diff --git a/backend/app/workers/queue_worker.py b/backend/app/workers/queue_worker.py
index ba65f6a..a10b4c4 100644
--- a/backend/app/workers/queue_worker.py
+++ b/backend/app/workers/queue_worker.py
@@ -82,17 +82,15 @@ def _auto_import_handlers() -> None:
     if pkg_name:
         bases_to_try.append(pkg_name)
 
-    # If executed as a script (no package), make 'app' importable and alias this
-    # module as 'app.workers.queue_worker' so that handler relative imports work
+    # If executed as a script (no package), make 'app' importable so that handler modules
+    # can be imported using absolute imports. Handler modules must use absolute imports
+    # (e.g., 'from backend.app.workers.queue_worker import register_task_handler').
     if not pkg_name:
-        backend_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, '../../..'))  # .../backend
+        backend_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))  # .../backend
         if backend_dir not in sys.path:
             sys.path.insert(0, backend_dir)
         try:
             importlib.import_module("app.workers")
-            # Alias the current module under the package name to satisfy
-            # 'from .queue_worker import ...' inside handlers without re-importing
-            sys.modules.setdefault("app.workers.queue_worker", sys.modules[__name__])
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Failed to prepare package context for handlers: %s", e)
         # Ensure we try importing under 'app.workers'