSPACE_DIR}/lvgl-micropython/micropython.cmake OR TARGET lv_micropython)
+    if("${USER_C_MODULES}" MATCHES "lvgl-micropython")
         set(JPEGIO_LVGL ON)
     else()
         set(JPEGIO_LVGL OFF)
@@ -32,25 +38,8 @@ if(NOT DEFINED JPEGIO_LVGL)
 endif()
 
 if(JPEGIO_LVGL)
-    # Derived the way lvgl-micropython/micropython.cmake derives BINDINGS_DIR
-    # (the workspace sibling lvgl-bindings), under a displayif-private name;
-    # a BINDINGS_DIR already set (command line, or lvgl-micropython included
-    # earlier) wins so both usermods see one lv_conf.h.
-    if(NOT DEFINED JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR)
-        if(DEFINED BINDINGS_DIR)
-            set(JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR ${BINDINGS_DIR})
-        else()
-            set(JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR ${_JPEGIO_WORKSPACE_DIR}/lvgl-bindings)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    if(NOT EXISTS ${JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR}/lv_conf.h)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "jpegio: JPEGIO_LVGL is ON but ${JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR}/lv_conf.h does not exist (set JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR)")
-    endif()
     target_compile_definitions(displayif_jpegio INTERFACE JPEGIO_LVGL_DECODER=1)
-    target_include_directories(displayif_jpegio INTERFACE
-        ${JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR}
-        ${JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR}/lvgl
-    )
+    # No qstrs of its own (the Python-visible names live in jpegio.c).
     target_sources(displayif_jpegio INTERFACE
         ${JPEGIO_DIR}/lvgl_decoder.c
     )
diff --git a/src/jpegio/micropython.mk b/src/jpegio/micropython.mk
index 50a0786..68e1ca1 100644
--- a/src/jpegio/micropython.mk
+++ b/src/jpegio/micropython.mk
@@ -26,17 +26,11 @@ JPEGIO_LVMP_DIR := $(firstword $(filter %/lvgl-micropython,$(USER_C_MODULES:/=))
 JPEGIO_LVGL ?= $(if $(JPEGIO_LVMP_DIR),1,0)
 
 ifeq ($(JPEGIO_LVGL),1)
-# The bindings checkout, derived the way lvgl-micropython/micropython.mk does
-# (BINDINGS_DIR ?= $(abspath $(LVMP_DIR)/../lvgl-bindings)) but under a
-# displayif-private name: displayif's micropython.mk is included before
-# lvgl-micropython's, so a `BINDINGS_DIR ?=` here would pre-empt theirs. A
-# BINDINGS_DIR given on the make command line is honoured so both usermods
-# compile against the same lv_conf.h (struct layouts depend on it).
-JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR ?= $(or $(BINDINGS_DIR),$(abspath $(JPEGIO_LVMP_DIR)/../lvgl-bindings))
-# -I<bindings> finds lv_conf.h (LVGL's lv_conf_internal.h picks it up through
-# __has_include, the same route lvgl-micropython's -I$(BINDINGS_DIR) uses);
-# -I<bindings>/lvgl finds lvgl.h and the src/... private headers.
-CFLAGS_USERMOD += -DJPEGIO_LVGL_DECODER=1 -I$(JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR) -I$(JPEGIO_LVGL_BINDINGS_DIR)/lvgl
+# lvgl_decoder.c includes "lvgl/lvgl.h" and "lvgl/src/...", which resolve
+# through the -I$(BINDINGS_DIR) lvgl-micropython adds, wherever its bindings
+# are (a sibling checkout or its own fetched .deps/), so nothing here derives
+# that path.
+CFLAGS_USERMOD += -DJPEGIO_LVGL_DECODER=1
 # No qstrs of its own (the Python-visible names live in jpegio.c).
 SRC_USERMOD_LIB_C += $(JPEGIO_DIR)/lvgl_decoder.c
 # lvgl.h with LV_USE_FLOAT trips -Werror=double-promotion / float-conversion