diff --git a/docs/web-ui/agent.md b/docs/web-ui/agent.md
index c8271f67..b9bbd8b7 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/agent.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/agent.md
@@ -63,28 +63,18 @@ through. Three flex columns:
     click opens the loose-ends flyout.
   - **Overflow button** (`⋯`): always visible. Opens a frosted popover
     (`#overflow-menu`, positioned outside the header to escape any
-    stacking context) with four management rows followed by a model
-    quick-picker section: `↑ dashboard` (link), `↻ rebuild container`
-    (POST confirm, same action as the dashboard R3BU1LD button),
-    `↻ new claude session` (POST confirm → `POST /api/new-session`;
-    next turn drops `--continue`), `🔓 logout` (POST confirm → `POST
-    /api/logout`; SIGINTs any in-flight turn, wipes OAuth credential
-    files, flips the agent to `needs_login` — session history
-    preserved). All destructive actions require one extra click to
-    acknowledge — rare ops shouldn't live in the primary state strip.
-    Below a separator, a **model quick-picker** section labelled
-    `model` renders three one-click shortcuts: `haiku (fast)`,
-    `sonnet (balanced)`, `opus (powerful)`. Clicking a button POSTs
-    `/api/model` with the alias (same path as the `/model <name>`
-    slash command). The button for the currently-active model is
-    highlighted via the `active` class; `renderModelChip` keeps the
-    picker state in sync with live `model_changed` events so it stays
-    accurate when the model is changed from another session. Clicking
-    the already-active model closes the menu without an extra POST.
-    The popover's display rules are scoped to `:not([hidden])` so the
-    `[hidden]` HTML attribute's UA `display: none` isn't overridden by
-    the author CSS's `display: flex` — the popover stays hidden until
-    JS removes the attribute.
+    stacking context) with four rows: `↑ dashboard` (link), `↻ rebuild
+    container` (POST confirm, same action as the dashboard R3BU1LD
+    button), `↻ new claude session` (POST confirm → `POST
+    /api/new-session`; next turn drops `--continue`), `🔓 logout`
+    (POST confirm → `POST /api/logout`; SIGINTs any in-flight turn,
+    wipes OAuth credential files, flips the agent to `needs_login`
+    — session history preserved). All destructive actions require
+    one extra click to acknowledge — rare ops shouldn't live in the
+    primary state strip. The popover's display rules are scoped to
+    `:not([hidden])` so the `[hidden]` HTML attribute's UA `display:
+    none` isn't overridden by the author CSS's `display: flex` —
+    the popover stays hidden until JS removes the attribute.
 
 `/api/state` is fetched once on cold load (+ while
 `status === 'needs_login_in_progress'`); all other updates arrive via
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
index 2636b4ba..544cfc27 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
@@ -263,32 +263,6 @@ h2, h3 {
   opacity: 0.4;
   cursor: progress;
 }
-.overflow-sep {
-  height: 1px;
-  background: var(--border);
-  margin: 0.3em 0.4em;
-}
-.overflow-section-label {
-  font-size: 0.72em;
-  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
-  color: var(--muted);
-  padding: 0 0.7em 0.1em;
-  text-transform: uppercase;
-}
-.overflow-item-model {
-  color: var(--muted);
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-}
-.overflow-item-model:hover {
-  color: var(--fg);
-  background: rgba(203, 166, 247, 0.08);
-  border-color: var(--purple-dim);
-}
-.overflow-item-model.active {
-  color: var(--purple);
-  border-color: var(--purple-dim);
-  background: rgba(203, 166, 247, 0.06);
-}
 
 /* Header pill — inbox / loose-ends triggers. Compact, count-prominent. */
 .header-pill {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index c47683df..b9320108 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -272,39 +272,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
     });
     menu.append(logoutBtn);
 
-    // ─── model quick-picker ────────────────────────────────────────
-    // Three one-click shortcuts for the most common model aliases.
-    // The active model is highlighted via the `active` class; see
-    // `renderModelChip` which updates `modelPickerBtns` live.
-    const modelSep = el('div', { class: 'overflow-sep', 'aria-hidden': 'true' });
-    const modelLabel = el('div', { class: 'overflow-section-label' }, 'model');
-    menu.append(modelSep, modelLabel);
-    const MODEL_ALIASES = [
-      { name: 'haiku',  label: 'haiku   (fast)' },
-      { name: 'sonnet', label: 'sonnet  (balanced)' },
-      { name: 'opus',   label: 'opus    (powerful)' },
-    ];
-    modelPickerBtns = [];
-    for (const m of MODEL_ALIASES) {
-      const btn = el('button', {
-        type: 'button',
-        class: 'overflow-item overflow-item-model',
-        role: 'menuitem',
-        title: `/model ${m.name}`,
-        'data-model': m.name,
-      },
-        el('span', { class: 'overflow-item-icon', 'aria-hidden': 'true' }, '⊞'),
-        m.label,
-      );
-      btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-        if (currentModel === m.name) { closeOverflowMenu(); return; }
-        closeOverflowMenu();
-        postModel(m.name);
-      });
-      modelPickerBtns.push(btn);
-      menu.append(btn);
-    }
-
     overflowMenuPopulated = true;
   }
 
@@ -464,13 +431,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // bus-driven `status_changed` handler so it can re-enable the
   // composer without waiting for the next snapshot fetch.
   let currentLabel = '';
-  // Tracked so the overflow-menu model picker can highlight the active
-  // model and avoid a redundant `/api/model` POST on same-model click.
-  let currentModel = null;
-  // References to the model picker buttons populated in the overflow
-  // menu so renderModelChip can update their `active` state without
-  // rebuilding the whole menu.
-  let modelPickerBtns = [];
 
   const SLASH_COMMANDS = [
     { name: '/help',        desc: 'list slash commands' },
@@ -1009,23 +969,12 @@ window.marked = marked;
   }
 
   function renderModelChip(model) {
-    currentModel = model || null;
     const el_ = $('model-chip');
     if (!el_) return;
-    if (!model) { el_.hidden = true; } else {
-      el_.hidden = false;
-      el_.textContent = 'model · ' + model;
-      el_.title = `claude --model ${model}\nset via the operator's /model command; persists across turns until changed`;
-    }
-    // Sync model picker buttons: highlight the active alias. A short alias
-    // (haiku/sonnet/opus) matches if `model` ends with that string; full
-    // API names like `claude-3-5-haiku-20241022` match on the suffix too.
-    for (const btn of modelPickerBtns) {
-      const alias = btn.dataset.model || '';
-      const isActive = !!model && (model === alias || model.endsWith(alias));
-      btn.classList.toggle('active', isActive);
-      btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(isActive));
-    }
+    if (!model) { el_.hidden = true; return; }
+    el_.hidden = false;
+    el_.textContent = 'model · ' + model;
+    el_.title = `claude --model ${model}\nset via the operator's /model command; persists across turns until changed`;
   }
   // Token badges — two separate chips:
   //   ctx · N    last inference's prompt size = current context window