diff --git a/app.config.js b/app.config.js
index 08714d55..e8c96160 100644
--- a/app.config.js
+++ b/app.config.js
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ module.exports = {
       supportsTablet: true,
       bundleIdentifier: 'org.bulwarkmail.mobile',
       buildNumber: IOS_BUILD_NUMBER,
-      config: {
-        // PGP and S/MIME (#58) add end-to-end encryption beyond HTTPS/TLS,
-        // so the app declares non-exempt encryption; App Store Connect asks
-        // for the export compliance documentation on upload.
-        usesNonExemptEncryption: true,
-      },
+      // No usesNonExemptEncryption here. PGP and S/MIME (#58) are non-exempt
+      // encryption, but only standard algorithms from open-source libraries
+      // and the app is not on the French store, so App Store Connect keeps no
+      // declaration and has no ITSEncryptionExportComplianceCode to give. An
+      // Info.plist saying YES without that code fails upload validation
+      // (90592), so the key stays out and scripts/testflight-public.mjs
+      // answers the question for each build through the API.
     },
     android: {
       adaptiveIcon: {
diff --git a/scripts/testflight-public.mjs b/scripts/testflight-public.mjs
index e9f5195b..5a15c48e 100644
--- a/scripts/testflight-public.mjs
+++ b/scripts/testflight-public.mjs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if (!group) {
 // ── Wait for the build ─────────────────────────────────────────
 const query =
   `/v1/builds?filter[app]=${app.id}&filter[version]=${encodeURIComponent(buildNumber)}` +
-  `&filter[preReleaseVersion.version]=${encodeURIComponent(version)}&fields[builds]=version,processingState`;
+  `&filter[preReleaseVersion.version]=${encodeURIComponent(version)}&fields[builds]=version,processingState,usesNonExemptEncryption`;
 const started = Date.now();
 let build;
 for (;;) {
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ for (;;) {
 }
 console.log(`Build ${version} (${buildNumber}) is processed.`);
 
+// ── Export compliance ──────────────────────────────────────────
+// The app uses non-exempt encryption (PGP and S/MIME, #58) with standard
+// algorithms only and is not on the French store: App Store Connect needs no
+// documentation, so Info.plist has no key and the answer is given here.
+if (build.attributes.usesNonExemptEncryption == null) {
+  const answer = await api('PATCH', `/v1/builds/${build.id}`, {
+    data: { type: 'builds', id: build.id, attributes: { usesNonExemptEncryption: true } },
+  });
+  if (!answer.ok) fail('Answering export compliance', answer);
+  console.log('Export compliance answered: standard encryption, no documentation needed.');
+}
+
 // ── Add it to the group ────────────────────────────────────────
 const add = await api('POST', `/v1/betaGroups/${group.id}/relationships/builds`, {
   data: [{ type: 'builds', id: build.id }],
@@ -150,7 +162,7 @@ const detail = await api('GET', `/v1/builds/${build.id}/buildBetaDetail`);
 if (!detail.ok) fail('Reading the build state', detail);
 const external = detail.json.data.attributes.externalBuildState;
 if (external === 'MISSING_EXPORT_COMPLIANCE') {
-  console.error('The build has no export compliance answer; set usesNonExemptEncryption in app.config.js.');
+  console.error('The build still has no export compliance answer; answer it in App Store Connect > TestFlight.');
   process.exit(1);
 }
 if (external === 'READY_FOR_BETA_SUBMISSION') {
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/export-compliance.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/export-compliance.test.ts
index d50a0134..f44f081f 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/export-compliance.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/export-compliance.test.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-// With PGP and S/MIME in the app (#58) the encryption is no longer only
-// HTTPS/TLS, so the App Store export compliance answer must say so.
+// PGP and S/MIME (#58) are non-exempt encryption with standard algorithms, and
+// the app is not on the French store, so App Store Connect has no declaration
+// and no compliance code. Info.plist must not claim YES (upload validation
+// rejects it without the code, 90592) nor NO (that would be untrue); the
+// TestFlight script answers per build instead.
+
+const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..');
 
 describe('export compliance', () => {
-  it('declares non-exempt encryption for iOS', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../app.config.js'), 'utf8');
-    expect(src).toMatch(/usesNonExemptEncryption: true/);
-    expect(src).not.toMatch(/usesNonExemptEncryption: false/);
+  it('leaves the encryption key out of the iOS config', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'app.config.js'), 'utf8');
+    expect(src).not.toMatch(/usesNonExemptEncryption\s*:/);
+  });
+
+  it('answers non-exempt encryption for each TestFlight build', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'scripts/testflight-public.mjs'), 'utf8');
+    expect(src).toMatch(/attributes: \{ usesNonExemptEncryption: true \}/);
   });
 });