diff --git a/Sources/NucleicApp/Panels/PaneledChatView.swift b/Sources/NucleicApp/Panels/PaneledChatView.swift
index f47681d7..6205f841 100644
--- a/Sources/NucleicApp/Panels/PaneledChatView.swift
+++ b/Sources/NucleicApp/Panels/PaneledChatView.swift
@@ -176,25 +176,6 @@ struct PaneledChatView: View {
                  onDrop: { panels.drop($0, into: slot) })
     }
 
-    // MARK: - Guest display
-
-    /// While a chat is open, watch its macOS VM and — when the user has enabled "Always open VM guest
-    /// display" — reveal the VM monitor as soon as the guest boots, whatever launched it (`mac_vm_exec`,
-    /// `mac_vm_computer`, or provisioning). `revealVMMonitor()` is idempotent (a no-op once a monitor is
-    /// placed, and the panel re-roots onto the open chat), so polling and re-revealing is safe; the loop
-    /// re-reads the setting each tick so flipping it on takes effect without reopening the chat.
-    private func watchGuestDisplay() async {
-        guard store.macVMSupported, let session else { return }
-        let vmName = MacVMManager.vmName(for: session.id)
-        while !Task.isCancelled {
-            if MacVMSettings.alwaysOpenGuestDisplay,
-                await store.runningMacVMs().contains(where: { $0.name == vmName }) {
-                panels.revealVMMonitor()
-            }
-            try? await Task.sleep(for: .seconds(2))
-        }
-    }
-
     // MARK: - Sizing
 
     private func widthRange(_ container: CGSize) -> ClosedRange<CGFloat> {