diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts
index c51429ff6d83..61c630c815e4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import {
   shouldRefreshPullRequestActivity,
   resolveBaseFreshness,
   buildPullRequestTimeline,
-  describePullRequestState,
   editPullRequestThreadComment,
   writePullRequestDetailSnapshot,
 } from "./pullRequestDetail.logic";
@@ -199,15 +198,6 @@ describe("pull request primary control", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("pull request state description", () => {
-  it("keeps draft and conflicts orthogonal to the terminal states", () => {
-    expect(describePullRequestState("open", true)).toBe("Draft");
-    expect(describePullRequestState("open", false)).toBe("Ready for review");
-    expect(describePullRequestState("merged", true)).toBe("Merged");
-    expect(describePullRequestState("closed", false)).toBe("Closed");
-  });
-});
-
 describe("pull request handoff labels", () => {
   it("names the open thread when actions write to its composer", () => {
     expect(pullRequestHandoffLabels(true)).toEqual({
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
index cffe33f8d83d..d00215f02d41 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
@@ -189,13 +189,6 @@ export function isStackedPullRequestBase(
   return defaultBranch !== baseBranch;
 }
 
-/** Plain-language state, shown beside the author. Conflicts are a merge signal, not a state. */
-export function describePullRequestState(state: PullRequestState, isDraft: boolean): string {
-  if (state === "merged") return "Merged";
-  if (state === "closed") return "Closed";
-  return isDraft ? "Draft" : "Ready for review";
-}
-
 /** Chronological ascending, oldest to newest — reversed for the "newest" reading order. */
 export function orderPullRequestComments<T extends { readonly createdAt: string }>(
   comments: ReadonlyArray<T>,