diff --git a/nix/modules/hive-tls.nix b/nix/modules/hive-tls.nix
index d8e82df7..0931e035 100644
--- a/nix/modules/hive-tls.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/hive-tls.nix
@@ -73,10 +73,13 @@ in
         when it is missing or near expiry; because it shares the CA
         anchor, a rotation does not disturb consumer trust. Agents and
         federation peers validate against the CA, not browser CA/B-forum
-        limits. The weekly `hive-tls-resign` timer re-signs the leaf once
-        it is within half its validity of expiry and propagates the new
-        leaf into the running gateway, so a long-uptime host renews
-        automatically without a reboot.
+        limits. NOTE: at this short a window the re-sign must run more
+        often than the leaf lifetime. Today `hive-tls-ca` re-signs at
+        service activation (boot/rebuild) only — there is no periodic
+        re-sign timer yet — so a hive that does not reboot within the
+        validity window would let the leaf expire. Keep that in mind (or
+        add a re-sign timer) when running a hive that stays up for long
+        stretches without a rebuild.
       '';
     };
   };
@@ -162,109 +165,6 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    # Weekly re-sign of the gateway leaf so short-lived leaves renew
-    # without depending on a reboot.
-    #
-    # `hive-tls-ca` only re-signs at service activation (boot/rebuild); a
-    # long-uptime host would otherwise let a 30-day leaf lapse silently.
-    # This service re-signs the leaf directly (not by bouncing hive-tls-ca)
-    # and propagates the new leaf into the running gateway container when
-    # the file actually changed.
-    #
-    # Propagation mechanism: nginx in the gateway container serves a *copy*
-    # of the leaf written by `hive-gateway-self-signed-cert` (which runs at
-    # container start). A host-side `systemctl -M hive-gateway` call
-    # triggers the re-import + reload, mirroring how hive-c0re reloads the
-    # gateway after each agents.conf write. A path unit *inside* the
-    # container was tried first but does not work: IN_MOVED_TO from an
-    # atomic rename on the host does not propagate across the nspawn
-    # mount-namespace boundary.
-    #
-    # `|| true` on propagation so a stopped gateway never fails the unit —
-    # its next boot will import the already-rotated leaf anyway.
-    systemd.services.hive-tls-resign = {
-      description = "Re-sign the gateway TLS leaf and propagate it into the gateway container";
-      # hive-tls-ca must have run first so the CA key exists before we try
-      # to re-sign under it. On first boot `Persistent=true` on the weekly
-      # timer fires immediately; without this ordering the resign could race
-      # the CA initialisation and fail with "no such file" on the CA key.
-      after = [ "hive-tls-ca.service" ];
-      path = [
-        pkgs.openssl
-        pkgs.coreutils
-        pkgs.systemd
-      ];
-      serviceConfig = {
-        Type = "oneshot";
-        UMask = "0077";
-        SyslogIdentifier = "hive-tls-resign";
-      };
-      script = ''
-        set -euo pipefail
-        d=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.stateDir}
-        ca="$d/ca.pem"
-        cak="$d/ca-key.pem"
-        leaf="$d/gateway.pem"
-        leafk="$d/gateway-key.pem"
-
-        # Re-sign only when the leaf is within half its validity of expiry.
-        # The weekly cadence catches this window well before the leaf lapses.
-        halflife=$(( ${toString cfg.leafValidityDays} * 86400 / 2 ))
-        if [ -s "$leaf" ] && \
-            openssl x509 -in "$leaf" -noout -checkend "$halflife" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          echo "gateway leaf valid for more than half its lifetime — no resign needed"
-          exit 0
-        fi
-
-        echo "gateway leaf missing or near expiry — re-signing under current CA"
-        before="$(sha256sum "$leaf" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-
-        csr="$(mktemp "$d/gateway.csr.XXXXXX")"
-        ext="$(mktemp "$d/leaf.ext.XXXXXX")"
-        trap 'rm -f "$csr" "$ext"' EXIT
-
-        openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha256 \
-          -keyout "$leafk" -out "$csr" \
-          -subj "/CN=${domain}"
-
-        {
-          printf 'subjectAltName=DNS:%s,DNS:forge.%s,DNS:matrix.%s,DNS:*.%s\n' \
-            ${lib.escapeShellArg domain} ${lib.escapeShellArg domain} \
-            ${lib.escapeShellArg domain} ${lib.escapeShellArg domain}
-          printf 'basicConstraints=critical,CA:FALSE\n'
-          printf 'keyUsage=critical,digitalSignature,keyEncipherment\n'
-          printf 'extendedKeyUsage=serverAuth\n'
-        } > "$ext"
-
-        openssl x509 -req -in "$csr" -CA "$ca" -CAkey "$cak" \
-          -CAcreateserial -days ${toString cfg.leafValidityDays} -sha256 \
-          -extfile "$ext" -out "$leaf"
-        chmod 0600 "$leafk"
-        chmod 0644 "$leaf"
-
-        after="$(sha256sum "$leaf" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-        if [ "$before" != "$after" ]; then
-          echo "gateway leaf rotated — propagating into hive-gateway"
-          systemctl -M hive-gateway restart hive-gateway-self-signed-cert.service || true
-          systemctl -M hive-gateway reload nginx.service || true
-        else
-          echo "gateway leaf unchanged (already up to date)"
-        fi
-      '';
-    };
-
-    systemd.timers.hive-tls-resign = {
-      description = "Weekly gateway-leaf re-sign and propagation";
-      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
-      timerConfig = {
-        # Run weekly; Persistent=true fires a missed run on next boot if
-        # the timer was not active (e.g. the host was off on the scheduled
-        # day), preventing a dormant timer from letting the leaf lapse.
-        OnCalendar = "weekly";
-        Persistent = true;
-      };
-    };
-
     # Signal the hive-c0re lifecycle that a hive CA exists: it bind-mounts
     # this file (read-only, the CA cert ONLY — never the key) into each
     # agent container so agents + their tools can trust the gateway's