diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
index 8b0768bb..80314b4d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
@@ -178,76 +178,6 @@ function entryAgents(entry) {
   return seen.join(',');
 }
 
-// Split a DAG's nodes into its actual weakly-connected subgraphs, using the
-// `deps` edges the backend provides — not an inferred heuristic like
-// grouping by `n.agent`. A DAG with independent subgraphs (e.g. a
-// multi-agent restart, no cross-agent deps) naturally splits into one
-// component per subgraph; a single connected DAG stays one component. Each
-// component's nodes come back topo-sorted (Kahn's algorithm, falling back to
-// original array order for ties) so a chain renders in actual dependency
-// order rather than raw array order.
-function nodeComponents(nodes) {
-  if (!nodes.length) return [];
-  const byId = new Map(nodes.map((n) => [n.id, n]));
-  const adj = new Map(nodes.map((n) => [n.id, new Set()])); // undirected, for component split
-  for (const n of nodes) {
-    for (const d of n.deps || []) {
-      if (!byId.has(d)) continue; // dep outside this node set (shouldn't happen)
-      adj.get(n.id).add(d);
-      adj.get(d).add(n.id);
-    }
-  }
-  const seen = new Set();
-  const components = [];
-  for (const n of nodes) {
-    if (seen.has(n.id)) continue;
-    const compIds = [];
-    const stack = [n.id];
-    seen.add(n.id);
-    while (stack.length) {
-      const id = stack.pop();
-      compIds.push(id);
-      for (const nb of adj.get(id)) {
-        if (!seen.has(nb)) {
-          seen.add(nb);
-          stack.push(nb);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    const compSet = new Set(compIds);
-    const compNodes = nodes.filter((cn) => compSet.has(cn.id));
-    // Topo-sort within the component via its actual `deps` edges (directed).
-    const indeg = new Map(compNodes.map((cn) => [cn.id, 0]));
-    for (const cn of compNodes) {
-      for (const d of cn.deps || []) {
-        if (compSet.has(d)) indeg.set(cn.id, indeg.get(cn.id) + 1);
-      }
-    }
-    const ordered = [];
-    const ready = compNodes.filter((cn) => indeg.get(cn.id) === 0);
-    const remaining = new Map(compNodes.map((cn) => [cn.id, cn]));
-    while (ready.length) {
-      const cn = ready.shift();
-      if (!remaining.has(cn.id)) continue;
-      remaining.delete(cn.id);
-      ordered.push(cn);
-      for (const other of compNodes) {
-        if ((other.deps || []).includes(cn.id) && remaining.has(other.id)) {
-          indeg.set(other.id, indeg.get(other.id) - 1);
-          if (indeg.get(other.id) === 0) ready.push(other);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    // Any leftover (cycle, or a dep outside the node set) — append in
-    // original order rather than dropping nodes from the display.
-    for (const cn of compNodes) {
-      if (remaining.has(cn.id)) ordered.push(cn);
-    }
-    components.push(ordered);
-  }
-  return components;
-}
-
 function rebuildQueueEntryFingerprint(entry, isChild) {
   return JSON.stringify({
     state: entry.state,
@@ -377,48 +307,27 @@ function renderQueueEntry(entry, _byId, isChild) {
   // state glyph, live step label, and build-log link. This is the
   // node-aware render that makes queue jumps / partial progress
   // visible (e.g. reconcile running while swap failed).
-  //
-  // A DAG's actual shape is its `deps` graph, not an incidental property
-  // like `n.agent` — render *that* structure (via nodeComponents, which
-  // splits on `deps` and topo-sorts each piece), not a heuristic grouping.
-  // A DAG made of independent subgraphs (e.g. a multi-agent restart, no
-  // cross-agent deps) naturally comes back as multiple components and
-  // gets one line each; a single connected DAG (the common case) stays
-  // one component and renders exactly as the old one-line chain did.
   const nodes = entry.nodes || [];
   if (nodes.length) {
-    const components = nodeComponents(nodes);
-    const multi = components.length > 1;
-    for (const compNodes of components) {
-      const chain = el('div', { class: 'rqe-nodes' });
-      if (multi) {
-        // Label from the component's own nodes (informational only — the
-        // split itself came from `deps`, not from agent).
-        const agents = [];
-        for (const n of compNodes) {
-          if (n.agent && !agents.includes(n.agent)) agents.push(n.agent);
-        }
-        chain.append(el('code', { class: 'rqe-node-agent-label' }, agents.join(',')));
+    const chain = el('div', { class: 'rqe-nodes' });
+    nodes.forEach((n, i) => {
+      if (i > 0) chain.append(el('span', { class: 'rqe-node-arrow' }, ' → '));
+      const chip = el('span', {
+        class: 'rqe-node rqe-node-' + n.state,
+        title: n.kind + ' · ' + n.state + (n.error ? ' — ' + n.error : ''),
+      },
+        (QUEUE_STATE_GLYPH[n.state] || '?') + ' ' + (NODE_KIND_LABEL[n.kind] || n.kind));
+      chain.append(chip);
+      if (n.build_log_id != null) {
+        chain.append(el('a', {
+          class: 'rqe-log-link rqe-node-log',
+          href: '/builds.html?id=' + n.build_log_id + '#buildlogs',
+          target: '_blank',
+          title: 'view build log #' + n.build_log_id,
+        }, '⎙'));
       }
-      compNodes.forEach((n, i) => {
-        if (i > 0) chain.append(el('span', { class: 'rqe-node-arrow' }, ' → '));
-        const chip = el('span', {
-          class: 'rqe-node rqe-node-' + n.state,
-          title: n.kind + ' · ' + n.state + (n.error ? ' — ' + n.error : ''),
-        },
-          (QUEUE_STATE_GLYPH[n.state] || '?') + ' ' + (NODE_KIND_LABEL[n.kind] || n.kind));
-        chain.append(chip);
-        if (n.build_log_id != null) {
-          chain.append(el('a', {
-            class: 'rqe-log-link rqe-node-log',
-            href: '/builds.html?id=' + n.build_log_id + '#buildlogs',
-            target: '_blank',
-            title: 'view build log #' + n.build_log_id,
-          }, '⎙'));
-        }
-      });
-      li.append(chain);
-    }
+    });
+    li.append(chain);
   }
   const running = runningNode(entry);
   if (running && running.step) {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
index 306eb0d1..019b9216 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@
 .rqe-node-cancelled { opacity: 0.55; text-decoration: line-through; }
 .rqe-node-arrow { color: var(--muted); }
 .rqe-node-log { margin-left: 0.1em; text-decoration: none; }
-/* Per-agent subgraph label, shown only when a DAG's nodes span more than
-   one agent (independent concurrent subgraphs, one `.rqe-nodes` line each —
-   see renderQueueEntry in builds.js). */
-.rqe-node-agent-label { color: var(--amber); margin-right: 0.3em; }
 .rqe-step {
   flex-basis: 100%;
   margin: 0.1em 0 0 1.8em;