diff --git a/plugins/google_meet/process_manager.py b/plugins/google_meet/process_manager.py
index afd4ce40b8..30e9030e33 100644
--- a/plugins/google_meet/process_manager.py
+++ b/plugins/google_meet/process_manager.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ def transcript(last: Optional[int] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 def enqueue_say(text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Append a ``say`` request to ``<out_dir>/say_queue.jsonl``.
     Refused when no meeting is active or the active bot is transcribe-only."""
-    import uuid
     text = (text or "").strip()
     if not text:
         return {"ok": False, "reason": "text is required"}
@@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ def stop(*, reason: str = "requested") -> Dict[str, Any]:
             time.sleep(0.5)
         if _pid_alive(pid):
             _kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)  # windows-footgun: ok — POSIX-only plugin (google_meet registers no-op on Windows; see __init__.py)
-    try:
-        (_root() / ".active.json").unlink()
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
+    (_root() / ".active.json").unlink(missing_ok=True)
     return {"ok": True, "reason": reason, "meetingId": active.get("meeting_id"),
             "transcriptPath": str(Path(out_dir) / "transcript.txt") if out_dir else None}