diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerModelEffort.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerModelEffort.tsx
index f56997ff2a6a1..62594d9d59447 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerModelEffort.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerModelEffort.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { ProviderOptionDescriptor, RuntimeMode } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import type { EffortDisplay } from "@t3tools/contracts/settings";
 import { getProviderOptionCurrentLabel } from "@t3tools/shared/model";
 import { CheckIcon, ChevronRightIcon, ChevronUpIcon, WorkflowIcon } from "lucide-react";
-import { type KeyboardEvent, type ReactNode, use, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { type KeyboardEvent, type ReactNode, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import { cn } from "~/lib/utils";
 import {
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import type { ComposerControlSize } from "./ComposerControl";
 import { ComposerPermissionsSection, type RuntimeModeOption } from "./ComposerFooterControls";
 import { composerFloatingLayerProps, focusCheckedPermission } from "./composerEventScope";
 import { EffortGlyph, FastBolt, resolveEffortGlyph } from "./EffortGlyph";
-import { DockedPickerContext } from "./ProviderModelPicker";
 import {
   getTraitsSectionVisibility,
   type TraitsSelectionInput,
@@ -491,7 +490,6 @@ function NoEffortRow() {
 
 /** The model picker's effort column: the selected model's levels and its other options. */
 export function ComposerEffortColumn(props: { traits: TraitsSelectionInput | null }) {
-  const picker = use(DockedPickerContext);
   const visibility = props.traits ? getTraitsSectionVisibility(props.traits) : null;
   const controls =
     props.traits && visibility
@@ -505,9 +503,6 @@ export function ComposerEffortColumn(props: { traits: TraitsSelectionInput | nul
           <span className="text-muted-foreground">
             {controls?.effort?.descriptor.label ?? (controls?.others.length ? "Options" : "Effort")}
           </span>
-          <span className="ms-auto min-w-0 truncate text-muted-foreground text-xs">
-            {picker.modelLabel}
-          </span>
         </div>
       </div>
       {/* pt-2.5 puts the first level on the same line as the first model. */}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderModelPicker.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderModelPicker.tsx
index dc24671c301ba..fc878b778d2d6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderModelPicker.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderModelPicker.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import { RegistryContext } from "@effect/atom-react";
 import {
-  createContext,
   memo,
   type ReactNode,
   useContext,
@@ -83,9 +82,6 @@ function lockBackgroundScroll(popup: HTMLElement | null) {
   };
 }
 
-/** What a docked effort column needs from its picker: the model it serves. */
-export const DockedPickerContext = createContext<{ modelLabel: string }>({ modelLabel: "" });
-
 export const ProviderModelPicker = memo(function ProviderModelPicker(props: {
   environmentId: EnvironmentId | null;
   workspaceCwd?: string | null;
@@ -457,29 +453,27 @@ export const ProviderModelPicker = memo(function ProviderModelPicker(props: {
         touchBackdrop
       >
         {props.effortColumn ? (
-          <DockedPickerContext value={{ modelLabel: triggerTitle }}>
-            <div className="flex max-h-(--available-height) flex-col">
-              {/* One fixed height, so a model with more options never resizes the popup. Short
+          <div className="flex max-h-(--available-height) flex-col">
+            {/* One fixed height, so a model with more options never resizes the popup. Short
                   windows shrink it and keep the footer. */}
-              <div className="flex h-86.5 min-h-0 max-sm:h-auto max-sm:flex-col">
-                {picker}
-                <div
-                  data-model-picker-effort
-                  className="flex min-h-0 w-48 flex-col sm:shrink-0 border-l border-border/70 bg-muted/40 max-sm:h-64 max-sm:w-full max-sm:border-t max-sm:border-l-0"
-                  onKeyDown={(event) => {
-                    if (event.key !== "ArrowLeft" || event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey)
-                      return;
-                    event.preventDefault();
-                    event.stopPropagation();
-                    searchInputRef.current?.focus();
-                  }}
-                >
-                  {props.effortColumn}
-                </div>
+            <div className="flex h-86.5 min-h-0 max-sm:h-auto max-sm:flex-col">
+              {picker}
+              <div
+                data-model-picker-effort
+                className="flex min-h-0 w-48 flex-col sm:shrink-0 border-l border-border/70 bg-muted/40 max-sm:h-64 max-sm:w-full max-sm:border-t max-sm:border-l-0"
+                onKeyDown={(event) => {
+                  if (event.key !== "ArrowLeft" || event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey)
+                    return;
+                  event.preventDefault();
+                  event.stopPropagation();
+                  searchInputRef.current?.focus();
+                }}
+              >
+                {props.effortColumn}
               </div>
-              {props.footer}
             </div>
-          </DockedPickerContext>
+            {props.footer}
+          </div>
         ) : (
           picker
         )}