diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6d22558..791490f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -320,62 +320,3 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$http_code" != "204" ]; then
             echo "::warning::cross-repo dispatch returned $http_code (expected 204). Not failing the api PR yet."
           fi
-
-  # Cross-repo payment/UI integration gate. The api owns the cohort test-mode
-  # checkout routing + the Razorpay webhook tier-elevation — an api change that
-  # breaks them would not trigger instanode-web CI on its own, so the
-  # browser-level money-funnel regression could ship despite green api units.
-  #
-  # On every push to master (an API "build"/deploy) this fires a
-  # repository_dispatch that instanode-web's e2e-prod.yml listens for
-  # (`e2e-prod-from-deploy`): it installs Chromium and drives the full
-  # live-ui-payment flow (free cohort → UI Upgrade → Razorpay TEST checkout →
-  # card → assert Pro) against the just-deployed prod, plus the rest of the live
-  # suite. push-to-master only (NOT per-PR): the full leg mints a real TEST-mode
-  # subscription, so we run it on the deploy, not on every PR push.
-  #
-  # Auth: REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN must have `repo` scope on instanode-web (same secret
-  # as the auth-contract dispatch above). Missing → soft-skip so api CI stays
-  # green during rollout.
-  dispatch-e2e-prod:
-    name: Trigger instanode-web e2e-prod payment/UI suite (post-deploy)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-and-test
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    steps:
-      - name: Fire e2e-prod-from-deploy repository_dispatch on instanode-web
-        env:
-          DISPATCH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
-          TRIGGER: ${{ github.event_name }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [ -z "${DISPATCH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-            echo "::warning::REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN not set; skipping cross-repo e2e-prod dispatch. " \
-              "Provision the secret (with \`repo\` scope on instanode-web) to run the payment/UI suite on every API build."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          # SHA is a 40-char hex from github.sha — repo-controlled. Validate shape.
-          case "$SHA" in
-            [0-9a-f]*) ;;
-            *) echo "::error::unexpected SHA shape: $SHA"; exit 1 ;;
-          esac
-          case "$TRIGGER" in
-            push) ;;
-            *) echo "::error::unexpected TRIGGER: $TRIGGER"; exit 1 ;;
-          esac
-          payload=$(printf '{"event_type":"e2e-prod-from-deploy","client_payload":{"api_sha":"%s","trigger":"%s","api_url":"https://api.instanode.dev","web_origin":"https://instanode.dev"}}' \
-            "$SHA" "$TRIGGER")
-          echo "Dispatching to InstaNode-dev/instanode-web: $payload"
-          http_code=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/dispatch_e2e.out -w '%{http_code}' \
-            -X POST \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${DISPATCH_TOKEN}" \
-            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
-            https://api.github.com/repos/InstaNode-dev/instanode-web/dispatches \
-            -d "$payload")
-          echo "dispatch response: HTTP $http_code"
-          cat /tmp/dispatch_e2e.out || true
-          if [ "$http_code" != "204" ]; then
-            echo "::warning::e2e-prod dispatch returned $http_code (expected 204). Not failing the api build yet."
-          fi