diff --git a/internal/cloud/code-agent-agentrun-adapter.ts b/internal/cloud/code-agent-agentrun-adapter.ts
index eb7af332..fb3417c8 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/code-agent-agentrun-adapter.ts
+++ b/internal/cloud/code-agent-agentrun-adapter.ts
@@ -866,33 +866,6 @@ export async function cancelAgentRunChatTurn({ traceId, currentResult = null, op
       HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_CANCEL_TIMEOUT_MS: String(cancelTimeoutMs)
     }
   };
-  const localTerminal = agentRunCancelTerminalStatus(mapped);
-  if (localTerminal) return agentRunAlreadyTerminalCancelPayload({ traceId, payload: mapped, terminalStatus: localTerminal, options, traceStore });
-  try {
-    const guard = await syncAgentRunChatResult({
-      traceId,
-      currentResult: mapped,
-      options: { ...cancelOptions, deferAgentRunResultSync: false },
-      traceStore,
-      forceResultSync: true,
-      refreshEvents: true
-    });
-    const guarded = guard?.result ?? null;
-    const guardedTerminal = agentRunCancelTerminalStatus(guarded);
-    if (guardedTerminal) return agentRunAlreadyTerminalCancelPayload({ traceId, payload: guarded, terminalStatus: guardedTerminal, options, traceStore });
-  } catch (error) {
-    traceStore.append(traceId, agentRunTraceEvent({
-      type: "cancel",
-      status: "running",
-      label: "agentrun:cancel:terminal_guard_failed",
-      errorCode: error?.code ?? "agentrun_cancel_terminal_guard_failed",
-      message: "HWLAB could not confirm AgentRun terminal state before forwarding cancel; continuing with cancel because no terminal authority was observed.",
-      runId: mapped.agentRun.runId,
-      commandId: mapped.agentRun.commandId,
-      waitingFor: "cancel-terminal-guard",
-      valuesPrinted: false
-    }, mapped.agentRun));
-  }
   const fetchImpl = options.fetchImpl ?? globalThis.fetch;
   const managerUrl = resolveAgentRunManagerUrl(env, mapped.agentRun.managerUrl);
   await agentRunJson(fetchImpl, managerUrl, `/api/v1/commands/${encodeURIComponent(mapped.agentRun.commandId)}/cancel`, {
diff --git a/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts b/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts
index c9326550..3a5a89a8 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts
+++ b/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts
@@ -2503,11 +2503,6 @@ export async function handleCodeAgentCancelHttp(request, response, options) {
       }));
       return;
     }
-    const alreadyTerminal = await syncAlreadyTerminalAgentRunBeforeCancel({ traceId, currentResult, params, options, traceStore });
-    if (alreadyTerminal) {
-      sendJson(response, 200, alreadyTerminal);
-      return;
-    }
     const payload = await cancelAgentRunChatTurn({ traceId, currentResult, options, traceStore });
     if (payload) {
       if (payload.alreadyTerminal === true || isTraceCommandTerminalStatus(payload.status)) {