diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.stories.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.stories.tsx
index d5f63899b1..922fb0434b 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.stories.tsx
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ const buildGitWatcher = (): ComponentProps<
 >["gitWatcher"] => ({
 	repositories: new Map(),
 	everDirty: new Set(),
-	lastCheckedAt: undefined,
 	refresh: fn().mockReturnValue(true),
 });
 
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.tsx
index f4d9ab2abc..6a333b5bb9 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatPageView.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ interface AgentChatPageViewProps {
 	gitWatcher: {
 		repositories: ReadonlyMap<string, TypesGen.WorkspaceAgentRepoChanges>;
 		everDirty: ReadonlySet<string>;
-		lastCheckedAt: Date | undefined;
 		refresh: () => boolean;
 	};
 
@@ -346,7 +345,6 @@ export const AgentChatPageView: FC<AgentChatPageViewProps> = ({
 						}
 						repositories={gitWatcher.repositories}
 						everDirty={gitWatcher.everDirty}
-						lastCheckedAt={gitWatcher.lastCheckedAt}
 						onRefresh={handleRefresh}
 						onCommit={handleCommit}
 						isExpanded={visualExpanded}
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.stories.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.stories.tsx
index 7de811aab1..cc775f23f0 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.stories.tsx
@@ -389,44 +389,3 @@ export const CleanRepoFromStart: Story = {
 		expect(tabs).toHaveLength(0);
 	},
 };
-
-/**
- * Renders the relative-time label once a scan has been observed.
- */
-export const ShowsLastCheckedLabel: Story = {
-	args: {
-		repositories: new Map([["/home/coder/coder", makeRepo()]]),
-		// Fixed past date keeps the rendered "ago" text deterministic
-		// for pixel snapshots. dayjs formats "X months ago" or "X
-		// years ago" at this scale, and those buckets do not flip
-		// between story collection and story render.
-		lastCheckedAt: new Date("2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
-	},
-	play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
-		const label = canvasElement.querySelector(
-			'[data-testid="git-last-checked"]',
-		);
-		expect(label).not.toBeNull();
-		// dayjs' relativeTime renders sub-45s as 'a few seconds ago'
-		// and longer spans as '<n> <unit> ago'. Accept either shape
-		// so the story is not coupled to dayjs' specific bucketing.
-		expect(label?.textContent ?? "").toMatch(/^checked .+ ago$/);
-	},
-};
-
-/**
- * With no scan observed yet, the label renders nothing so the
- * toolbar collapses cleanly.
- */
-export const NoLastCheckedYet: Story = {
-	args: {
-		repositories: new Map([["/home/coder/coder", makeRepo()]]),
-		lastCheckedAt: undefined,
-	},
-	play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
-		const label = canvasElement.querySelector(
-			'[data-testid="git-last-checked"]',
-		);
-		expect(label).toBeNull();
-	},
-};
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.tsx
index bec84d5f68..16413a2043 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/GitPanel.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
 } from "../DiffViewer/DiffViewer";
 import { LocalDiffPanel } from "../DiffViewer/LocalDiffPanel";
 import { RemoteDiffPanel } from "../DiffViewer/RemoteDiffPanel";
-import { LastCheckedLabel } from "./LastCheckedLabel";
 
 type GitView = { type: "remote" } | { type: "local"; repoRoot: string };
 
@@ -63,11 +62,6 @@ interface GitPanelProps {
 	 * then reverts it.
 	 */
 	everDirty?: ReadonlySet<string>;
-	/**
-	 * Timestamp of the last scan received from the server. Rendered as a
-	 * live-updating "checked Ns ago" label next to the refresh button.
-	 */
-	lastCheckedAt?: Date | undefined;
 }
 
