diff --git a/src/tui/components/chat-log.test.ts b/src/tui/components/chat-log.test.ts
index 9dccff77e63d..5a06fadaa00d 100644
--- a/src/tui/components/chat-log.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/components/chat-log.test.ts
@@ -174,17 +174,6 @@ describe("ChatLog", () => {
     expect(chatLog.render(120).join("\n")).toContain("queued hello");
   });
 
-  it("stops counting a pending user message once the run is committed", () => {
-    const chatLog = new ChatLog(40);
-
-    chatLog.addPendingUser("run-1", "hello");
-    expect(chatLog.countPendingUsers()).toBe(1);
-
-    expect(chatLog.commitPendingUser("run-1")).toBe(true);
-    expect(chatLog.countPendingUsers()).toBe(0);
-    expect(chatLog.render(120).join("\n")).toContain("hello");
-  });
-
   it("reconciles pending users against rebuilt history using timestamps", () => {
     const chatLog = new ChatLog(40);
 
diff --git a/src/tui/components/chat-log.ts b/src/tui/components/chat-log.ts
index 0fa753dba9d4..9fb724dfaba5 100644
--- a/src/tui/components/chat-log.ts
+++ b/src/tui/components/chat-log.ts
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ export class ChatLog extends Container {
     return component;
   }
 
-  commitPendingUser(runId: string) {
-    return this.pendingUsers.delete(runId);
-  }
-
   dropPendingUser(runId: string) {
     const existing = this.pendingUsers.get(runId);
     if (!existing) {
@@ -212,10 +208,6 @@ export class ChatLog extends Container {
     return true;
   }
 
-  hasPendingUser(runId: string) {
-    return this.pendingUsers.has(runId);
-  }
-
   reconcilePendingUsers(
     historyUsers: Array<{
       text: string;