diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.test.tsx b/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.test.tsx
index cd71be74..8c26c235 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { SidebarProvider } from "@/components/ui/sidebar";
-import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
-import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { Sidebar } from "./Sidebar";
 import type { WorkspaceSummary } from "../types/workspace";
@@ -25,24 +24,20 @@ const workspace: WorkspaceSummary = {
 	sessions: [],
 };
 
-function renderSidebar(onRemoveProject = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)) {
+function renderSidebar() {
 	render(
 		<SidebarProvider>
 			<Sidebar
 				daemonStatus={{ state: "running" }}
 				onCreateProject={vi.fn()}
-				onRemoveProject={onRemoveProject}
 				workspaces={[workspace]}
 			/>
 		</SidebarProvider>,
 	);
-	return onRemoveProject;
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
 	navigateMock.mockReset();
-	vi.spyOn(window, "confirm").mockReturnValue(true);
-	vi.spyOn(window, "alert").mockImplementation(() => undefined);
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -50,30 +45,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("Sidebar", () => {
-	it("confirms project removal before calling the remove handler", async () => {
-		const user = userEvent.setup();
-		const onRemoveProject = renderSidebar();
-
-		await user.click(screen.getByLabelText("Project actions for Project One"));
-		await user.click(await screen.findByRole("menuitem", { name: "Remove project" }));
-
-		expect(window.confirm).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-			"Remove project Project One? This stops its live sessions and removes it from the sidebar, but keeps the repository folder and stored history on disk.",
-		);
-		await waitFor(() => expect(onRemoveProject).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
-	});
-
-	it("does not remove the project when confirmation is cancelled", async () => {
-		vi.mocked(window.confirm).mockReturnValue(false);
-		const user = userEvent.setup();
-		const onRemoveProject = renderSidebar();
-
-		await user.click(screen.getByLabelText("Project actions for Project One"));
-		await user.click(await screen.findByRole("menuitem", { name: "Remove project" }));
-
-		expect(onRemoveProject).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-	});
-
 	it("hides the worker count in every state that reveals project actions", () => {
 		renderSidebar();
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.tsx
index affc9e1a..0397ee67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 import { useNavigate, useParams, useRouterState } from "@tanstack/react-router";
-import {
-	ChevronRight,
-	GitPullRequest,
-	Moon,
-	MoreHorizontal,
-	Plus,
-	Search,
-	Settings,
-	Sun,
-	Trash2,
-	Waypoints,
-} from "lucide-react";
+import { ChevronRight, GitPullRequest, Moon, Plus, Search, Settings, Sun, Waypoints } from "lucide-react";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import {
 	attentionZone,
@@ -377,25 +366,6 @@ function ProjectItem({
 		}
 	};
 
-	const removeProject = async () => {
-		setRemoveError(null);
-		const confirmed = window.confirm(
-			`Remove project ${workspace.name}? This stops its live sessions and removes it from the sidebar, but keeps the repository folder and stored history on disk.`,
-		);
-		if (!confirmed) return;
-
-		setIsRemoving(true);
-		try {
-			await onRemoveProject();
-		} catch (err) {
-			const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Could not remove project";
-			setRemoveError(message);
-			window.alert(message);
-		} finally {
-			setIsRemoving(false);
-		}
-	};
-
 	return (
 		<SidebarMenuItem className="mb-px group-data-[collapsible=icon]:mb-0">
 			{/* project-sidebar__proj-row */}
diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx b/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx
index 65674f44..9c2bbbcb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { createFileRoute, Outlet, useNavigate, useParams } from "@tanstack/react-router";
+import { createFileRoute, Outlet, useNavigate } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { type CSSProperties, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
 import { ShellTopbar } from "../components/ShellTopbar";
 import { Sidebar } from "../components/Sidebar";
 import { SidebarProvider } from "../components/ui/sidebar";
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ function errorMessage(error: unknown) {
 // instead of Zustand. The daemon-status effect runs here exactly once.
 function ShellLayout() {
 	const navigate = useNavigate();
-	const params = useParams({ strict: false }) as { projectId?: string };
 	const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 	const workspaceQuery = useWorkspaceQuery();
 	const workspaces = workspaceQuery.data ?? [];
@@ -67,20 +66,6 @@ function ShellLayout() {
 		[navigate, updateWorkspaces],
 	);
 
-	const removeProject = useCallback(
-		async (projectId: string) => {
-			const { error } = await apiClient.DELETE("/api/v1/projects/{id}", { params: { path: { id: projectId } } });
-			if (error) throw new Error(apiErrorMessage(error));
-
-			updateWorkspaces((current) => current.filter((item) => item.id !== projectId));
-			await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: workspaceQueryKey });
-			if (params.projectId === projectId) {
-				void navigate({ to: "/" });
-			}
-		},
-		[navigate, params.projectId, queryClient, updateWorkspaces],
-	);
-
 	useEffect(() => {
 		document.documentElement.dataset.theme = theme;
 		document.documentElement.style.colorScheme = theme;
@@ -113,7 +98,7 @@ function ShellLayout() {
 	}, [navigate, workspaces]);
 
 	return (
-		<ShellProvider value={{ daemonStatus, openSpawn, createProject, createTask }}>
+		<ShellProvider value={{ daemonStatus, createProject }}>
 			{/* The topbar spans the full window width above the sidebar row (the
           macOS traffic lights + TitlebarNav cluster sit in its left inset),
           and the sidebar hangs below it — so the sidebar border stops at the
@@ -130,7 +115,7 @@ function ShellLayout() {
 					onOpenChange={(open) => open !== isSidebarOpen && toggleSidebar()}
 					open={isSidebarOpen}
 					style={
-						{ "--sidebar-width": "var(--ao-sidebar-w, 240px)", "--sidebar-width-icon": "48px" } as React.CSSProperties
+						{ "--sidebar-width": "var(--ao-sidebar-w, 240px)", "--sidebar-width-icon": "48px" } as CSSProperties
 					}
 				>
 					<Sidebar
@@ -155,13 +140,6 @@ function ShellLayout() {
 					<TitlebarNav />
 				</SidebarProvider>
 			</div>
-			<SpawnWorkerModal
-				defaultProjectId={spawnProjectId}
-				onCreateTask={createTask}
-				onOpenChange={setSpawnOpen}
-				open={spawnOpen}
-				workspaces={workspaces}
-			/>
 		</ShellProvider>
 	);
 }