Stimulus-response binding and retrieval (SRBR) is a fundamental mechanism facilitating behavior automatization. The binding and retrieval in action control framework (BRAC; Frings et al., 2020) proposes that SRBR is subject to modulation by top-down processes, such as awareness and instruction-based learning. Yet, the empirical findings regarding this conjunction are scattered and unsystematic. In a mega-analysis, we analyzed the data of four contingency learning experiments (N_total = 859) to investigate the modulatory role of contingency awareness on SRBR effects. In two of these experiments, participants received explicit instructions about the contingencies. Our findings suggest that SRBR effects operate independently of contingency awareness, as (a) participants’ contingency awareness did not modulate SRBR effects, and (b) SRBR effects were not modulated by experimental manipulations of contingency knowledge (instructed contingencies).