diff --git a/src/agentMode/backends/codex/CodexBackend.test.ts b/src/agentMode/backends/codex/CodexBackend.test.ts
index 512f03f3..23e48ea7 100644
--- a/src/agentMode/backends/codex/CodexBackend.test.ts
+++ b/src/agentMode/backends/codex/CodexBackend.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ describe("CodexBackend.buildSpawnDescriptor", () => {
     resetSettings();
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "codex",
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ describe("CodexBackend.buildSpawnDescriptor", () => {
   it("templates a custom skills folder at spawn time", async () => {
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "codex",
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ describe("CodexBackend.buildSpawnDescriptor", () => {
   it("throws when the codex binary path is unset", async () => {
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "codex",
diff --git a/src/agentMode/backends/opencode/OpencodeBackend.test.ts b/src/agentMode/backends/opencode/OpencodeBackend.test.ts
index 2fc5d45b..8c76acdd 100644
--- a/src/agentMode/backends/opencode/OpencodeBackend.test.ts
+++ b/src/agentMode/backends/opencode/OpencodeBackend.test.ts
@@ -431,7 +431,6 @@ describe("buildOpencodeConfig — agent/prompt/mode/skills blocks (preserved)",
   it("sets top-level model from the persisted defaultModel.baseModelId", async () => {
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "opencode",
@@ -452,7 +451,6 @@ describe("buildOpencodeConfig — agent/prompt/mode/skills blocks (preserved)",
   it("appends effort suffix when defaultModel.effort is set", async () => {
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "opencode",
@@ -473,7 +471,6 @@ describe("buildOpencodeConfig — agent/prompt/mode/skills blocks (preserved)",
   it("omits cfg.model when no defaultModel is set", async () => {
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "opencode",
@@ -518,7 +515,6 @@ describe("buildOpencodeConfig — agent/prompt/mode/skills blocks (preserved)",
   it("templates a custom skills folder into the opencode directive", async () => {
     setSettings({
       agentMode: {
-        enabled: true,
         byok: {},
         mcpServers: [],
         activeBackend: "opencode",
@@ -607,7 +603,6 @@ describe("OpencodeBackend.buildSpawnDescriptor", () => {
 
   it("uses agentMode.backends.opencode.binaryPath as command and passes cwd in args, injecting enabled models", async () => {
     updateSetting("agentMode", {
-      enabled: true,
       byok: {},
       mcpServers: [],
       activeBackend: "opencode",