diff --git a/services/trading_service/src/services/enhanced_ml.rs b/services/trading_service/src/services/enhanced_ml.rs
index 3cfe22dfa..f5bb9add7 100644
--- a/services/trading_service/src/services/enhanced_ml.rs
+++ b/services/trading_service/src/services/enhanced_ml.rs
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ impl MlService for EnhancedMLServiceImpl {
                     capabilities: Some(ModelCapabilities {
                         supports_streaming: true,
                         supports_retraining: true,
-                        supports_feature_importance: true,
+                        supports_feature_importance: false,
                         supports_confidence_intervals: false,
                         supported_asset_classes: vec!["FX".to_string()],
                     }),
@@ -1167,8 +1167,8 @@ impl MlService for EnhancedMLServiceImpl {
     ) -> Result<Response<GetFeatureImportanceResponse>, Status> {
         let req = request.into_inner();
 
-        Err(Status::unavailable(format!(
-            "Feature importance for '{}' requires SHAP or gradient-based computation — not yet implemented",
+        Err(Status::unimplemented(format!(
+            "Feature importance for '{}' requires forwarding to ml_training_service (integrated gradients available in ml::explainability)",
             req.model_name
         )))
     }