diff --git a/tools/src/hwlab-caserun-lib.ts b/tools/src/hwlab-caserun-lib.ts
index 35b046e3..d06e9715 100644
--- a/tools/src/hwlab-caserun-lib.ts
+++ b/tools/src/hwlab-caserun-lib.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { closeSync, openSync } from "node:fs";
-import { copyFile, mkdir, readFile, readdir, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { copyFile, mkdir, readFile, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ const AGENT_WORKSPACE_SEED_FILES = [
   { source: "tools/src/hwpod-harness-lib.ts", target: "tools/src/hwpod-harness-lib.ts" },
   { source: "tools/src/hwpod-node-ops-contract.ts", target: "tools/src/hwpod-node-ops-contract.ts" },
   { source: "tools/src/runtime-endpoint-resolver.ts", target: "tools/src/runtime-endpoint-resolver.ts" },
-  { source: "skills/hwpod-cli/SKILL.md", target: ".agents/skills/hwpod-cli/SKILL.md" },
-  { source: "skills/hwpod-ctl/SKILL.md", target: ".agents/skills/hwpod-ctl/SKILL.md" },
-  { source: "skills/hwlab-agent-runtime/SKILL.md", target: ".agents/skills/hwlab-agent-runtime/SKILL.md" },
-  { source: "skills/arm2d-skill", target: ".agents/skills/arm2d-skill", type: "directory" }
 ] as const;
 
 type EnvLike = Record<string, string | undefined>;
@@ -942,34 +938,10 @@ function agentTraceIdentityArtifact(run: PreparedCaseRun, agent: AgentRunStage)
   });
 }
 
-async function collectDirectorySeedFiles(sourceRel: string, targetRel: string, files: AgentWorkspaceFile[]): Promise<void> {
-  const sourceDir = path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, sourceRel);
-  const stack: string[] = [""];
-  while (stack.length > 0) {
-    const sub = stack.pop()!;
-    const dirPath = path.join(sourceDir, sub);
-    const entries = await readdir(dirPath, { withFileTypes: true });
-    for (const dirent of entries) {
-      const relPath = sub ? path.join(sub, dirent.name) : dirent.name;
-      if (dirent.isDirectory()) {
-        stack.push(relPath);
-      } else if (dirent.isFile()) {
-        const filePath = path.join(dirPath, dirent.name);
-        const targetPath = path.join(targetRel, relPath).replace(/\\/g, "/");
-        files.push({ path: targetPath, content: await readFile(filePath, "utf8"), encoding: "utf8" });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 async function agentWorkspaceFilesForRun(run: PreparedCaseRun): Promise<AgentWorkspaceFile[]> {
   const content = await readFile(run.specPath, "utf8");
   const files: AgentWorkspaceFile[] = [{ path: ".hwlab/hwpod-spec.yaml", content, encoding: "utf8" }];
   for (const entry of AGENT_WORKSPACE_SEED_FILES) {
-    if ("type" in entry && (entry as any).type === "directory") {
-      await collectDirectorySeedFiles(entry.source, (entry as any).target, files);
-      continue;
-    }
     const sourcePath = path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, entry.source);
     try {
       files.push({ path: entry.target, content: await readFile(sourcePath, "utf8"), encoding: "utf8" });