 function repoTabLabel(repoRoot: string): string {
@@ -84,7 +78,6 @@ export const GitPanel: FC<GitPanelProps> = ({
 	remoteDiffStats,
 	chatInputRef,
 	everDirty,
-	lastCheckedAt,
 }) => {
 	const hasRemoteStats =
 		(remoteDiffStats?.additions ?? 0) > 0 ||
@@ -258,10 +251,6 @@ export const GitPanel: FC<GitPanelProps> = ({
 				</ScrollArea>
 				{/* Controls */}
 				<div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 py-1.5">
-					<LastCheckedLabel
-						at={lastCheckedAt}
-						className="mr-1 whitespace-nowrap text-[11px] text-content-secondary"
-					/>
 					<div className="flex h-6 items-stretch overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-solid border-border-default">
 						<button
 							type="button"
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/LastCheckedLabel.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/LastCheckedLabel.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 06dc3f8eaa..0000000000
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/GitPanel/LastCheckedLabel.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import type { FC } from "react";
-import { cn } from "#/utils/cn";
-import { relativeTime } from "#/utils/time";
-
-interface LastCheckedLabelProps {
-	at: Date | undefined;
-	className?: string;
-}
-
-/**
- * Renders "checked <relative time>" next to the refresh button.
- * Compiled by React Compiler, so re-renders are driven by a fresh
- * `at` reference; the server's 5s scan heartbeat supplies that.
- * Returns null before the first scan so the toolbar collapses.
- */
-export const LastCheckedLabel: FC<LastCheckedLabelProps> = ({
-	at,
-	className,
-}) => {
-	if (!at) {
-		return null;
-	}
-	return (
-		<span
-			data-testid="git-last-checked"
-			className={cn(["whitespace-nowrap", className])}
-			title={at.toLocaleString()}
-		>
-			checked {relativeTime(at)}
-		</span>
-	);
-};
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.test.ts b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.test.ts
index 9e1b0b8c40..1435b9a4b4 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.test.ts
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.test.ts
@@ -842,46 +842,18 @@ describe("useGitWatcher", () => {
 		await waitFor(() => {
 			expect(result.current.everDirty.has("/repo")).toBe(true);
 		});
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
 
 		// Switch to a different chat. The hook tears down and recreates
-		// the socket; everDirty, repositories, and lastCheckedAt must
-		// all reset so chat-B starts with a clean slate.
+		// the socket; everDirty and repositories must all reset so
+		// chat-B starts with a clean slate.
 		createMockSocket();
 		rerender({ chatId: "chat-B" });
 
 		expect(result.current.repositories.size).toBe(0);
 		expect(result.current.everDirty.size).toBe(0);
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt).toBeUndefined();
 	});
 
-	it("tracks lastCheckedAt from scanned_at", async () => {
-		const socket = createMockSocket();
-
-		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
-			useGitWatcher({ chatId: "chat-123", agentStatus: "connected" }),
-		);
-
-		act(() => socket.simulateOpen());
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt).toBeUndefined();
-
-		act(() => {
-			socket.simulateMessage({
-				type: "changes",
-				scanned_at: "2024-01-02T03:04:05Z",
-				repositories: [],
-			});
-		});
-
-		await waitFor(() => {
-			expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
-		});
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(
-			"2024-01-02T03:04:05.000Z",
-		);
-	});
-
-	it("heartbeat message (no repositories) advances lastCheckedAt without touching repos", async () => {
+	it("heartbeat message (no repositories) does not touch repos", async () => {
 		const socket = createMockSocket();
 
 		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
@@ -921,11 +893,6 @@ describe("useGitWatcher", () => {
 			});
 		});
 
-		await waitFor(() => {
-			expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(
-				"2024-01-02T03:04:10.000Z",
-			);
-		});
 		// Heartbeat must not mutate repo state.
 		expect(result.current.repositories).toBe(repoStateBeforeHeartbeat);
 		expect(result.current.everDirty).toBe(everDirtyBeforeHeartbeat);
@@ -968,52 +935,11 @@ describe("useGitWatcher", () => {
 			});
 		});
 
-		await waitFor(() => {
-			expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(
-				"2024-01-02T03:04:15.000Z",
-			);
-		});
 		// Repo entry survives an empty-array heartbeat.
-		expect(result.current.repositories.has("/repo")).toBe(true);
-		expect(result.current.everDirty.has("/repo")).toBe(true);
-	});
-
-	it("ignores malformed scanned_at without clearing existing value", async () => {
-		const socket = createMockSocket();
-
-		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
-			useGitWatcher({ chatId: "chat-123", agentStatus: "connected" }),
-		);
-
-		act(() => socket.simulateOpen());
-
-		// Prime a valid timestamp.
-		act(() => {
-			socket.simulateMessage({
-				type: "changes",
-				scanned_at: "2024-01-02T03:04:05Z",
-				repositories: [],
-			});
-		});
-
 		await waitFor(() => {
-			expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt).toBeDefined();
+			expect(result.current.repositories.has("/repo")).toBe(true);
 		});
-		const firstIso = result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString();
-
-		// A malformed scanned_at must not wipe the previous value.
-		act(() => {
-			socket.simulateMessage({
-				type: "changes",
-				scanned_at: "not-a-date",
-				repositories: [],
-			});
-		});
-
-		// Compare by ISO string, not reference. A future refactor that
-		// re-creates the Date object identically should still pass; what
-		// matters is that the observed timestamp did not change.
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(firstIso);
+		expect(result.current.everDirty.has("/repo")).toBe(true);
 	});
 
