diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx
index 80cf4fec..c975985d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx
@@ -98,13 +98,11 @@ function NavLink({
   href,
   label,
   active,
-  accent,
   textRef,
 }: {
   href: string;
   label: string;
   active: boolean;
-  accent: string;
   textRef: (el: HTMLSpanElement | null) => void;
 }) {
   return (
@@ -117,17 +115,6 @@ function NavLink({
       <span
         ref={textRef}
         class={"shell-nav-link-text" + (active ? " shell-nav-link-active" : "")}
-        // Inline, not a CSS rule: the glow colour is this item's own
-        // `accent` (NAV_ITEMS), a different value per nav item, the
-        // same reason `.shell-nav-indicator`'s own colour is set this
-        // way rather than in Shell.css.
-        style={
-          active
-            ? {
-                textShadow: `0 0 8px color-mix(in srgb, ${accent} 45%, transparent)`,
-              }
-            : undefined
-        }
       >
         {label}
       </span>
@@ -280,18 +267,7 @@ export function Shell({ children }: { children: ComponentChildren }) {
   return (
     <div class="shell">
       <header class="shell-header">
-        <span
-          class="shell-brand"
-          // Same glow recipe as the active nav tab / panel titles, riding
-          // `navAccent` — the same value `color` already uses here — so
-          // the brand's glow tracks the identical hop sequence as its own
-          // text colour instead of introducing a second, disagreeing
-          // accent source.
-          style={{
-            color: navAccent,
-            textShadow: `0 0 8px color-mix(in srgb, ${navAccent} 45%, transparent)`,
-          }}
-        >
+        <span class="shell-brand" style={{ color: navAccent }}>
           {brand}
         </span>
         <nav class="shell-nav" ref={navRef}>
@@ -301,7 +277,6 @@ export function Shell({ children }: { children: ComponentChildren }) {
               href={item.href}
               label={item.label}
               active={item.href === location}
-              accent={item.accent}
               textRef={(el) => {
                 textRefs.current[item.href] = el;
               }}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/panel/Panel.css b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/panel/Panel.css
index 8adc34ed..ebd739be 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/panel/Panel.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/panel/Panel.css
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@
   margin: 0;
   font-size: 1em;
   font-weight: 600;
-  /* Same subtle neon-glow recipe agent.css/dashboard's own headline
-     rules use (`text-shadow: 0 0 Npx color-mix(color, transparent)`) —
-     `currentColor`, not a fixed `--purple` like those two, since panel
-     titles don't carry one fixed accent (some are dynamic, e.g. an
-     agent's own name) and forcing one on plain `--fg` text would read
-     as a stray mismatched halo rather than a glow. Deliberately not
-     porting those UIs' uppercase+letter-spacing headline treatment
-     alongside it — that's their own typographic language, not part of
-     "the glow effect" itself. */
-  text-shadow: 0 0 8px color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 40%, transparent);
 }
 .ui-panel-icon {
   font-size: 1.2em;