diff --git a/packages/prompt-variance/src/assemble.test.ts b/packages/prompt-variance/src/assemble.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a0c0aeeca..000000000
--- a/packages/prompt-variance/src/assemble.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { assemble } from "./assemble.js";
-import { claudeRow, defaultRow, gptRow, grokRow, museRow } from "./rows.js";
-
-const SECTIONS = ["contract", "Tools (names only): read_file", "context"];
-
-describe("assemble", () => {
-  test("joins sections with the residual as the last section", () => {
-    const out = assemble(SECTIONS, grokRow);
-    expect(out).toContain("contract");
-    expect(out.trimEnd().endsWith(grokRow.residual)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test("a row without residual leaves the sections unchanged", () => {
-    expect(assemble(SECTIONS, defaultRow)).toBe(SECTIONS.join("\n\n"));
-  });
-
-  test("muse residual closes the prompt like the shipped tail append", () => {
-    const out = assemble(SECTIONS, museRow);
-    expect(out.trimEnd().endsWith(museRow.residual)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test("claude and gpt residuals close the prompt the same way", () => {
-    expect(
-      assemble(SECTIONS, claudeRow).trimEnd().endsWith(claudeRow.residual),
-    ).toBe(true);
-    expect(assemble(SECTIONS, gptRow).trimEnd().endsWith(gptRow.residual)).toBe(
-      true,
-    );
-  });
-
-  test("tool mounting is out of scope: assemble returns a string, not tool names", () => {
-    const out = assemble(SECTIONS, grokRow);
-    expect(typeof out).toBe("string");
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/prompt-variance/src/assemble.ts b/packages/prompt-variance/src/assemble.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fd56fc1df..000000000
--- a/packages/prompt-variance/src/assemble.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import type { PromptVarianceRow } from "./rows.js";
-
-/**
- * Append a family variance row's residual at the tail of the assembled
- * sections (CL-8269). An empty residual leaves the sections unchanged.
- * Residuals render last so they cannot disturb the cached prompt prefix.
- * Tool mounting is out of scope: run.ts applies
- * ModelFamilyPolicy.advertisedToolDeny at mount time.
- */
-export function assemble(
-  sections: readonly string[],
-  familyRow: PromptVarianceRow,
-): string {
-  if (familyRow.residual.length === 0) return sections.join("\n\n");
-  return [...sections, familyRow.residual].join("\n\n");
-}
diff --git a/packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts b/packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts
index 43b010f03..b46dd9fe4 100644
--- a/packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-export { assemble } from "./assemble.js";
-export { resolvePromptVariance } from "./resolve.js";
 export {
   claudeRow,
   defaultRow,
diff --git a/packages/prompt-variance/src/resolve.test.ts b/packages/prompt-variance/src/resolve.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e071683c..000000000
--- a/packages/prompt-variance/src/resolve.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { resolvePromptVariance } from "./resolve.js";
-import { grokRow } from "./rows.js";
-
-describe("resolvePromptVariance", () => {
-  test("resolves each family to its row", () => {
-    expect(resolvePromptVariance({ family: "default" }).id).toBe("default");
-    expect(resolvePromptVariance({ family: "muse" }).id).toBe("muse");
-    expect(resolvePromptVariance({ family: "grok" }).id).toBe("grok");
-    expect(resolvePromptVariance({ family: "claude" }).id).toBe("claude");
-    expect(resolvePromptVariance({ family: "gpt" }).id).toBe("gpt");
-  });
-
-  test("grok keeps its finish-bias residual on leaves", () => {
-    const row = resolvePromptVariance({ family: "grok", orchestrator: false });
-    expect(row.residual).toBe(grokRow.residual);
-  });
-
-  test("grok on orchestrators falls back to the default row", () => {
-    const row = resolvePromptVariance({ family: "grok", orchestrator: true });
-    expect(row.id).toBe("default");
-    expect(row.residual).toBe("");
-  });
-
-  test("claude keeps its task_guidance block on leaves, not orchestrators", () => {
-    expect(
-      resolvePromptVariance({ family: "claude", orchestrator: false }).residual,
-    ).toContain("<task_guidance>");
-    const orch = resolvePromptVariance({
-      family: "claude",
-      orchestrator: true,
-    });
-    expect(orch.id).toBe("default");
-    expect(orch.residual).toBe("");
-  });
-
-  test("muse keeps its residual on leaves and orchestrators alike", () => {
-    expect(
-      resolvePromptVariance({ family: "muse", orchestrator: false }).residual,
-    ).not.toBe("");
-    expect(
-      resolvePromptVariance({ family: "muse", orchestrator: true }).residual,
-    ).not.toBe("");
-  });
-
-  test("gpt keeps its narrate-before-tools nudge on leaves and orchestrators alike", () => {
-    expect(
-      resolvePromptVariance({ family: "gpt", orchestrator: false }).residual,
-    ).toContain("Narrate before tools");
-    expect(
-      resolvePromptVariance({ family: "gpt", orchestrator: true }).residual,
-    ).toContain("Narrate before tools");
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/prompt-variance/src/resolve.ts b/packages/prompt-variance/src/resolve.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e7d100d..000000000
--- a/packages/prompt-variance/src/resolve.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  defaultRow,
-  FAMILY_ROWS,
-  type PromptVarianceFamily,
-  type PromptVarianceRow,
-} from "./rows.js";
-
-/**
- * Resolve the variance row for a family, mirroring the leaves-only gates in
- * the model family policy: the grok finish-bias residual and the claude
- * task_guidance block only make sense on leaf workers, so orchestrators
- * fall back to the default row. Muse keeps its residual on both — the
- * constructors append the same text at the tail either way — and gpt keeps
- * its narrate-before-tools nudge on primaries and leaves alike.
- */
-export function resolvePromptVariance(input: {
-  family: PromptVarianceFamily;
-  orchestrator?: boolean;
-}): PromptVarianceRow {
-  if (input.orchestrator === true) {
-    if (input.family === "grok" || input.family === "claude") {
-      return defaultRow;
-    }
-  }
-  return FAMILY_ROWS[input.family];
-}
diff --git a/scripts/dead-export-allowlist.txt b/scripts/dead-export-allowlist.txt
index 34948e783..0ef6a8492 100644
--- a/scripts/dead-export-allowlist.txt
+++ b/scripts/dead-export-allowlist.txt
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ packages/opencode-go/src/models.ts: readonly
 # to the exact ts-prune flags so a new dead export in this barrel fails the
 # guard instead of hiding under a whole-file exemption. Remove each entry
 # with the export it names if the public surface shrinks.
-packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts: assemble
-packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts: resolvePromptVariance
 packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts: defaultRow
 packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts: FAMILY_IDS
 packages/prompt-variance/src/index.ts: FAMILY_ROWS