diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentEditMergedDialog.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentEditMergedDialog.tsx
index b14c833a95..6fe5efc6fc 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentEditMergedDialog.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentEditMergedDialog.tsx
@@ -567,10 +567,7 @@ export function AgentEditMergedDialog({
         (selectedRuntimeId !== "custom" ||
           inheritHarness ||
           agentCommand.trim().length > 0) &&
-        // Block submission when the instance name field is blank — applies to
-        // all instances including pool-named ones. Pooled instances can be
-        // explicitly renamed; the blank guard prevents submitting an empty name
-        // regardless of pool membership.
+        // Block submission when the visible instance name is blank (pool or not).
         instanceName.trim().length > 0
       : true);
 
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/agentFormModel.ts b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/agentFormModel.ts
index 0a80a031de..eea4efaaf2 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/agentFormModel.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/agentFormModel.ts
@@ -528,9 +528,6 @@ export function emitAgentFormDiff(
   // I-field diff — only when instance is present
   let agentInput: UpdateManagedAgentInput | null = null;
   if (inst !== null) {
-    // Row 1 contract: stop materializing displayName→name when a name pool exists
-    const hasNamePool = (def?.namePool?.length ?? 0) > 0;
-
     // Row 8 contract: instance env edit goes to instance, NOT wholesale-replace from definition.
     // When a definition is present, instanceEnvVars holds the per-instance overlay.
     const instanceEnvChanged =