diff --git a/piker/brokers/binance/__init__.py b/piker/brokers/binance/__init__.py
index 830b1acf..75c50916 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/binance/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/binance/__init__.py
@@ -52,9 +52,25 @@ __all__ = [
 ]
 
 
-# `brokerd` modules
-__enable_modules__: list[str] = [
+# per-daemon-kind (sub)mod groups: declares which of our
+# submods host the eps run by each daemon-actor kind as
+# defined by `piker.data.validate._eps`.
+# NOTE: `get_mkt_info` and `open_symbol_search` both live
+# in `.feed` for this backend (no `symbols.py`).
+_brokerd_mods: list[str] = [
     'api',
-    'feed',
     'broker',
 ]
+
+_datad_mods: list[str] = [
+    'api',
+    'feed',
+]
+
+
+# tractor RPC enable arg
+__enable_modules__: list[str] = list(dict.fromkeys(
+    _brokerd_mods
+    +
+    _datad_mods
+))
diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py b/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py
index 4c0c1850..6e1a4c80 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py
@@ -47,13 +47,25 @@ __all__ = [
 ]
 
 
-# tractor RPC enable arg
-__enable_modules__: list[str] = [
+# per-daemon-kind (sub)mod groups: declares which of our
+# submods host the eps run by each daemon-actor kind as
+# defined by `piker.data.validate._eps`.
+# NOTE: datad-only backend (no `broker.py` yet)!
+_brokerd_mods: list[str] = []
+
+_datad_mods: list[str] = [
     'api',
     'feed',
-#   'broker',
 ]
 
+
+# tractor RPC enable arg
+__enable_modules__: list[str] = list(dict.fromkeys(
+    _brokerd_mods
+    +
+    _datad_mods
+))
+
 # passed to ``tractor.ActorNursery.start_actor()``
 _spawn_kwargs = {
     'infect_asyncio': True,
diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib/__init__.py b/piker/brokers/ib/__init__.py
index e07ad482..e9f73b70 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib/__init__.py
@@ -65,17 +65,18 @@ _brokerd_mods: list[str] = [
 ]
 
 _datad_mods: list[str] = [
+    'api',
     'feed',
     'symbols',
 ]
 
 
 # tractor RPC enable arg
-__enable_modules__: list[str] = (
+__enable_modules__: list[str] = list(dict.fromkeys(
     _brokerd_mods
     +
     _datad_mods
-)
+))
 
 # passed to ``tractor.ActorNursery.start_actor()``
 _spawn_kwargs = {
diff --git a/piker/brokers/kraken/__init__.py b/piker/brokers/kraken/__init__.py
index 1f5bc876..7254958a 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/kraken/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/kraken/__init__.py
@@ -66,10 +66,24 @@ __all__ = [
 ]
 
 
-# tractor RPC enable arg
-__enable_modules__: list[str] = [
+# per-daemon-kind (sub)mod groups: declares which of our
+# submods host the eps run by each daemon-actor kind as
+# defined by `piker.data.validate._eps`.
+_brokerd_mods: list[str] = [
     'api',
     'broker',
+]
+
+_datad_mods: list[str] = [
+    'api',
     'feed',
     'symbols',
 ]
+
+
+# tractor RPC enable arg
+__enable_modules__: list[str] = list(dict.fromkeys(
+    _brokerd_mods
+    +
+    _datad_mods
+))
diff --git a/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py b/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
index 521dbdc6..92709d78 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ from piker.log import (
     get_logger,
 )
 from piker.data import open_symcache
-from . import api
-from .feed import (
+from piker.data._web_bs import (
     open_autorecon_ws,
     NoBsWs,
+)
+from . import api
+from .feed import (
     stream_messages,
 )
 from .ledger import (
diff --git a/piker/data/validate.py b/piker/data/validate.py
index 38bd4086..f460bd71 100644
--- a/piker/data/validate.py
+++ b/piker/data/validate.py
@@ -91,6 +91,24 @@ _eps: dict[str, list[str]] = {
 }
 
 
+def get_eps(
+    mod: ModuleType,
+    kind: str,  # 'middleware' | 'datad' | 'brokerd'
+
+) -> dict[str, Callable]:
+    '''
+    Return the daemon-kind's ep funcs defined by the backend
+    `mod`, keyed by ep name; any eps from `_eps[kind]` not
+    implemented by the backend are excluded.
+
+    '''
+    return {
+        name: ep
+        for name in _eps[kind]
+        if (ep := getattr(mod, name, None))
+    }
+
+
 def validate_backend(
     mod: ModuleType,
     syms: list[str],