diff --git a/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/adapter.go b/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/adapter.go
index d47d43fdb7..734dced1ad 100644
--- a/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/adapter.go
+++ b/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/adapter.go
@@ -259,11 +259,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// AutoApprove automatically approves permission requests
 	AutoApprove bool
 
-	// ApprovalPolicy controls when the agent requests approval.
-	// Valid values: "untrusted" (always), "on-failure", "on-request", "never".
-	// Defaults to "on-request" if empty.
-	ApprovalPolicy string
-
 	// McpServers is a list of MCP servers to configure for the agent
 	McpServers []McpServerConfig
 
@@ -323,7 +318,6 @@ func (c *Config) ToSharedConfig() *shared.Config {
 	return &shared.Config{
 		WorkDir:                   c.WorkDir,
 		AutoApprove:               c.AutoApprove,
-		ApprovalPolicy:            c.ApprovalPolicy,
 		McpServers:                mcpServers,
 		AgentID:                   c.AgentID,
 		AgentName:                 c.AgentName,
diff --git a/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/transport/shared/config.go b/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/transport/shared/config.go
index 47b4d98512..3984bc22d6 100644
--- a/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/transport/shared/config.go
+++ b/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/adapter/transport/shared/config.go
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// AutoApprove automatically approves permission requests
 	AutoApprove bool
 
-	// ApprovalPolicy controls when the agent requests approval.
-	// Valid values: "untrusted" (always), "on-failure", "on-request", "never".
-	// Defaults to "on-request" if empty.
-	ApprovalPolicy string
-
-	// PermissionPolicy controls the permission mode: "autonomous", "supervised", "plan".
-	// Used to determine hook registration and --permission-mode flag.
-	PermissionPolicy string
-
 	// PermissionTimeout is the maximum time to wait for a permission response.
 	// After timeout, the request is auto-denied with interrupt. Defaults to DefaultPermissionTimeout.
 	PermissionTimeout time.Duration
diff --git a/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/process/manager.go b/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/process/manager.go
index 8ee8c8570d..3c0be18ae7 100644
--- a/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/process/manager.go
+++ b/apps/backend/internal/agentctl/server/process/manager.go
@@ -1340,7 +1340,6 @@ func (m *Manager) buildAdapterConfig() error {
 	m.adapterCfg = &adapter.Config{
 		WorkDir:                   m.cfg.WorkDir,
 		AutoApprove:               m.cfg.AutoApprovePermissions,
-		ApprovalPolicy:            m.cfg.ApprovalPolicy,
 		McpServers:                mcpServers,
 		AgentID:                   m.cfg.AgentType, // From registry (e.g., "auggie", "amp", "claude-code")
 		AssumeMcpSse:              m.cfg.AssumeMcpSse,