diff --git a/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/channel.test.ts b/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/channel.test.ts
index 1e48ca0961..8dab11dffc 100644
--- a/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/channel.test.ts
+++ b/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/channel.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { __pluginInternals, kiloChatPlugin } from './channel';
 
@@ -260,22 +259,6 @@ describe('kilo-chat actions adapter', () => {
     expect(adapter?.resolveExecutionMode?.({ action: 'react' as never })).toBe('local');
   });
 
-  it('routes send actions before constructing the shared action client', async () => {
-    const source = await readFile(new URL('./channel.ts', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
-    const handleActionIndex = source.indexOf(
-      'handleAction: async (ctx: ChannelMessageActionContext)'
-    );
-    const sendBranchIndex = source.indexOf(
-      "if (ctx.action === 'send' || ctx.action === 'upload-file')",
-      handleActionIndex
-    );
-    const sharedClientIndex = source.indexOf('const client = makeClient();', handleActionIndex);
-
-    expect(handleActionIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
-    expect(sendBranchIndex).toBeGreaterThan(handleActionIndex);
-    expect(sharedClientIndex).toBeGreaterThan(sendBranchIndex);
-  });
-
   it('handles send with a base64 buffer as an arbitrary attachment', async () => {
     const calls: Array<{ url: string; init: RequestInit }> = [];
     const fetchImpl = vi.fn(async (input: string | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
diff --git a/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/client.test.ts b/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/client.test.ts
index 277dc6063c..8711e96fbb 100644
--- a/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/client.test.ts
+++ b/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kilo-chat/src/client.test.ts
@@ -128,35 +128,6 @@ describe('createKiloChatClient', () => {
     const body = JSON.parse((init as RequestInit).body as string);
     expect(body.inReplyToMessageId).toBeUndefined();
   });
-
-  it('createMessage posts to /_kilo/kilo-chat/send and returns messageId', async () => {
-    const fetchImpl = vi.fn(
-      async () =>
-        new Response(JSON.stringify(createMessageResponse()), {
-          status: 200,
-          headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
-        })
-    );
-    const client = createKiloChatClient({
-      controllerBaseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:18789',
-      gatewayToken: 'gwt',
-      fetchImpl: fetchImpl as unknown as typeof fetch,
-    });
-
-    const result = await client.createMessage({
-      conversationId: 'c1',
-      content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'hello' }],
-    });
-
-    expect(fetchImpl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const [url, init] = fetchImpl.mock.calls[0]!;
-    expect(url).toBe('http://127.0.0.1:18789/_kilo/kilo-chat/send');
-    const init2 = init as RequestInit;
-    expect(init2.method).toBe('POST');
-    const body = JSON.parse(init2.body as string);
-    expect(body).toEqual({ conversationId: 'c1', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'hello' }] });
-    expect(result.messageId).toBe('m1');
-  });
 });
 
 describe('editMessage', () => {
diff --git a/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kiloclaw-morning-briefing/src/index.web-search-query.test.ts b/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kiloclaw-morning-briefing/src/index.web-search-query.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f8771f451..0000000000
--- a/services/kiloclaw/plugins/kiloclaw-morning-briefing/src/index.web-search-query.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-
-// The same Typebox/plugin-entry mocks as index.lifecycle.test.ts so we
-// can import the module without the controller SDK installed.
-vi.mock('@sinclair/typebox', () => ({
-  Type: {
-    Object: (value: unknown) => value,
-    Optional: (value: unknown) => value,
-    String: (value: unknown) => value,
-    Union: (value: unknown) => value,
-    Literal: (value: unknown) => value,
-  },
-}));
-
-vi.mock('openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-entry', () => ({
-  definePluginEntry: (entry: unknown) => entry,
-}));
-
-import { buildBriefingWebSearchQuery } from './index';
-
-describe('buildBriefingWebSearchQuery', () => {
-  // Function now interpolates a single topic per call (per-topic loop
-  // pattern). `collectWebSearch` short-circuits to a nudge when no
-  // topics are selected and runs this builder once per remaining topic.
-
-  it('interpolates a topic into the query string', () => {
-    expect(buildBriefingWebSearchQuery('Tech')).toBe(
-      'latest news and updates on Tech from the last 24 hours'
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('interpolates a multi-word topic verbatim', () => {
-    expect(buildBriefingWebSearchQuery('Health Tech')).toBe(
-      'latest news and updates on Health Tech from the last 24 hours'
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('does not trim — caller is responsible for sanitisation', () => {
-    // The collectWebSearch caller trims + filters empty topics. This
-    // function trusts the input so the same call site can build
-    // arbitrary queries without re-trimming.
-    expect(buildBriefingWebSearchQuery('  Markets ')).toBe(
-      'latest news and updates on   Markets  from the last 24 hours'
-    );
-  });
-});