diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx
index e875c2a919b..24394cae866 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('AgentKanbanCard', () => {
     expect(onOpenTerminal).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
-  it('labels one subagent and the workspace status accessibly', () => {
+  it('labels one subagent accessibly and never renders a workspace-status dot', () => {
     renderCard({
       card: card({
         workspaceStatusId: 'in-review',
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('AgentKanbanCard', () => {
     })
 
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '1 subagent' })).toBeInTheDocument()
-    expect(screen.getByRole('img', { name: 'In review' })).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('img', { name: 'In review' })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
   it('tints attention amber and done green, leaving every other state neutral', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx
index e4b18fff93a..556d5f563c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import type { DashboardCard } from '../../../../shared/dashboard-snapshot'
 import type { RepoIcon } from '../../../../shared/repo-icon'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
-import { getWorkspaceStatusVisualMeta } from '../sidebar/workspace-status'
 
 /** Compact "started N ago" (the card is glanceable — coarse units are fine). */
 function formatStartedAgo(startedAt: number, now: number): string {
@@ -93,9 +92,6 @@ function sameCard(a: DashboardCard, b: DashboardCard): boolean {
     a.leafId === b.leafId &&
     a.repoName === b.repoName &&
     a.worktreeName === b.worktreeName &&
-    a.workspaceStatusId === b.workspaceStatusId &&
-    a.workspaceStatusLabel === b.workspaceStatusLabel &&
-    a.workspaceStatusColor === b.workspaceStatusColor &&
     a.hasReview === b.hasReview &&
     a.review?.number === b.review?.number &&
     a.review?.state === b.review?.state &&
@@ -200,14 +196,6 @@ export const AgentKanbanCard = memo(
   }: AgentKanbanCardProps): React.JSX.Element {
     useTranslation()
     const [subagentsOpen, setSubagentsOpen] = useState(false)
-    const workspaceStatusMeta =
-      card.workspaceStatusId && card.workspaceStatusLabel
-        ? getWorkspaceStatusVisualMeta({
-            id: card.workspaceStatusId,
-            label: card.workspaceStatusLabel,
-            color: card.workspaceStatusColor
-          })
-        : null
     // Why: the two outcomes worth scanning for get a tinted card — amber for
     // "answer me", green for "finished, look at it". Everything else stays
     // neutral so the tint keeps meaning something.
@@ -322,14 +310,6 @@ export const AgentKanbanCard = memo(
           onClick={() => onOpenTerminal(card)}
           className="flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-md text-left text-[11px] text-muted-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:outline-none"
         >
-          {workspaceStatusMeta ? (
-            <span
-              role="img"
-              aria-label={card.workspaceStatusLabel}
-              className={cn('size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full', workspaceStatusMeta.swatch)}
-              title={card.workspaceStatusLabel}
-            />
-          ) : null}
           <Tooltip>
             <TooltipTrigger asChild>
               <span