diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a713037..6085d54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   (`hal remember "buy milk"`) is now split on whitespace rather than kept
   together by the shell — quote it at the HAL level if grouping is needed.
 
+### Removed
+
+* Dead `run_git_screen` in `terminal/launchers/mqlaunch.sh` — it had no live
+  caller in the launcher graph (the live copy lives in
+  `tools/scripts/mqlaunch_desktop.sh`). Surfaced while de-layering the git
+  concern (Step 11a); removed as a standalone cleanup rather than folded into a
+  refactor.
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-06-10
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/terminal/launchers/mqlaunch.sh b/terminal/launchers/mqlaunch.sh
index f20d4c4..c70630ea 100755
--- a/terminal/launchers/mqlaunch.sh
+++ b/terminal/launchers/mqlaunch.sh
@@ -323,28 +323,6 @@ safe_run_ai() {
   fi
 }
 
-# Runs git screen.
-run_git_screen() {
-  local title="$1"
-  local cmd="$2"
-
-  print_header
-  row "$title"
-  empty_row
-  row "Repo:"
-  row " $BASE_DIR"
-  empty_row
-
-  (
-    cd "$BASE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || { mq_debug "run_git_screen: cannot cd to $BASE_DIR"; exit 1; }
-    eval "$cmd"
-  )
-
-  echo
-  print_footer
-  pause_enter
-}
-
 # Network concern — status, diagnostics, and connectivity actions — lives in a
 # dedicated library (Step 11a monolith de-layering, audit P4). Sourced into this
 # scope so it keeps using the ambient UI helpers and $BASE_DIR; no behavior