diff --git a/crates/socket-patch-cli/src/commands/scan/mod.rs b/crates/socket-patch-cli/src/commands/scan/mod.rs
index b02e9cfdd..ab4d6e219 100644
--- a/crates/socket-patch-cli/src/commands/scan/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/socket-patch-cli/src/commands/scan/mod.rs
@@ -2790,15 +2790,18 @@ async fn run_scan(
     let silent = args.common.silent;
 
     // Every human-path exit that did not fail: the `--prune` GC first
-    // (not vendored, which runs its own, nor hosted, which runs none), then
-    // the embedded VEX. An early "nothing to apply" exit still runs the GC.
+    // (not hosted, which runs none), then the embedded VEX. An early
+    // "nothing to apply" exit still runs the GC, vendored mode included:
+    // its wet vendor step runs its own GC and never reaches this closure,
+    // but the early exits (nothing patched, paid-only, nothing selected,
+    // `--dry-run`) must reconcile the ledger like the JSON arm (#1127).
     let (args_ref, manifest_ref, socket_ref) = (&args, &manifest_path, &socket_dir);
     let client_ref: &ApiClient = &api_client;
     let (scanned_ref, vendored_ref) = (&scanned_purls, &vendored_purls);
     let policy_ref: &ScanPolicy = &policy;
     let finish_human = move |code: i32| async move {
         policy_ref.print_human(silent, verbose);
-        if prune && !vendor && !hosted && code == 0 {
+        if prune && !hosted && code == 0 {
             gc::run_human_gc(
                 &args_ref.common,
                 manifest_ref,
diff --git a/crates/socket-patch-cli/tests/scan_vendor_requirements_unwired.rs b/crates/socket-patch-cli/tests/scan_vendor_requirements_unwired.rs
index 6f4645676..ad9fe9148 100644
--- a/crates/socket-patch-cli/tests/scan_vendor_requirements_unwired.rs
+++ b/crates/socket-patch-cli/tests/scan_vendor_requirements_unwired.rs
@@ -221,3 +221,75 @@ async fn wired_vendored_pin_stays_discoverable() {
         wired
     );
 }
+
+/// #1127: the human `--prune` run reverts an unwired entry too, when the
+/// crawl found packages but none of them has a patch. Its early "No patches
+/// available" exit used to skip the GC in vendored mode, while `--json`
+/// ran it. The installed npm package makes sure the crawl is non-empty
+/// (an empty crawl takes the vendored-only GC, which already worked).
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn human_prune_reverts_unwired_entry_when_no_package_is_patched() {
+    let mock = empty_patch_api().await;
+    let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let root = tmp.path();
+    seed_vendored(root);
+    std::fs::write(root.join("requirements.txt"), "idna==3.7\n").unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(
+        root.join("package.json"),
+        r#"{ "name": "p", "version": "1.0.0", "dependencies": { "ms": "2.1.3" } }"#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let ms = root.join("node_modules/ms");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&ms).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(
+        ms.join("package.json"),
+        r#"{ "name": "ms", "version": "2.1.3" }"#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let out = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_socket-patch"))
+        .args([
+            "scan",
+            "--mode",
+            "vendored",
+            "--prune",
+            "--yes",
+            "--api-url",
+            &mock.uri(),
+            "--api-token",
+            "fake-token",
+            "--org",
+            ORG_SLUG,
+            "--vendor-url",
+            &mock.uri(),
+            "--patch-server-url",
+            &mock.uri(),
+        ])
+        .current_dir(root)
+        .env("SOCKET_TELEMETRY_DISABLED", "1")
+        .env_remove("VIRTUAL_ENV")
+        .env_remove("CONDA_PREFIX")
+        .output()
+        .expect("run socket-patch");
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    assert_eq!(
+        out.status.code(),
+        Some(0),
+        "stdout={stdout}; stderr={stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        stdout.contains("No patches available for installed packages."),
+        "the run must take the found-but-unpatched exit: stdout={stdout}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        stdout.contains("GC: reverted 1 vendored entry"),
+        "the human run must report the vendored GC: stdout={stdout}; stderr={stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !root.join(format!(".socket/vendor/pypi/{UUID}")).exists(),
+        "the dead uuid dir is reclaimed: stdout={stdout}"
+    );
+    let state = std::fs::read_to_string(root.join(".socket/vendor/state.json")).unwrap_or_default();
+    assert!(!state.contains(PURL), "{state}");
+}