diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index d3e6140d..d53825a6 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -902,28 +902,6 @@ footer .banner-thin {
 }
 .perm-save-err { color: var(--red); }
 
-/* Stale permission entry (agent not in the live roster) */
-.perm-row-stale td { opacity: 0.7; }
-.perm-stale-label {
-  font-size: 0.75em;
-  color: var(--muted);
-  margin-left: 0.4em;
-}
-.perm-remove-btn {
-  margin-left: 0.5em;
-  padding: 0.05em 0.5em;
-  font-size: 0.75em;
-  color: var(--red);
-  background: transparent;
-  border: 1px solid currentColor;
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  font-family: inherit;
-  opacity: 0.8;
-}
-.perm-remove-btn:hover { opacity: 1; }
-.perm-remove-btn:disabled { opacity: 0.4; cursor: not-allowed; }
-
 /* ─── scheduled prompts tab ────────────────────────────────────────
    Creation form at the top, list of queued schedule cards below. */
 
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/permissions.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/permissions.js
index f1d7bef8..83ac0684 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/permissions.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/permissions.js
@@ -122,26 +122,11 @@ function renderCapabilities(root, data) {
     // Effective caps (explicit-or-default) drive the checkboxes so
     // default-perms agents show their real grants, not blank.
     const assigned = effective[name] || assignments[name] || [];
-    // `containersState` is keyed from `nixos-container list`, which
-    // includes stopped-but-configured containers — so a temporarily-stopped
-    // agent is NOT stale. Only destroyed/renamed agents are absent here.
-    const isStale = !containersState.has(name);
-    const tr = el('tr', { class: 'cap-row' + (isStale ? ' perm-row-stale' : ''), 'data-agent': name });
+    const tr = el('tr', { class: 'cap-row', 'data-agent': name });
 
     // Agent name cell.
-    const nameTd = el('td', { class: 'cap-agent-col' });
-    nameTd.append(el('span', { class: 'cap-agent-name' }, name));
-    if (isStale) {
-      nameTd.append(el('span', { class: 'perm-stale-label' }, '(not running)'));
-      const removeBtn = el('button', {
-        type: 'button',
-        class: 'perm-remove-btn',
-        title: 'remove stale permission entries for ' + name,
-      }, '✕ remove');
-      removeBtn.addEventListener('click', () => clearStaleAgent(name, root));
-      nameTd.append(removeBtn);
-    }
-    tr.append(nameTd);
+    tr.append(el('td', { class: 'cap-agent-col' },
+      el('span', { class: 'cap-agent-name' }, name)));
 
     // One checkbox per capability.
     for (const c of caps) {
@@ -229,25 +214,12 @@ function renderToolGroups(root, data) {
     // badge still keys off explicit-assignment presence.
     const assigned = effective[name] || assignments[name] || [];
     const hasExplicit = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(assignments, name);
-    // `containersState` is keyed from `nixos-container list`, which
-    // includes stopped-but-configured containers — only destroyed/renamed
-    // agents are absent.
-    const isStale = !containersState.has(name);
-    const tr = el('tr', { class: 'tg-row' + (isStale ? ' perm-row-stale' : ''), 'data-agent': name });
+    const tr = el('tr', { class: 'tg-row', 'data-agent': name });
 
     // Agent name cell.
     const nameTd = el('td', { class: 'tg-agent-col' });
     nameTd.append(el('span', { class: 'tg-agent-name' }, name));
-    if (isStale) {
-      nameTd.append(el('span', { class: 'perm-stale-label' }, '(not running)'));
-      const removeBtn = el('button', {
-        type: 'button',
-        class: 'perm-remove-btn',
-        title: 'remove stale permission entries for ' + name,
-      }, '✕ remove');
-      removeBtn.addEventListener('click', () => clearStaleAgent(name, root));
-      nameTd.append(removeBtn);
-    } else if (!hasExplicit) {
+    if (!hasExplicit) {
       nameTd.append(el('span', { class: 'meta tg-default-label' }, '(default)'));
     }
     tr.append(nameTd);
@@ -328,35 +300,6 @@ function updateSaveBar() {
   btn.textContent = n === 0 ? 'save all' : `save all (${n} agent${n === 1 ? '' : 's'})`;
 }
 
