diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.css b/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.css
index 43629cf75..1b4d4b1f7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.css
@@ -218,16 +218,6 @@
   max-width: 42ch;
 }
 
-.chat__empty-prompts {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  justify-content: center;
-  gap: 8px;
-  max-width: min(100%, 520px);
-  margin-top: 4px;
-}
-
-.chat__empty-prompt,
 .chat__empty-action {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
@@ -248,13 +238,11 @@
   transition: background 0.15s ease, border-color 0.15s ease, color 0.15s ease;
 }
 
-.chat__empty-prompt:hover,
 .chat__empty-action:hover {
   background: var(--surface);
   border-color: var(--border);
 }
 
-.chat__empty-prompt:focus-visible,
 .chat__empty-action:focus-visible {
   outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
   outline-offset: 2px;
@@ -1495,7 +1483,6 @@
    target. These rows carry their disclosure state without a trailing chevron,
    so the whole labeled line must be comfortably tappable. */
 @media (pointer: coarse) {
-  .chat__empty-prompt,
   .chat__empty-action,
   .chat__quick-action-chip,
   .chat__activity-header:not(.chat__activity-header--static),
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.jsx b/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.jsx
index f7e524e76..8d7af18c1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChatView/ChatView.jsx
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ const _touchMql = typeof matchMedia === 'function'
 let _isTouchPrimary = _touchMql?.matches ?? false
 _touchMql?.addEventListener('change', (e) => { _isTouchPrimary = e.matches })
 
-const EMPTY_PROMPTS = [
-  { label: 'Make Möbius mine', prompt: 'Suggest three small changes that would make this Möbius feel more like mine, then implement the best one.' },
-  { label: 'Build a tiny app', prompt: 'Build a tiny useful app I can try in the next five minutes.' },
-  { label: 'Show me around', prompt: 'Show me what you can change in this Möbius, and recommend a first move.' },
-]
-
 const STOP_RETRY_DELAYS_MS = [0, 250, 700, 1200]
 
 function delay(ms) {
@@ -3667,18 +3661,6 @@ export default function ChatView({
             <div className="chat__empty">
               <img className="chat__empty-glyph" src={mobiusLogoUrl} alt="" width="120" height="120" />
               <p className="chat__empty-title">What's on your mind?</p>
-              <div className="chat__empty-prompts">
-                {EMPTY_PROMPTS.map(prompt => (
-                  <button
-                    key={prompt.label}
-                    type="button"
-                    className="chat__empty-prompt"
-                    onClick={() => restoreComposerText(prompt.prompt, { focus: true })}
-                  >
-                    {prompt.label}
-                  </button>
-                ))}
-              </div>
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChatView/__tests__/activityLineStructure.test.js b/frontend/src/components/ChatView/__tests__/activityLineStructure.test.js
index 3b0e2cdd4..dd43f3482 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChatView/__tests__/activityLineStructure.test.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChatView/__tests__/activityLineStructure.test.js
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ test('lazy tool details and touch targets keep their accessibility contract', ()
   assert.match(toolBlock, /className="chat__lazy-retry"/)
   assert.match(toolBlock, /\? 'status' : undefined/)
   assert.match(toolBlock, /\? 'polite' : undefined/)
-  assert.match(coarse, /\.chat__empty-prompt/)
   assert.match(coarse, /\.chat__empty-action/)
   assert.match(coarse, /\.chat__quick-action-chip/)
   assert.match(coarse, /\.chat__lazy-retry/)