diff --git a/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md b/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
index 2a5cbb1..cfb5d0f 100644
--- a/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
+++ b/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ deliberate. Divergences fall into a few kinds:
 - **Why:** intentionally minimal, single-purpose composables. `waitUntilRenderFlush` is
   deliberately **not** exposed.
 
-### Exported text-measurement helpers
-
-- **Ink:** does not export its internal `measure-text` module.
-- **vue-tui:** exports `measureText` / `measureTextNatural` from the public index.
-- **Why:** a deliberately public utility surface for consumers who need to size text.
-
 ### No named type / prop re-exports
 
 - **Ink:** re-exports `BoxProps`, `TextProps`, `StaticProps`, `TransformProps`,
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/borders.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/borders.test.tsx
index a75ff47..2a9b213 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/borders.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/borders.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { defineComponent, shallowRef, nextTick } from "vue";
 import { test } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { render } from "@vue-tui/testing";
-import { Box, Text, measureText } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
+import { Box, Text } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi";
+import stringWidth from "string-width";
 
 // single node — full width box
 test("single node - full width box", async ({ expect }) => {
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ test("arrow border on narrow box does not overflow", async ({ expect }) => {
   );
   const frame = lastFrame()!;
   for (const line of frame.split("\n")) {
-    expect(measureText(stripAnsi(line), 9999).width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(3);
+    expect(stringWidth(stripAnsi(line))).toBeLessThanOrEqual(3);
   }
   const stripped = stripAnsi(frame);
   expect(stripped.split("\n")[0]).toContain("↘");
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/grapheme-clip.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/grapheme-clip.test.tsx
index d61f0c8..38d1754 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/grapheme-clip.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/grapheme-clip.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { defineComponent } from "vue";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { render } from "@vue-tui/testing";
-import { Box, Text, measureText } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
+import { Box, Text } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi";
+import stringWidth from "string-width";
 
 function lineWidth(text: string): number {
-  return measureText(stripAnsi(text), 9999).width;
+  return stringWidth(stripAnsi(text));
 }
 
 describe("grapheme-aware clipping (issue #21)", () => {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/overflow.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/overflow.test.tsx
index 70b71e4..73058a9 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/overflow.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/layout/overflow.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { defineComponent } from "vue";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { render } from "@vue-tui/testing";
-import { Box, Text, Transform, measureText } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
+import { Box, Text, Transform } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi";
+import stringWidth from "string-width";
 
 /** Build a round-border box string like boxen(text, { borderStyle: "round" }) */
 function box(text: string): string {
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ test("out of bounds writes do not crash", async () => {
 // --- absolute overlay wide glyph clipping (issue #10) ---
 
 function lineWidth(text: string): number {
-  return measureText(stripAnsi(text), 9999).width;
+  return stringWidth(stripAnsi(text));
 }
 
 describe("absolute overlay wide glyph clipping", () => {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-api.test.ts b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-api.test.ts
index 6143ee0..2435eff 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-api.test.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-api.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ test("public API exposes documented members", () => {
     "useAnimation",
     "useBoxMetrics",
     "measureElement",
-    "measureText",
     "usePaste",
     // Rendering
     "renderToString",
@@ -43,3 +42,12 @@ test("public API exposes documented members", () => {
 test("useWindowSize is an alias for useTerminalSize", () => {
   expect(api.useWindowSize).toBe(api.useTerminalSize);
 });
+
+// Ink keeps its `measure-text` module internal and does not re-export it. vue-tui
+// once exported `measureText`/`measureTextNatural` under the (incorrect) belief it
+// "matched Ink's public API" — it does not. These stay internal; this guards the
+// alignment against re-introduction. See .agents/docs/ink-divergences.md.
+test("does not expose internal text-measurement helpers (Ink keeps them internal)", () => {
+  expect(api).not.toHaveProperty("measureText");
+  expect(api).not.toHaveProperty("measureTextNatural");
+});
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/host/text-measure.ts b/packages/runtime/src/host/text-measure.ts
index 53f428d..411a8e7 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/host/text-measure.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/host/text-measure.ts
@@ -124,18 +124,6 @@ export function wrapText(text: string, width: number, mode: WrapMode = "wrap"):
   return cliTruncate(text, width, { position }).split("\n");
 }
 
-export function measureText(
-  text: string,
-  width: number,
-  mode: WrapMode = "wrap",
-): { width: number; height: number } {
-  const wrapped = wrapText(text, width, mode);
-  return {
-    width: wrapped.reduce((max, line) => Math.max(max, stringWidth(line)), 0),
-    height: wrapped.length,
-  };
-}
-
 /**
  * Natural (unwrapped) dimensions of `text`, mode-independent. Mirrors Ink's
  * measure-text.js: width = widest line, height = number of \n-separated lines.
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
index c827906..48bcd40 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ export {
   type KittyKeyboardOptions,
   type KittyFlagName,
 } from "./io/kitty-keyboard.ts";
-export { measureText, measureTextNatural } from "./host/text-measure.ts";
+// `measureText` / `measureTextNatural` are deliberately NOT re-exported: Ink keeps
+// its `measure-text` module internal, and so do we. They remain internal helpers
+// (yoga.ts uses `measureTextNatural`). See .agents/docs/ink-divergences.md.