diff --git a/apps/extension/src/lib/core/scoring/dedup.ts b/apps/extension/src/lib/core/scoring/dedup.ts
index 07d45176..de871dea 100644
--- a/apps/extension/src/lib/core/scoring/dedup.ts
+++ b/apps/extension/src/lib/core/scoring/dedup.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ const tokenize = (text: string | null | undefined): Set<string> =>
       .filter((token) => token.length > 1 && !STOP_WORDS.has(token))
   );
 
+/**
+ * True if any member of `needles` is present in `tokens`. Iterates `needles`
+ * (typically a tiny constant set such as REMOTE_LOCATION_TOKENS) and does O(1)
+ * membership checks against `tokens`, allocating nothing. Replaces the previous
+ * `[...aTokens, ...bTokens].some(...)` in compareLocations, which allocated a
+ * merged array on every candidate pair — a hot path during deduplication.
+ */
+const hasAnyToken = (tokens: Set<string>, needles: Set<string>): boolean => {
+  for (const needle of needles) {
+    if (tokens.has(needle)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
 /**
  * Counts shared elements between two sets, iterating the smaller set to minimise
  * membership checks. Allocates no intermediate arrays/sets — important because
@@ -316,7 +332,8 @@ const compareLocations = (
   const hasRemoteContext =
     a.remote === 'full' ||
     b.remote === 'full' ||
-    [...aTokens, ...bTokens].some((token) => REMOTE_LOCATION_TOKENS.has(token));
+    hasAnyToken(aTokens, REMOTE_LOCATION_TOKENS) ||
+    hasAnyToken(bTokens, REMOTE_LOCATION_TOKENS);
 
   return { compatible: hasRemoteContext, score: hasRemoteContext ? 0.4 : 0 };
 };
diff --git a/apps/extension/tests/unit/scoring/dedup.test.ts b/apps/extension/tests/unit/scoring/dedup.test.ts
index 0d99d0e2..502c6e13 100644
--- a/apps/extension/tests/unit/scoring/dedup.test.ts
+++ b/apps/extension/tests/unit/scoring/dedup.test.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,34 @@ describe('deduplicateMissions', () => {
     expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
+  it('dedupes across disjoint locations when one carries a remote token', () => {
+    // Exercises the compareLocations remote-context fallback: location token
+    // sets are disjoint (no weighted similarity), but "teletravail" is in
+    // REMOTE_LOCATION_TOKENS, so the pair stays compatible and merges.
+    // Regression guard for the allocation-free hasAnyToken implementation.
+    const missions = [
+      makeMission({
+        id: 'paris',
+        title: 'Developpeur React Senior',
+        stack: ['React', 'TypeScript'],
+        location: 'Paris',
+        remote: null,
+      }),
+      makeMission({
+        id: 'remote',
+        title: 'Developpeur React Senior',
+        stack: ['React'],
+        location: 'Teletravail',
+        remote: null,
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    const result = deduplicateMissionsDetailed(missions);
+    expect(result.missions).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.duplicateRelations).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.duplicateRelations[0].confidence).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0.8);
+  });
+
   it('handles complex duplicate scenarios', () => {
     const missions = [
       makeMission({