diff --git a/server/src/nest/journey/journey-domain.service.ts b/server/src/nest/journey/journey-domain.service.ts
index 6b7f74bdb..e6a326343 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/journey/journey-domain.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/journey/journey-domain.service.ts
@@ -359,8 +359,12 @@ export class JourneyDomainService {
 
     // sync skeleton entries for all places in this trip
     this.syncTripPlaces(journeyId, tripId, userId);
-    // import existing trip photos (Immich/Synology) with sharing settings
-    this.syncTripPhotos(journeyId, tripId);
+    // Trip photos are deliberately NOT pulled in any more (#1614). Photos live in
+    // journeys now: the trip-photo surface lost its UI in 3.1.0, nothing writes to
+    // it on an install newer than that, and copying rows between the two was what
+    // let a photo one member had chosen not to share reach a journey at all. The
+    // table and its (unreferenced) routes stay for one more release rather than
+    // being dropped in an append-only migration.
     this.broadcastJourneyEvent(journeyId, 'journey:trip:synced', { tripId });
     return true;
   }
@@ -445,35 +449,6 @@ export class JourneyDomainService {
     }
   }
 
-  // import trip_photos into journey gallery when a trip is linked
-  //
-  // Only the ones the owner actually shared with the trip. A photo left unshared is
-  // denied on the trip path (memories-access checks tp.shared = 1), and copying it
-  // here handed it to every journey contributor and, with an open gallery, to
-  // anonymous visitors of the share link — journey_photos.shared cannot gate that
-  // afterwards, because a direct upload writes 0 into the same column.
-  private syncTripPhotos(journeyId: number, tripId: number) {
-    const tripPhotos = this.db
-      .prepare('SELECT tp.photo_id, tp.shared FROM trip_photos tp WHERE tp.trip_id = ? AND tp.shared = 1')
-      .all(tripId) as { photo_id: number; shared: number }[];
-    if (!tripPhotos.length) return;
-
-    const now = this.ts();
-    const maxOrderRow = this.db
-      .prepare('SELECT MAX(sort_order) as m FROM journey_photos WHERE journey_id = ?')
-      .get(journeyId) as { m: number | null };
-    let nextOrder = (maxOrderRow?.m ?? -1) + 1;
-
-    for (const tp of tripPhotos) {
-      this.db.prepare(
-        `
-        INSERT OR IGNORE INTO journey_photos (journey_id, photo_id, shared, sort_order, created_at)
-        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-      `,
-      ).run(journeyId, tp.photo_id, tp.shared, nextOrder++, now);
-    }
-  }
-
   // called when a trip place is created
   onPlaceCreated(tripId: number, placeId: number) {
     const links = this.db.prepare('SELECT journey_id FROM journey_trips WHERE trip_id = ?').all(tripId) as {
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/journey-domain.service.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/journey-domain.service.test.ts
index 9853a5ebc..a9c7f3373 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/journey-domain.service.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/journey-domain.service.test.ts
@@ -1411,7 +1411,11 @@ describe('Edge cases', () => {
     expect(JSON.parse(raw.pros_cons)).toEqual({ pros: ['Fun'], cons: [] });
   });
 
-  it('JOURNEY-SVC-086: addTripToJourney syncs trip photos when present', () => {
+  // #1614 — photos live in journeys now. Linking a trip used to copy its
+  // trip_photos into the gallery; that surface lost its UI in 3.1.0, nothing
+  // writes to it on a newer install, and the copy was how a photo one member had
+  // chosen not to share could reach a journey at all.
+  it('JOURNEY-SVC-086: addTripToJourney no longer pulls trip photos into the gallery', () => {
     const { user } = createUser(testDb);
     const journey = createJourney(testDb, user.id);
     const trip = createTrip(testDb, user.id, {
@@ -1421,16 +1425,10 @@ describe('Edge cases', () => {
     });
     addTripPhoto(testDb, trip.id, user.id, 'immich-photo-1', 'immich', { shared: true });
 
-    svc.addTripToJourney(journey.id, trip.id, user.id);
+    expect(svc.addTripToJourney(journey.id, trip.id, user.id)).toBe(true);
 
-    // Trip photos now go straight into the journey gallery (no wrapper entry).
-    const photos = testDb.prepare(`
-      SELECT jp.*, tkp.asset_id FROM journey_photos jp
-      JOIN trek_photos tkp ON tkp.id = jp.photo_id
-      WHERE jp.journey_id = ?
-    `).all(journey.id);
-    expect(photos.length).toBe(1);
-    expect((photos[0] as any).asset_id).toBe('immich-photo-1');
+    const photos = testDb.prepare('SELECT 1 FROM journey_photos WHERE journey_id = ?').all(journey.id);
+    expect(photos).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
   it('JOURNEY-SVC-087: removeTripFromJourney detaches filled entries, deletes skeletons', () => {
@@ -2106,28 +2104,19 @@ describe('addTripToJourney guards', () => {
     expect(svc.addTripToJourney(journey.id, trip.id, helper.id)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('JOURNEY-SVC-102: only trip photos the owner shared are copied into the gallery', () => {
+  it('JOURNEY-SVC-102: not even a shared trip photo is copied any more', () => {
     const { user } = createUser(testDb);
     const journey = createJourney(testDb, user.id, { title: 'Photo journey' });
     const trip = createTrip(testDb, user.id, { title: 'Photo trip' });
 
-    const mk = (assetId: string) => {
-      const r = testDb.prepare(
-        "INSERT INTO trek_photos (provider, asset_id, owner_id, media_type) VALUES ('immich', ?, ?, 'image')",
-      ).run(assetId, user.id);
-      return Number(r.lastInsertRowid);
-    };
-    const sharedPhoto = mk('shared-asset');
-    const privatePhoto = mk('private-asset');
-    const ins = testDb.prepare('INSERT INTO trip_photos (trip_id, user_id, photo_id, shared) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)');
-    ins.run(trip.id, user.id, sharedPhoto, 1);
-    ins.run(trip.id, user.id, privatePhoto, 0);
+    const r = testDb.prepare(
+      "INSERT INTO trek_photos (provider, asset_id, owner_id, media_type) VALUES ('immich', 'shared-asset', ?, 'image')",
+    ).run(user.id);
+    testDb.prepare('INSERT INTO trip_photos (trip_id, user_id, photo_id, shared) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 1)')
+      .run(trip.id, user.id, Number(r.lastInsertRowid));
 
     svc.addTripToJourney(journey.id, trip.id, user.id);
 
-    const copied = testDb
-      .prepare('SELECT photo_id FROM journey_photos WHERE journey_id = ? ORDER BY photo_id')
-      .all(journey.id) as { photo_id: number }[];
-    expect(copied.map(r => r.photo_id)).toEqual([sharedPhoto]);
+    expect(testDb.prepare('SELECT 1 FROM journey_photos WHERE journey_id = ?').all(journey.id)).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 });