diff --git a/apps/admin/src/app/ops/page.tsx b/apps/admin/src/app/ops/page.tsx
index bf7aad5..fd3c08b 100644
--- a/apps/admin/src/app/ops/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin/src/app/ops/page.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,17 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import { AdminShell } from '@/components/AdminShell';
-import { getPolicies, togglePolicy, replaySignal, PolicyInfo } from '@/lib/api';
+import { replaySignal } from '@/lib/api';
 
 const VALID_SUBJECTS = ['signals.tip.served', 'signals.tip.feedback', 'signals.task.synced'];
 
 export default function OpsPage() {
-  const [policies, setPolicies] = useState<PolicyInfo[]>([]);
   const [replaySubject, setReplaySubject] = useState(VALID_SUBJECTS[0]);
   const [replayPayload, setReplayPayload] = useState('{\n  "userId": "",\n  "tipId": ""\n}');
   const [msg, setMsg] = useState('');
   const [error, setError] = useState('');
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    getPolicies().then((r) => setPolicies(r.policies)).catch(() => {});
-  }, []);
-
-  const handleToggle = async (name: string, active: boolean) => {
-    try {
-      await togglePolicy(name, active);
-      setPolicies((prev) => prev.map((p) => p.name === name ? { ...p, active } : p));
-      setMsg(`Policy "${name}" ${active ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}.`);
-    } catch (e: any) {
-      setError(e.message);
-    }
-  };
-
   const handleReplay = async () => {
     let payload: Record<string, unknown>;
     try {
@@ -50,36 +35,14 @@ export default function OpsPage() {
         <div>
           <h1 className="text-xl font-semibold">Ops</h1>
           <p className="text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1">
-            Live system controls — toggle shadow recommendation policies, replay past signals
-            for backfill or debugging, and find per-user actions (token revoke, bandit reset)
-            on the <a href="/users" className="text-indigo-400 hover:underline">Users page</a>.
+            Live system controls — replay past signals for backfill or debugging, and find
+            per-user actions (token revoke) on the{' '}
+            <a href="/users" className="text-indigo-400 hover:underline">Users page</a>.
           </p>
         </div>
         {msg && <p className="text-green-400 text-sm">{msg}</p>}
         {error && <p className="text-red-400 text-sm">{error}</p>}
 
-        {/* Policy toggles */}
-        <section className="space-y-3">
-          <h2 className="text-base font-medium text-gray-300">Policies</h2>
-          {policies.length === 0 ? (
-            <p className="text-gray-500 text-sm">No shadow policies registered. Shadow policies can be added to the recommender source.</p>
-          ) : (
-            <div className="space-y-2">
-              {policies.map((p) => (
-                <div key={p.name} className="flex items-center justify-between bg-gray-900 border border-gray-800 rounded p-3">
-                  <span className="text-sm text-gray-300 font-mono">{p.name}</span>
-                  <button
-                    onClick={() => handleToggle(p.name, !p.active)}
-                    className={`px-3 py-1 rounded text-xs ${p.active ? 'bg-green-800 text-green-200' : 'bg-gray-800 text-gray-400'}`}
-                  >
-                    {p.active ? 'Active' : 'Disabled'}
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-              ))}
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </section>
-
         {/* Replay signal */}
         <section className="space-y-3">
           <h2 className="text-base font-medium text-gray-300">Replay signal</h2>
diff --git a/apps/admin/src/lib/api.ts b/apps/admin/src/lib/api.ts
index 50cd905..cf73476 100644
--- a/apps/admin/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/apps/admin/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ export interface HealthStatus {
   services: { name: string; status: string; latencyMs: number }[];
 }
 
-export interface PolicyInfo {
-  name: string;
-  active: boolean;
-}
 
 export interface SavedQuery {
   id: string;
@@ -223,16 +219,6 @@ export function getHealth() {
   return apiFetch<HealthStatus>('/admin/health');
 }
 
-export function getPolicies() {
-  return apiFetch<{ policies: PolicyInfo[] }>('/admin/policies');
-}
-
-export function togglePolicy(name: string, active: boolean) {
-  return apiFetch<{ ok: boolean }>(`/admin/policies/${name}/toggle`, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    body: JSON.stringify({ active }),
-  });
-}
 
 export function replaySignal(subject: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
   return apiFetch<{ ok: boolean }>('/admin/replay-signal', {
diff --git a/services/api/src/routes/admin.ts b/services/api/src/routes/admin.ts
index 40e31d4..77ed599 100644
--- a/services/api/src/routes/admin.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/routes/admin.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { requireAdmin } from '../middleware/admin.js';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import { bus } from '../events/bus.js';
 import { config } from '../config.js';
-import { getShadowPolicies, setPolicyActive } from './recommender.js';
 import { inspectProfile, rebuildProfile, summarizeProfileFreshness } from '../profile/builder.js';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync } from 'fs';
@@ -564,36 +563,6 @@ router.get('/health', async (_req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response) => {
   res.json({ ok: allOk, services, checkedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
 });
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// GET /api/admin/policies
-// POST /api/admin/policies/:name/toggle
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-router.get('/policies', async (_req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response) => {
-  res.json({ policies: getShadowPolicies() });
-});
-
-router.post('/policies/:name/toggle', async (req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response) => {
-  const { name } = req.params as { name: string };
-  const { active } = req.body as { active: boolean };
-  const ok = setPolicyActive(name, active);
-  if (!ok) {
-    res.status(404).json({ error: 'Policy not found' });
-    return;
-  }
-
-  await db.insert(adminActions).values({
-    id: nanoid(),
-    adminId: req.userId!,
-    action: active ? 'enable_policy' : 'disable_policy',
-    targetType: 'policy',
-    targetId: name,
-    detail: null,
-    createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-  });
-
-  res.json({ ok: true });
-});
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // POST /api/admin/replay-signal
 // Re-emit a past event on the bus (for testing / backfill).
diff --git a/services/api/src/routes/recommender.ts b/services/api/src/routes/recommender.ts
index 5428bd0..bc2dd7f 100644
--- a/services/api/src/routes/recommender.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/routes/recommender.ts
@@ -41,23 +41,6 @@ function randomPolicy(candidates: TipCandidate[]): TipCandidate | null {
   return candidates[Math.floor(Math.random() * candidates.length)];
 }
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Shadow-policy registry — kept for step-10 cleanup; no active shadows.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const shadowPolicies = new Map<string, { active: boolean }>([
-  ['egreedy-v2-shadow', { active: false }],
-]);
-
-export function getShadowPolicies() {
-  return Array.from(shadowPolicies.entries()).map(([name, s]) => ({ name, ...s }));
-}
-
-export function setPolicyActive(name: string, active: boolean): boolean {
-  if (!shadowPolicies.has(name)) return false;
-  shadowPolicies.set(name, { active });
-  return true;
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Orchestrator: fetch agent snippets + call ml/serving /recommend
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------