diff --git a/pkg/agent/registry_test.go b/pkg/agent/registry_test.go
index 346bcb7ee..1a87ef156 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/registry_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ func (m *mockRegistryProvider) GetDefaultModel() string {
 }
 
 // mockModelRegistry creates a ModelRegistry backed by a mockRegistryProvider.
-// Maps "gpt-4" (the default in testCfg) and "claude-opus" (used in model tests).
 func mockModelRegistry() *providers.ModelRegistry {
 	p := &mockRegistryProvider{}
 	reg := providers.NewModelRegistryFromProvider(p, "gpt-4")
diff --git a/pkg/providers/registry.go b/pkg/providers/registry.go
index 52abde80f..433416abe 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/registry.go
@@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ func NewModelRegistry(cfg *config.Config) (*ModelRegistry, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid models in model_list")
 	}
 
-	// Resolve default model name to model ID so the agent gets the right value
-	if entry, ok := reg.models[reg.defaultModelName]; ok {
-		_ = entry // default exists, good
-	}
-
 	return reg, nil
 }