diff --git a/pkg/agent/loop.go b/pkg/agent/loop.go
index f0f207d3c..2beacc127 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/loop.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/loop.go
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ func (al *AgentLoop) runLLMIteration(
 			}
 
 			// If tool returned media refs, publish them as outbound media
-			if len(r.result.Media) > 0 && opts.SendResponse {
+			if len(r.result.Media) > 0 {
 				parts := make([]bus.MediaPart, 0, len(r.result.Media))
 				for _, ref := range r.result.Media {
 					part := bus.MediaPart{Ref: ref}