-// Remove all explicit permission entries for a stale (non-running)
-// agent. Calls DELETE /api/permissions/{agent}, which bypasses the
-// roster guard so the stale entries can be cleaned up even though the
-// agent isn't in the live container list. Re-fetches both tables after
-// the delete so the row disappears immediately.
-async function clearStaleAgent(name, sectionRoot) {
-  // Disable the row's remove button while the request is in flight to
-  // prevent a double-submit.
-  const btn = sectionRoot
-    ? sectionRoot.querySelector(`[data-agent="${CSS.escape(name)}"] .perm-remove-btn`)
-    : null;
-  if (btn) btn.disabled = true;
-  try {
-    const resp = await fetch('/api/permissions/' + encodeURIComponent(name), { method: 'DELETE' });
-    if (!resp.ok) {
-      const text = await resp.text().catch(() => resp.status);
-      setSaveNote('failed to remove ' + name + ': ' + text, true);
-      if (btn) btn.disabled = false;
-      return;
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    setSaveNote('failed to remove ' + name + ': ' + err, true);
-    if (btn) btn.disabled = false;
-    return;
-  }
-  // Re-fetch both sections so the stale row disappears.
-  await Promise.all([fetchAndRenderCapabilities(), fetchAndRenderToolGroups()]);
-}
-
 function clearSaveStatus() {
   const note = $('perm-save-note');
   if (note) { note.textContent = ''; note.classList.remove('perm-save-err'); }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index c977ec62..3c744202 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ pub async fn serve(port: u16, coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> Result<()> {
             post(permissions::post_capabilities),
         )
         .route("/api/permissions", post(permissions::post_permissions))
-        .route(
-            "/api/permissions/{agent}",
-            axum::routing::delete(permissions::delete_agent_permissions),
-        )
         .route(
             "/api/schedules",
             get(schedules::api_schedules).post(schedules::post_schedule_new),
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/permissions.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/permissions.rs
index 87031e5d..3829eb32 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/permissions.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/permissions.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use problem_details::ProblemDetails;
 
-use super::{AppState, guard_agent_name, strip_container_prefix, validate_agent_name};
+use super::{AppState, guard_agent_name, strip_container_prefix};
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 pub(super) struct ToolGroupsSnapshot {
@@ -312,54 +312,6 @@ pub(super) async fn post_permissions(
     Ok((StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response())
 }
 
-/// Clear all explicit permission entries for a named agent without
-/// requiring it to exist in the live roster. Used by the P3RM1SS10NS
-/// tab's "remove" button for agents that have stale explicit entries
-/// in `tool-groups.json` / `capabilities.json` but are no longer
-/// running (e.g. an agent that was renamed or destroyed while its
-/// JSON entries persisted).
-///
-/// Bypasses `guard_agent_name`'s live-roster check intentionally —
-/// the whole point is to remove entries for non-roster agents. Only
-/// the format check (`validate_agent_name`) is applied. No rebuild is
-/// enqueued (the agent doesn't exist to rebuild); the SSE snapshots
-/// update the P3RM1SS10NS tab live.
-pub(super) async fn delete_agent_permissions(
-    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    AxumPath(name): AxumPath<String>,
-) -> Response {
-    let logical = strip_container_prefix(&name);
-    if let Some(reason) = validate_agent_name(&logical) {
-        return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, format!("bad agent name: {reason}")).into_response();
-    }
-    // Run both removals regardless so we clean up as much as possible
-    // even on partial I/O errors. Collect errors to surface below.
-    let tg_err = crate::tool_groups::remove_agent(&logical).err();
-    if let Some(ref e) = tg_err {
-        tracing::warn!(agent = %logical, error = ?e, "failed to remove tool-groups entry");
-    }
-    let cap_err = crate::capabilities::remove_agent(&logical).err();
-    if let Some(ref e) = cap_err {
-        tracing::warn!(agent = %logical, error = ?e, "failed to remove capabilities entry");
-    }
-    // Emit live snapshots even on partial failure so the UI stays as
-    // accurate as possible — the surviving table gets updated immediately.
-    state.coord.emit_tool_groups_snapshot();
-    state.coord.emit_capabilities_snapshot();
-    // Surface any I/O error as 500 so the frontend's `!resp.ok` path
-    // fires and the operator sees a meaningful message rather than a
-    // silent "success" followed by the row reappearing unchanged.
-    if let Some(e) = tg_err.or(cap_err) {
-        return (
-            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-            format!("failed to remove permission entries for {logical}: {e}"),
-        )
-            .into_response();
-    }
-    tracing::info!(agent = %logical, "operator: cleared stale permission entries via dashboard");
-    (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response()
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::roster_and_effective;