diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts
index a03b5887a..d68bb4317 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import type { ExtensionContext } from "@gsd/pi-coding-agent";
 import { parseUnitId } from "./unit-id.js";
 import { atomicWriteSync } from "./atomic-write.js";
-import { clearUnitRuntimeRecord } from "./unit-runtime.js";
 import { clearParseCache } from "./files.js";
 import { parseRoadmap as parseLegacyRoadmap, parsePlan as parseLegacyPlan } from "./parsers-legacy.js";
 import { isDbAvailable, getTask, getSlice, getSliceTasks } from "./gsd-db.js";
@@ -623,50 +622,6 @@ export function reconcileMergeState(
   return true;
 }
 
-// ─── Self-Heal Runtime Records ────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-/**
- * Self-heal: scan runtime records in .gsd/ and clear stale ones.
- * Clears dispatched records older than 1 hour (process crashed before
- * completing the unit). deriveState() handles re-derivation — no need
- * for completion key persistence here.
- */
-export async function selfHealRuntimeRecords(
-  base: string,
-  ctx: ExtensionContext,
-): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    const { listUnitRuntimeRecords } = await import("./unit-runtime.js");
-    const records = listUnitRuntimeRecords(base);
-    let healed = 0;
-    const STALE_THRESHOLD_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000; // 1 hour
-    const now = Date.now();
-    for (const record of records) {
-      const { unitType, unitId } = record;
-
-      // Case 0 removed — roadmap checkbox auto-fix is no longer needed.
-      // With DB-as-truth, stale checkboxes are fixed by repairStaleRenders().
-
-      // Clear stale dispatched records (dispatched > 1h ago, process crashed)
-      const age = now - (record.startedAt ?? 0);
-      if (record.phase === "dispatched" && age > STALE_THRESHOLD_MS) {
-        clearUnitRuntimeRecord(base, unitType, unitId);
-        healed++;
-        continue;
-      }
-    }
-    if (healed > 0) {
-      ctx.ui.notify(
-        `Self-heal: cleared ${healed} stale runtime record(s).`,
-        "info",
-      );
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    // Non-fatal — self-heal should never block auto-mode start
-    void e;
-  }
-}
-
 // ─── Loop Remediation ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-recovery.test.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-recovery.test.ts
index b533eaca4..a71882f3a 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-recovery.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   verifyExpectedArtifact,
   diagnoseExpectedArtifact,
   buildLoopRemediationSteps,
-  selfHealRuntimeRecords,
   hasImplementationArtifacts,
 } from "../auto-recovery.ts";
 import { parseRoadmap, parsePlan } from "../parsers-legacy.ts";
@@ -572,85 +571,6 @@ test("verifyExpectedArtifact plan-slice fails after deleting a rendered task pla
   }
 });
 
-// ─── selfHealRuntimeRecords — worktree base path (#769) ──────────────────
-
-test("selfHealRuntimeRecords clears stale dispatched records (#769)", async (t) => {
-  // selfHealRuntimeRecords now only clears stale dispatched records (>1h).
-  // No completedKeySet parameter — deriveState is sole authority.
-  const worktreeBase = makeTmpBase();
-  const mainBase = makeTmpBase();
-  t.after(() => {
-    cleanup(worktreeBase);
-    cleanup(mainBase);
-  });
-
-  const { writeUnitRuntimeRecord, readUnitRuntimeRecord } = await import("../unit-runtime.ts");
-
-  // Write a stale runtime record in the worktree .gsd/runtime/units/
-  writeUnitRuntimeRecord(worktreeBase, "run-uat", "M001/S01", Date.now() - 7200_000, {
-    phase: "dispatched",
-  });
-
-  // Verify the runtime record exists before heal
-  const before = readUnitRuntimeRecord(worktreeBase, "run-uat", "M001/S01");
-  assert.ok(before, "runtime record should exist before heal");
-
-  // Mock ExtensionContext with minimal notify
-  const notifications: string[] = [];
-  const mockCtx = {
-    ui: { notify: (msg: string) => { notifications.push(msg); } },
-  } as any;
-
-  // Call selfHeal with worktreeBase — should clear the stale record
-  await selfHealRuntimeRecords(worktreeBase, mockCtx);
-
-  // The stale record should be cleared
-  const after = readUnitRuntimeRecord(worktreeBase, "run-uat", "M001/S01");
-  assert.equal(after, null, "runtime record should be cleared after heal");
-  assert.ok(notifications.some(n => n.includes("Self-heal")), "should emit self-heal notification");
-
-  // Write a stale record at mainBase
-  writeUnitRuntimeRecord(mainBase, "run-uat", "M001/S01", Date.now() - 7200_000, {
-    phase: "dispatched",
-  });
-  await selfHealRuntimeRecords(mainBase, mockCtx);
-
-  // The record at mainBase should also be cleared by the stale timeout (>1h)
-  const afterMain = readUnitRuntimeRecord(mainBase, "run-uat", "M001/S01");
-  assert.equal(afterMain, null, "stale record at main base should be cleared by timeout");
-});
-
-// ─── #1625: selfHealRuntimeRecords on resume clears paused-session leftovers ──
-
-test("selfHealRuntimeRecords clears recently-paused dispatched records on resume (#1625)", async (t) => {
-  // When pauseAuto closes out a unit but clearUnitRuntimeRecord silently fails
-  // (e.g. permission error), selfHealRuntimeRecords on resume should still
-  // clean up stale dispatched records that are >1h old.
-  const base = makeTmpBase();
-  t.after(() => cleanup(base));
-
-  const { writeUnitRuntimeRecord, readUnitRuntimeRecord } = await import("../unit-runtime.ts");
-
-  // Simulate a record left behind after a pause — aged >1h to be considered stale
-  writeUnitRuntimeRecord(base, "execute-task", "M001/S01/T01", Date.now() - 3700_000, {
-    phase: "dispatched",
-  });
-
-  const before = readUnitRuntimeRecord(base, "execute-task", "M001/S01/T01");
-  assert.ok(before, "dispatched record should exist before resume heal");
-  assert.equal(before!.phase, "dispatched");
-
-  const notifications: string[] = [];
-  const mockCtx = {
-    ui: { notify: (msg: string) => { notifications.push(msg); } },
-  } as any;
-
-  await selfHealRuntimeRecords(base, mockCtx);
-
-  const after = readUnitRuntimeRecord(base, "execute-task", "M001/S01/T01");
-  assert.equal(after, null, "stale dispatched record should be cleared on resume (#1625)");
-});
-
 // ─── #793: invalidateAllCaches unblocks skip-loop ─────────────────────────
 // When the skip-loop breaker fires, it must call invalidateAllCaches() (not
 // just invalidateStateCache()) to clear path/parse caches that deriveState