diff --git a/packages/kilo-docs/source-links.md b/packages/kilo-docs/source-links.md
index 5a30e68d6ed..49c8e1c151a 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-docs/source-links.md
+++ b/packages/kilo-docs/source-links.md
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@
   <!-- packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/MarketplaceContribute.tsx -->
 - <https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode>
   <!-- packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/AboutKiloCodeTab.tsx -->
-- <https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/>
-  <!-- packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/notifications.tsx -->
 - <https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/issues/6986>
   <!-- packages/kilo-vscode/src/agent-manager/constants.ts -->
 - <https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/issues/9618>
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/notifications.tsx b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/notifications.tsx
index 67deb6f99c9..8c722585e6a 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/notifications.tsx
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/notifications.tsx
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ import {
 import { useVSCode } from "./vscode"
 import type { KilocodeNotification, ExtensionMessage } from "../types/messages"
 
-// Static notifications always shown unconditionally (not fetched from API)
-const STATIC_NOTIFICATIONS: KilocodeNotification[] = [
-  {
-    id: "star-giveaway-june-2026",
-    title: "GitHub Star Giveaway",
-    message: "We're giving away $500 of AI Credits when we reach 25,000 stars on GitHub. Support us:",
-    action: { actionText: "github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode", actionURL: "https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/" },
-  },
-]
-
 interface NotificationsContextValue {
   notifications: Accessor<KilocodeNotification[]>
   filteredNotifications: Accessor<KilocodeNotification[]>
@@ -63,8 +53,7 @@ export const NotificationsProvider: ParentComponent = (props) => {
 
   const filteredNotifications = createMemo(() => {
     const dismissed = dismissedIds()
-    const all = [...STATIC_NOTIFICATIONS, ...notifications()]
-    return all.filter((n) => !dismissed.includes(n.id))
+    return notifications().filter((n) => !dismissed.includes(n.id))
   })
 
   const dismiss = (id: string) => {