diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
index d9fa512aa..60faee4f7 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export async function runEmbeddedAttempt(
 
     const toolsRaw = createClawdbotCodingTools({
       exec: {
-        ...(params.execOverrides ?? {}),
+        ...params.execOverrides,
         elevated: params.bashElevated,
       },
       sandbox,
diff --git a/src/config/types.tools.ts b/src/config/types.tools.ts
index 25768aaf2..d2be8d111 100644
--- a/src/config/types.tools.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.tools.ts
@@ -387,32 +387,3 @@ export type ToolsConfig = {
     };
   };
 };
-
-export type ExecToolConfig = {
-  /** Exec host routing (default: sandbox). */
-  host?: "sandbox" | "gateway" | "node";
-  /** Exec security mode (default: deny). */
-  security?: "deny" | "allowlist" | "full";
-  /** Exec ask mode (default: on-miss). */
-  ask?: "off" | "on-miss" | "always";
-  /** Default node binding for exec.host=node (node id/name). */
-  node?: string;
-  /** Default time (ms) before an exec command auto-backgrounds. */
-  backgroundMs?: number;
-  /** Default timeout (seconds) before auto-killing exec commands. */
-  timeoutSec?: number;
-  /** How long to keep finished sessions in memory (ms). */
-  cleanupMs?: number;
-  /** Emit a system event and heartbeat when a backgrounded exec exits. */
-  notifyOnExit?: boolean;
-  /** apply_patch subtool configuration (experimental). */
-  applyPatch?: {
-    /** Enable apply_patch for OpenAI models (default: false). */
-    enabled?: boolean;
-    /**
-     * Optional allowlist of model ids that can use apply_patch.
-     * Accepts either raw ids (e.g. "gpt-5.2") or full ids (e.g. "openai/gpt-5.2").
-     */
-    allowModels?: string[];
-  };
-};