diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index 20de50cd..025bc4ee 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -257,14 +257,10 @@ struct StateSnapshot {
 
 /// One peer hive for the P33RS dashboard tab. Derived from
 /// `HYPERHIVE_PEERS` env; `url` is the peer's HTTPS dashboard root.
-/// `cert_fingerprint` is `Some("sha256:<hex64>")` when the peer uses a
-/// self-signed cert and the operator pinned its fingerprint in
-/// `services.hyperhive.swarm.peers`.
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 struct PeerHiveView {
     name: String,
     url: String,
-    cert_fingerprint: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// `OpQuestion` + computed `question_refs` / `answer_refs`. Built
@@ -488,7 +484,7 @@ fn parse_peer_hives() -> Vec<PeerHiveView> {
     #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
     struct Raw {
         domain: String,
-        cert_fingerprint: Option<String>,
+        _cert_fingerprint: Option<String>,
     }
     let Ok(json) = std::env::var("HYPERHIVE_PEERS") else {
         return Vec::new();
@@ -498,38 +494,13 @@ fn parse_peer_hives() -> Vec<PeerHiveView> {
         return Vec::new();
     };
     raw.into_iter()
-        .map(|r| {
-            let cert_fingerprint = r.cert_fingerprint.and_then(|fp| {
-                if validate_cert_fingerprint(&fp) {
-                    Some(fp)
-                } else {
-                    tracing::warn!(
-                        domain = %r.domain,
-                        fingerprint = %fp,
-                        "HYPERHIVE_PEERS: invalid cert_fingerprint format \
-                         (expected `sha256:<64 hex chars>`); ignoring fingerprint"
-                    );
-                    None
-                }
-            });
-            PeerHiveView {
-                name: r.domain.clone(),
-                url: format!("https://{}/", r.domain),
-                cert_fingerprint,
-            }
+        .map(|r| PeerHiveView {
+            name: r.domain.clone(),
+            url: format!("https://{}/", r.domain),
         })
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// Validate a TLS certificate fingerprint string from `HYPERHIVE_PEERS`.
-/// Accepts `sha256:<64 hex chars>` (upper or lower case).
-fn validate_cert_fingerprint(fp: &str) -> bool {
-    let Some(hex) = fp.strip_prefix("sha256:") else {
-        return false;
-    };
-    hex.len() == 64 && hex.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit())
-}
-
 /// Group live containers by their assigned web UI port; clusters with
 /// more than one member are port-hash collisions the operator needs
 /// to resolve by renaming. Manager (fixed at 8000) and sub-agents