diff --git a/apps/web/src/config.ts b/apps/web/src/config.ts
index db60e02b..00462016 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/config.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/config.ts
@@ -709,8 +709,6 @@ export const wording = {
     actions: {
       design_app: {
         approve: "Start the design",
-        /** Later design starts in this project's run go ahead without a card. */
-        approveAlways: "Start designs without asking",
         deny: "Not yet",
       },
     } as Record<
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/document-decision.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/document-decision.tsx
index 1cda6ab6..b7408adc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/document-decision.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/document-decision.tsx
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ import type { ApprovalOutcome, DocumentApproval } from "./transcript.tsx";
 const text = wording.approval;
 const INSTRUCTION_ASKS = new Set(["instruct_coder"]);
 const FOLDED_INSTRUCTION_ASKS = new Set(["design_app"]);
-// Asks that record no approval of document versions, where the native standing
-// grant only lets later calls in the run go ahead. Every other card records an
-// approval of the exact versions shown, so it hides the library's Approve always.
-const STANDING_ASKS = new Set(["design_app"]);
 
 function shortName(approval: DocumentApproval): string | undefined {
   const { document } = approval;
@@ -118,7 +114,6 @@ export function DocumentDecision({
   disabled = false,
   error,
   onYes,
-  onAlways,
   onNo,
   countdown,
 }: {
@@ -149,10 +144,8 @@ export function DocumentDecision({
   };
   const instruction = approval.instruction;
   const tool = approval.toolName ?? "";
-  const standing = STANDING_ASKS.has(tool);
   const decide = (decision: ToolApprovalDecision) => {
     if (decision.outcome === "rejected") onNo();
-    else if (standing && decision.scope === "always") onAlways();
     else onYes();
   };
   const sources = approval.sources ?? [];
@@ -184,11 +177,7 @@ export function DocumentDecision({
     );
   return (
     <ToolApproval
-      className={
-        standing
-          ? "document-decision"
-          : "document-decision document-decision-once"
-      }
+      className="document-decision document-decision-once"
       part={approvalToolPart(approval.approvalId, approval.outcome)}
       onDecide={decide}
       disabled={disabled}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
index ab3610f2..8f94e86c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ describe("conversation transcript", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("sha256");
   });
 
+  test("a design start does not offer to go ahead without asking", () => {
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <DocumentDecision
+        approval={{ approvalId: "appr-1", toolName: "design_app" }}
+        onYes={() => {}}
+        onAlways={() => {}}
+        onNo={() => {}}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("document-decision-once");
+    expect(html).toContain(">Start the design<");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Start designs without asking");
+  });
+
   test("Not yet denies the approval and then takes the person to the composer", () => {
     const calls: string[] = [];
     const thread = RoomThread({
diff --git a/docs/USER_MANUAL.md b/docs/USER_MANUAL.md
index af53c43b..663f3278 100644
--- a/docs/USER_MANUAL.md
+++ b/docs/USER_MANUAL.md
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ Before any designer starts, a card asks **Ready to start the design?** and lists
 the **Design concepts to compare** it will make.
 
 - **Start the design** lets it begin.
-- **Start designs without asking** also lets later design starts in this
-  project go ahead without a card.
 - **Not yet** stops it so you can say what to change.
 
 If you asked to explore, you get as many concepts as **Design concepts to