diff --git a/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/cbindgen.toml b/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/cbindgen.toml
index 957277506bc..8813a02e04b 100644
--- a/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/cbindgen.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ documentation_style = "c99"
 [defines]
 
 [export]
-include = ["dash_sdk_*", "dash_core_*", "dash_unified_sdk_*", "ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI"]
+include = ["dash_sdk_*", "dash_core_*", "dash_unified_sdk_*"]
 # Exclude types that come from key-wallet-ffi to avoid duplication
 exclude = ["FFIAccountType", "FFIAccountTypePreference", "FFIAccountTypeUsed", "FFIAccountCreationOptionType"]
 prefix = ""
diff --git a/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/src/contested_resource/transitions/cast_vote.rs b/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/src/contested_resource/transitions/cast_vote.rs
index 180e56ebcf4..2b61d482b93 100644
--- a/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/src/contested_resource/transitions/cast_vote.rs
+++ b/packages/rs-sdk-ffi/src/contested_resource/transitions/cast_vote.rs
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ use zeroize::Zeroizing;
 /// `0` = TowardsIdentity (requires `contender_identity_id`), `1` = Abstain,
 /// `2` = Lock.
 ///
-/// This `#[repr(u8)]` enum exists so cbindgen emits the discriminant values
-/// into the generated C header (a bare `pub const u8` is not exported),
-/// giving Swift a single source of truth instead of hand-mirroring `0/1/2`.
-/// It is force-emitted via the `[export] include` list in `cbindgen.toml`.
+/// This `#[repr(u8)]` enum is the Rust-internal single source of truth for the
+/// `vote_choice` discriminants used by [`cast_vote_inner`] (its `as u8`
+/// discriminants drive the value validation / comparison). It is intentionally
+/// **not** exported to the generated C header: the FFI parameter is a plain
+/// `u8`, and the Swift side mirrors the discriminants in
+/// `packages/swift-sdk/Sources/SwiftDashSDK/PlatformWallet/ContestVoteState.swift`.
 ///
 /// The `vote_choice` FFI parameter is deliberately a plain `u8`, **not** this
 /// enum: a C/Swift caller can pass any byte, and materializing an
diff --git a/packages/swift-sdk/Sources/SwiftDashSDK/PlatformWallet/ContestVoteState.swift b/packages/swift-sdk/Sources/SwiftDashSDK/PlatformWallet/ContestVoteState.swift
index c5e493dbc08..c6dd4d0aae9 100644
--- a/packages/swift-sdk/Sources/SwiftDashSDK/PlatformWallet/ContestVoteState.swift
+++ b/packages/swift-sdk/Sources/SwiftDashSDK/PlatformWallet/ContestVoteState.swift
@@ -63,19 +63,17 @@ public enum ContestedResourceVoteChoice: Sendable, Equatable {
     /// Lock — vote that nobody should win the contested resource.
     case lock
 
-    /// The `vote_choice` value passed across the FFI, typed as the
-    /// cbindgen-generated `ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI` rather than a bare
-    /// `UInt8`. `rs-sdk-ffi` emits that `#[repr(u8)]` enum into the C header
-    /// (a u8 typedef) as the single source of truth for the discriminants, so
-    /// binding the bridge to the generated symbol keeps Swift from drifting
-    /// from the Rust values. The FFI function takes a `u8`, which this maps
-    /// to cleanly. The raw values mirror the Rust variants:
+    /// The `vote_choice` discriminant byte passed across the FFI. The
+    /// `dash_sdk_contested_resource_cast_vote` parameter is a plain `u8`, so
+    /// this is a `UInt8`. The values must agree with the
+    /// `ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI` enum in
+    /// `packages/rs-sdk-ffi/src/contested_resource/transitions/cast_vote.rs`:
     /// `TowardsIdentity = 0`, `Abstain = 1`, `Lock = 2`.
-    var ffiTag: ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI {
+    var ffiTag: UInt8 {
         switch self {
-        case .towardsIdentity: return ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI(0)
-        case .abstain: return ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI(1)
-        case .lock: return ContestedResourceVoteChoiceFFI(2)
+        case .towardsIdentity: return 0
+        case .abstain: return 1
+        case .lock: return 2
         }
     }
 }