diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelContentState.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelContentState.ts
index 93c33d0961c..ec1a0fc6b1b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelContentState.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelContentState.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import type { OpenFile } from '@/store/slices/editor'
-import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import type { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import type { DiffContent, FileContent } from './editor-panel-content-types'
 import {
   useEditorPanelExternalContentEvents,
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ export function useEditorPanelContentState({
     fileLoadRetryAttemptsRef,
     loadFileContent,
     openFilesRef,
-    closeFile: useAppStore.getState().closeFile,
     setFileContents
   })
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.test.tsx
index fe40142c645..6a29017d654 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.test.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ function Harness({
   attemptsRef,
   isVisible = true,
   loadFileContent,
-  closeFile = vi.fn(),
   setFileContents
 }: {
   file: OpenFile
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ function Harness({
   attemptsRef: { current: Record<string, number> }
   isVisible?: boolean
   loadFileContent: (filePath: string, id: string) => Promise<void>
-  closeFile?: (fileId: string) => void
   setFileContents: (
     updater: (prev: Record<string, FileContent>) => Record<string, FileContent>
   ) => void
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ function Harness({
     fileLoadRetryAttemptsRef: attemptsRef,
     loadFileContent: loadFileContent as never,
     openFilesRef: { current: [file] },
-    closeFile,
     setFileContents: setFileContents as never
   })
   return null
@@ -106,35 +103,6 @@ describe('useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry — owner-not-ready bounding (#6648)', ()
     expect(shouldRetryFileLoadError('Access denied: outside allowed directories')).toBe(false)
   })
 
-  it('evicts a mirrored tab after selector resolution stays missing', () => {
-    const file = makeFile({ mirroredFromRuntimeSession: true })
-    const attemptsRef = { current: { [file.id]: 3 } }
-    const closeFile = vi.fn()
-    const fileContents: Record<string, FileContent> = {
-      [file.id]: { content: '', isBinary: false, loadError: 'selector_not_found' }
-    }
-
-    container = document.createElement('div')
-    document.body.appendChild(container)
-    root = createRoot(container)
-    act(() => {
-      root?.render(
-        <Harness
-          file={file}
-          fileContents={fileContents}
-          attemptsRef={attemptsRef}
-          loadFileContent={vi.fn(async () => undefined)}
-          closeFile={closeFile}
-          setFileContents={(updater) => {
-            updater(fileContents)
-          }}
-        />
-      )
-    })
-
-    expect(closeFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file.id)
-  })
-
   it('does not spend retry budget when hiding cancels a pending retry', () => {
     setTimeoutSpy.mockRestore()
     setTimeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'setTimeout')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.ts
index 57a9483218e..9fb96ad80aa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from './editor-panel-content-types'
 
 const FILE_LOAD_RETRY_DELAYS_MS = [250, 1000, 2500]
-const noopCloseFile = (): void => {}
 // Why: a remote host can take a while to finish connecting. The owner-not-ready
 // check is a pure local store read (it throws before any network call until the
 // SSH repo hydrates), so poll it at a steady cadence — but cap the wait so a
@@ -31,14 +30,9 @@ type UseEditorPanelFileLoadRetryParams = {
     relativePath?: string
   ) => Promise<void>
   openFilesRef: MutableRefObject<OpenFile[]>
-  closeFile?: (fileId: string) => void
   setFileContents: Dispatch<SetStateAction<Record<string, FileContent>>>
 }
 
-function isSelectorNotFoundError(message: string): boolean {
-  return message.trim().toLowerCase() === 'selector_not_found'
-}
-
 export function shouldRetryFileLoadError(message: string): boolean {
   // Terminal: the owner-not-ready budget is spent; only an explicit Retry should
   // restart it, never the automatic backoff.
@@ -60,7 +54,6 @@ export function useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry({
   fileLoadRetryAttemptsRef,
   loadFileContent,
   openFilesRef,
-  closeFile = noopCloseFile,
   setFileContents
 }: UseEditorPanelFileLoadRetryParams): void {
   const activeFileLoadRetryId = activeFile?.id ?? null
@@ -82,16 +75,6 @@ export function useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry({
       ? OWNER_NOT_READY_RETRY_LIMIT
       : FILE_LOAD_RETRY_DELAYS_MS.length
     if (retryCount >= retryLimit) {
-      if (
-        !ownerNotReady &&
-        isSelectorNotFoundError(activeFileLoadError) &&
-        activeFile?.mirroredFromRuntimeSession === true
-      ) {
-        // A host-mirrored file whose worktree stays unresolvable after the normal
-        // read retries is stale; evict it before snapshots can select it again.
-        closeFile(activeFileLoadRetryId)
-        return
-      }
       // Why: the remote host never finished connecting. Replace the transient
       // "still connecting" text with a truthful terminal message so it does not
       // look like it is still retrying; Retry starts a fresh budget (#6648).
@@ -143,8 +126,6 @@ export function useEditorPanelFileLoadRetry({
   }, [
     activeFileLoadRetryId,
     activeFileLoadError,
-    activeFile?.mirroredFromRuntimeSession,
-    closeFile,
     fileLoadRetryAttemptsRef,
     loadFileContent,
     openFilesRef,