diff --git a/frontend/src/components/tools/compare/compareView.css b/frontend/src/components/tools/compare/compareView.css
index 7c30be93d..1785ab601 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/tools/compare/compareView.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/tools/compare/compareView.css
@@ -516,6 +516,18 @@
   align-items: center;
 }
 
+/* Compare tool thumbnail and details (moved from core/tools/compareTool.css) */
+.compare-tool__thumbnail {
+  width: 4rem;
+  height: 5.25rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.compare-tool__details {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 960px) {
   .compare-upload-layout {
     flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/tools/Compare.tsx b/frontend/src/core/tools/Compare.tsx
index 8cdf94699..d031e3f03 100644
--- a/frontend/src/core/tools/Compare.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/core/tools/Compare.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { useFileContext } from '@app/contexts/file/fileHooks';
 import type { FileId } from '@app/types/file';
 import type { StirlingFile } from '@app/types/fileContext';
 import DocumentThumbnail from '@app/components/shared/filePreview/DocumentThumbnail';
-import './compareTool.css';
 import type { CompareWorkbenchData } from '@app/types/compare';
 import FitText from '@app/components/shared/FitText';
 
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ const Compare = (props: BaseToolProps) => {
     files: {
       selectedFiles: base.selectedFiles,
       isCollapsed: false,
-      autoExpandNextOnFiles: true, // Next step (selection) opens as soon as files exist
     },
     steps: [
       {
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/tools/compareTool.css b/frontend/src/core/tools/compareTool.css
deleted file mode 100644
index a5c7bc9f3..000000000
--- a/frontend/src/core/tools/compareTool.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-.compare-tool__thumbnail {
-  width: 4rem;
-  height: 5.25rem;
-  flex-shrink: 0;
-}
-
-.compare-tool__details {
-  flex: 1;
-  min-width: 0;
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/workers/compareWorker.ts b/frontend/src/workers/compareWorker.ts
index 1fd983951..ba39860aa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/workers/compareWorker.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/workers/compareWorker.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
   CompareDiffToken,
   CompareWorkerRequest,
   CompareWorkerResponse,
-} from '../types/compare';
+} from '@app/types/compare';
 
 declare const self: DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope;