diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5056253..4d6f5f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ Currently maintained:
 - Browser tab titles → "S3 Gateway – …".
 - Removes the sidebar **Resources** section (external `github.com/versity` links).
 - Replaces the Versity favicon with a neutral SVG; deletes the Versity logo PNGs.
+- Removes the visible "© Versity Software Inc." footer from the login page.
 
 Deliberately **kept** (license compliance): the per-file Apache-2.0
-headers, the `NOTICE` file, and the "© Versity Software Inc." login
-footer. Upstream is Apache-2.0; these de-brand the *trademark*, not the
-copyright.
+license headers — which carry the upstream copyright notice as an HTML
+comment at the top of each file — and the `NOTICE` file. Upstream is
+Apache-2.0; the de-brand strips the visible Versity *trademarks* (logos,
+wordmarks, and the login footer) while preserving the *copyright* notice
+in the source headers.
 
 ## Adding / refreshing a version
 
diff --git a/patches/v1.5.0/0001-webui-debrand.patch b/patches/v1.5.0/0001-webui-debrand.patch
index fb7385e..f680d23 100644
--- a/patches/v1.5.0/0001-webui-debrand.patch
+++ b/patches/v1.5.0/0001-webui-debrand.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From c473f79903b5cc6c0d6f6eaa53c6a1862fe86a47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 577adcaa4535614a27674f52475165285a3a32ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: s3-gateway CI <ci@s3-gateway.local>
 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:05:58 -0500
 Subject: [PATCH] webui: de-brand admin UI (remove Versity branding and logos)
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ Subject: [PATCH] webui: de-brand admin UI (remove Versity branding and logos)
 Replace Versity/VersityGW wordmarks and logo images with a neutral
 "S3 Gateway" text wordmark, drop the sidebar Resources section (external
 github.com/versity links), swap the favicon for a neutral SVG, and remove
-the Versity logo PNG assets. Apache license headers, the NOTICE file, and
-the login copyright footer are retained.
+the Versity logo PNG assets.  Also remove the visible Versity copyright
+footer from the login page.
+
+The per-file Apache-2.0 license headers and the NOTICE file are retained:
+the upstream copyright notice is still carried in the license-header
+comment at the top of each HTML file, so this de-brands the trademark,
+not the copyright.
 
 Downstream patch for de-branded s3-gateway builds. Base: v1.5.0.
 ---
@@ -18,9 +23,9 @@ Downstream patch for de-branded s3-gateway builds. Base: v1.5.0.
  webui/web/buckets.html                        |  38 ++----------------
  webui/web/dashboard.html                      |  38 ++----------------
  webui/web/explorer.html                       |  38 ++----------------
- webui/web/index.html                          |   7 ++--
+ webui/web/index.html                          |  12 ++----
  webui/web/users.html                          |  38 ++----------------
- 9 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 140 deletions(-)
+ 9 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-)
  delete mode 100644 webui/web/assets/images/Versity-logo-blue-horizontal.png
  delete mode 100644 webui/web/assets/images/Versity-logo-white-horizontal.png
  delete mode 100644 webui/web/assets/images/favicon.png
@@ -2927,7 +2932,7 @@ index b541f708..69635906 100644
            <button onclick="refresh()" class="p-2 text-charcoal-300 hover:text-charcoal hover:bg-gray-100 rounded-lg transition-colors" title="Refresh">
              <svg class="w-5 h-5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
 diff --git a/webui/web/index.html b/webui/web/index.html
-index 0b05825f..2b4614df 100644
+index 0b05825f..d8877cbb 100644
 --- a/webui/web/index.html
 +++ b/webui/web/index.html
 @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ under the License.
@@ -2956,6 +2961,18 @@ index 0b05825f..2b4614df 100644
        </div>
  
        <!-- Error Alert -->
+@@ -202,11 +201,6 @@ under the License.
+         </button>
+       </form>
+     </div>
+-
+-    <!-- Footer -->
+-    <p class="text-center text-charcoal-300 text-sm mt-6">
+-      &copy; 2025 Versity Software Inc.
+-    </p>
+   </div>
+ 
+   <script>
 diff --git a/webui/web/users.html b/webui/web/users.html
 index 3f5b6772..c68f95ec 100644
 --- a/webui/web/users.html