 	it("tracks everDirty: preserves across agentStatus flap on the same chat", async () => {
@@ -1053,43 +979,4 @@ describe("useGitWatcher", () => {
 		rerender({ agentStatus: "connected" as WorkspaceAgentStatus });
 		expect(result.current.everDirty.has("/repo")).toBe(true);
 	});
-
-	it("preserves lastCheckedAt across agentStatus flap on the same chat", async () => {
-		const socket1 = createMockSocket();
-
-		const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
-			({ agentStatus }: { agentStatus: WorkspaceAgentStatus | undefined }) =>
-				useGitWatcher({ chatId: "chat-stable", agentStatus }),
-			{ initialProps: { agentStatus: "connected" as WorkspaceAgentStatus } },
-		);
-
-		act(() => socket1.simulateOpen());
-		act(() => {
-			socket1.simulateMessage({
-				type: "changes",
-				scanned_at: "2024-01-02T03:04:05Z",
-				repositories: [],
-			});
-		});
-		await waitFor(() => {
-			expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(
-				"2024-01-02T03:04:05.000Z",
-			);
-		});
-
-		// Transient flap: the socket is torn down but the stale-data
-		// timestamp must keep advancing so the UI's "checked Ns ago"
-		// label does not disappear during reconnection backoff.
-		createMockSocket();
-		rerender({ agentStatus: "connecting" as WorkspaceAgentStatus });
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(
-			"2024-01-02T03:04:05.000Z",
-		);
-
-		createMockSocket();
-		rerender({ agentStatus: "connected" as WorkspaceAgentStatus });
-		expect(result.current.lastCheckedAt?.toISOString()).toBe(
-			"2024-01-02T03:04:05.000Z",
-		);
-	});
 });
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.ts b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.ts
index 2659dc7577..68c64c2998 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.ts
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/hooks/useGitWatcher.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ interface UseGitWatcherResult {
 	 * chatId change. Consumers should intersect with `repositories`.
 	 */
 	everDirty: ReadonlySet<string>;
-	/** ScannedAt from the latest server message. Undefined until the
-	 *  first message arrives. Preserved across reconnects so the UI's
-	 *  relative-time label keeps advancing during backoff. */
-	lastCheckedAt: Date | undefined;
 	/** Whether the WebSocket is currently connected. */
 	isConnected: boolean;
 	/** Send a refresh request. Returns true if sent, false if disconnected. */
@@ -55,20 +51,16 @@ export function useGitWatcher({
 	const [everDirty, setEverDirty] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(
 		() => new Set(),
 	);
-	const [lastCheckedAt, setLastCheckedAt] = useState<Date | undefined>(
-		undefined,
-	);
 	const [isConnected, setIsConnected] = useState(false);
 
 	const socketRef = useRef<WebSocket | null>(null);
-	// Chat-scoped state (everDirty, lastCheckedAt) resets on chatId
-	// change but must survive agentStatus flaps on the same chat.
+	// Chat-scoped state (everDirty) resets on chatId change but
+	// must survive agentStatus flaps on the same chat.
 	// https://react.dev/reference/react/useState#storing-information-from-previous-renders
 	const [lastChatId, setLastChatId] = useState<string | undefined>(chatId);
 	if (lastChatId !== chatId) {
 		setLastChatId(chatId);
 		setEverDirty((prev) => (prev.size === 0 ? prev : new Set()));
-		setLastCheckedAt(undefined);
 	}
 
 	const sendMessage = (msg: WorkspaceAgentGitClientMessage): boolean => {
@@ -112,12 +104,6 @@ export function useGitWatcher({
 					}
 
 					if (data.type === "changes") {
-						if (data.scanned_at) {
-							const parsed = new Date(data.scanned_at);
-							if (!Number.isNaN(parsed.getTime())) {
-								setLastCheckedAt(parsed);
-							}
-						}
 						if (data.repositories) {
 							setRepositories((prev) => {
 								let changed = false;
@@ -182,9 +168,8 @@ export function useGitWatcher({
 		});
 
 		return () => {
-			// Reset connection-scoped state only. `everDirty` and
-			// `lastCheckedAt` are chat-scoped and persist across
-			// reconnects, so a slow backoff keeps the label advancing.
+			// Reset connection-scoped state only. `everDirty` is
+			// chat-scoped and persists across reconnects.
 			dispose();
 			setIsConnected(false);
 			setRepositories(new Map());
@@ -192,5 +177,5 @@ export function useGitWatcher({
 		};
 	}, [chatId, agentStatus]);
 
-	return { repositories, everDirty, lastCheckedAt, isConnected, refresh };
+	return { repositories, everDirty, isConnected, refresh };
 }