diff --git a/hive-agent/src/main.rs b/hive-agent/src/main.rs
index 954b7b80..1206a5f0 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/main.rs
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ async fn serve_main<S: Surface>(socket: &Path, poll_ms: u64) -> Result<()> {
         tracing::warn!(error = ?e, "legacy db_migrate failed — continuing with fresh/partial state db");
     }
     let (reminder_tx, reminder_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-    let reminder_store = match reminders::Reminders::open(&paths::reminders_db()) {
+    let reminder_store = match reminders::Reminders::open(&paths::state_db()) {
         Ok(store) => Some(Arc::new(store)),
         Err(e) => {
             tracing::error!(error = ?e, "open reminders db failed — reminder delivery disabled");
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ async fn serve_main<S: Surface>(socket: &Path, poll_ms: u64) -> Result<()> {
     // acceptable since a from-scratch harness boot either has a writable
     // harness dir or doesn't).
     let todo_wake = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
-    match todos::Todos::open(&paths::todos_db()) {
+    match todos::Todos::open(&paths::state_db()) {
         Ok(store) => {
             let store = Arc::new(store);
             let wake = todo_wake.clone();
diff --git a/hive-agent/src/paths.rs b/hive-agent/src/paths.rs
index 98207886..ebd4e200 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/paths.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/paths.rs
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ pub fn harness_dir() -> PathBuf {
 /// same path is safe (distinct table names, no schema collision). A
 /// questions mirror table is the planned third tenant (a following
 /// increment), not part of this schema yet.
-/// [`todos_db`] and [`reminders_db`] both resolve here — kept as separate
-/// fns (rather than every call site reading `state_db` directly) so each
-/// store's callers still say what they mean.
+/// Both the todos and reminders stores open this same path directly (see
+/// their `open()` call sites) — distinct table names mean no schema
+/// collision, so there's no need for per-store path wrapper fns here.
 ///
 /// Before this consolidation, todos and reminders lived in their own
 /// `hyperhive-todos.sqlite` / `hyperhive-reminders.sqlite` files; a
@@ -63,18 +63,6 @@ pub fn state_db() -> PathBuf {
     harness_dir().join("hyperhive-state.sqlite")
 }
 
-/// Harness-local todo store (loose-ends v2) path — see [`state_db`].
-#[must_use]
-pub fn todos_db() -> PathBuf {
-    state_db()
-}
-
-/// Harness-local reminder store path — see [`state_db`].
-#[must_use]
-pub fn reminders_db() -> PathBuf {
-    state_db()
-}
-
 /// Legacy pre-consolidation todos db path, consulted only by
 /// [`crate::db_migrate`] on the first boot after the upgrade.
 #[must_use]
diff --git a/hive-agent/src/vacuum.rs b/hive-agent/src/vacuum.rs
index 06275f9a..c95e2ebc 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/vacuum.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/vacuum.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ fn sweep_once() {
         }
     }
 
-    let reminders_db = crate::paths::reminders_db();
-    if reminders_db.exists() {
-        match vacuum_reminders(&reminders_db) {
+    let state_db = crate::paths::state_db();
+    if state_db.exists() {
+        match vacuum_reminders(&state_db) {
             Ok(0) => {}
             Ok(n) => tracing::info!(removed = n, "reminders vacuum"),
             Err(e) => tracing::warn!(error = ?e, "reminders vacuum failed"),