diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts b/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts
index 022222f8a66e..da0b31498625 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 
 import { createUserMessage, getCompactingMessage, getThinkingMessage } from '../types/message';
 import { errorMessage } from '../utils/conversionUtils';
-import { LocalMessageStorage } from '../utils/localMessageStorage';
 
 const resultsCache = new Map<string, { messages: Message[]; session: Session }>();
 
@@ -165,8 +164,6 @@ export function useChatStream({
   });
   const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<NotificationEvent[]>([]);
   const abortControllerRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null);
-  const [lastInteractionTime, setLastInteractionTime] = useState<number>(Date.now());
-  const [powerSaveTimeoutId, setPowerSaveTimeoutId] = useState<number | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (session) {
@@ -183,42 +180,12 @@ export function useChatStream({
     setNotifications((prev) => [...prev, notification]);
   }, []);
 
-  const stopPowerSaveBlocker = useCallback(() => {
-    try {
-      window.electron.stopPowerSaveBlocker();
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Failed to stop power save blocker:', error);
-    }
-
-    if (powerSaveTimeoutId) {
-      window.clearTimeout(powerSaveTimeoutId);
-      setPowerSaveTimeoutId(null);
-    }
-  }, [powerSaveTimeoutId]);
-
   const onFinish = useCallback(
     (error?: string): void => {
-      stopPowerSaveBlocker();
-
       if (error) {
         setSessionLoadError(error);
       }
 
-      const timeSinceLastInteraction = Date.now() - lastInteractionTime;
-
-      if (timeSinceLastInteraction > 60000) {
-        try {
-          window.electron.showNotification({
-            title: 'Goose finished the task',
-            body: 'Click here for details',
-          });
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error('Failed to show notification:', error);
-        }
-      } else {
-        console.log('useChatStream: Not showing notification (task took less than 2 seconds)');
-      }
-
       const isNewSession = sessionId && sessionId.match(/^\d{8}_\d{6}$/);
       if (isNewSession) {
         console.log(
@@ -230,22 +197,9 @@ export function useChatStream({
       setChatState(ChatState.Idle);
       onStreamFinish();
     },
-    [onStreamFinish, stopPowerSaveBlocker, lastInteractionTime, sessionId]
+    [onStreamFinish, sessionId]
   );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    return () => {
-      if (powerSaveTimeoutId) {
-        window.clearTimeout(powerSaveTimeoutId);
-      }
-      try {
-        window.electron.stopPowerSaveBlocker();
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Failed to stop power save blocker during cleanup:', error);
-      }
-    };
-  }, [powerSaveTimeoutId]);
-
   // Load session on mount or sessionId change
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!sessionId) return;
@@ -306,29 +260,9 @@ export function useChatStream({
       }
 
       if (!userMessage.trim()) {
-        stopPowerSaveBlocker();
         return;
       }
 
-      LocalMessageStorage.addMessage(userMessage.trim());
-
-      try {
-        window.electron.startPowerSaveBlocker();
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Failed to start power save blocker:', error);
-      }
-
-      setLastInteractionTime(Date.now());
-
-      const timeoutId = window.setTimeout(
-        () => {
-          console.warn('Power save blocker timeout - stopping automatically after 15 minutes');
-          stopPowerSaveBlocker();
-        },
-        15 * 60 * 1000
-      );
-      setPowerSaveTimeoutId(timeoutId);
-
       if (messagesRef.current.length === 0) {
         window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('session-created'));
       }
@@ -369,15 +303,7 @@ export function useChatStream({
         }
       }
     },
-    [
-      sessionId,
-      session,
-      chatState,
-      updateMessages,
-      updateNotifications,
-      onFinish,
-      stopPowerSaveBlocker,
-    ]
+    [sessionId, session, chatState, updateMessages, updateNotifications, onFinish]
   );
 
   const setRecipeUserParams = useCallback(
@@ -420,10 +346,8 @@ export function useChatStream({
 
   const stopStreaming = useCallback(() => {
     abortControllerRef.current?.abort();
-    setLastInteractionTime(Date.now());
-    stopPowerSaveBlocker();
     setChatState(ChatState.Idle);
-  }, [stopPowerSaveBlocker]);
+  }, []);
 
   const cached = resultsCache.get(sessionId);
   const maybe_cached_messages = session ? messages : cached?.messages || [];
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index 27c583e53b64..80035f02131d 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -2178,39 +2178,6 @@ async function appMain() {
     }
   });
 
-  ipcMain.handle('start-power-save-blocker', (event) => {
-    const window = BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender);
-    const windowId = window?.id;
-
-    if (windowId && !windowPowerSaveBlockers.has(windowId)) {
-      const blockerId = powerSaveBlocker.start('prevent-app-suspension');
-      windowPowerSaveBlockers.set(windowId, blockerId);
-      console.log(`[Main] Started power save blocker ${blockerId} for window ${windowId}`);
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    if (windowId && windowPowerSaveBlockers.has(windowId)) {
-      console.log(`[Main] Power save blocker already active for window ${windowId}`);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-  });
-
-  ipcMain.handle('stop-power-save-blocker', (event) => {
-    const window = BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender);
-    const windowId = window?.id;
-
-    if (windowId && windowPowerSaveBlockers.has(windowId)) {
-      const blockerId = windowPowerSaveBlockers.get(windowId)!;
-      powerSaveBlocker.stop(blockerId);
-      windowPowerSaveBlockers.delete(windowId);
-      console.log(`[Main] Stopped power save blocker ${blockerId} for window ${windowId}`);
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-  });
-
   // Handle metadata fetching from main process
   ipcMain.handle('fetch-metadata', async (_event, url) => {
     try {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts b/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
index 324964276005..2940f9b508ea 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ type ElectronAPI = {
   reloadApp: () => void;
   checkForOllama: () => Promise<boolean>;
   selectFileOrDirectory: (defaultPath?: string) => Promise<string | null>;
-  startPowerSaveBlocker: () => Promise<number>;
-  stopPowerSaveBlocker: () => Promise<void>;
   getBinaryPath: (binaryName: string) => Promise<string>;
   readFile: (directory: string) => Promise<FileResponse>;
   writeFile: (directory: string, content: string) => Promise<boolean>;
@@ -164,8 +162,6 @@ const electronAPI: ElectronAPI = {
   checkForOllama: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('check-ollama'),
   selectFileOrDirectory: (defaultPath?: string) =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke('select-file-or-directory', defaultPath),
-  startPowerSaveBlocker: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('start-power-save-blocker'),
-  stopPowerSaveBlocker: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('stop-power-save-blocker'),
   getBinaryPath: (binaryName: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-binary-path', binaryName),
   readFile: (filePath: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('read-file', filePath),
   writeFile: (filePath: string, content: string) =>