diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
index aa74ef915d..ec550fb61b 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
@@ -2516,44 +2516,9 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Parse skill mentions (<$skillId|label>) from user messages
-		const skillMentionRegex = /<\$([^|>]+)\|?[^>]*>/g;
+		// Menu-selected skills are sent as IDs; inline <$skillId|label> mentions stay
+		// in the message so the backend can inject their full content.
 		const skillIds = [...selectedSkillIds];
-		const mentionSkillIds = [];
-		for (const message of messages) {
-			const content =
-				typeof message.content === 'string' ? message.content : (message.content?.[0]?.text ?? '');
-			for (const match of content.matchAll(skillMentionRegex)) {
-				if (!mentionSkillIds.includes(match[1])) {
-					mentionSkillIds.push(match[1]);
-				}
-				if (!skillIds.includes(match[1])) {
-					skillIds.push(match[1]);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Strip skill mentions from message content
-		if (mentionSkillIds.length > 0) {
-			messages = messages.map((message) => {
-				if (typeof message.content === 'string') {
-					return {
-						...message,
-						content: message.content.replace(/<\$[^>]+>/g, '').trim()
-					};
-				} else if (Array.isArray(message.content)) {
-					return {
-						...message,
-						content: message.content.map((part) =>
-							part.type === 'text'
-								? { ...part, text: part.text.replace(/<\$[^>]+>/g, '').trim() }
-								: part
-						)
-					};
-				}
-				return message;
-			});
-		}
 
 		// Use the user-selected terminal from the dropdown
 		const activeTerminalId = $selectedTerminalId ?? null;