diff --git a/scripts/monitor/health-monitor.sh b/scripts/monitor/health-monitor.sh
index 684c5f4..0027f0f 100755
--- a/scripts/monitor/health-monitor.sh
+++ b/scripts/monitor/health-monitor.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# health-monitor.sh - Homelab node health monitor and safe disk cleanup
+# health-monitor.sh - Homelab node health monitor
 #
 # Designed to run standalone on the host (cron or direct) or to be called by
-# the node-agent Python daemon. All cleanup decisions follow the conservative
-# policy agreed in the design review:
+# the node-agent Python daemon.
 #
-#  lte_node  (chelsty-infra, chelsty-ha) : NO cleanup at all
-#  sd_card   (piha, saturn)              : dangling images + stopped containers,
-#                                          rate-limited to once per 24 h
-#  ai_node   (solaria)                   : dangling images + stopped containers
-#                                          + build cache (NEVER -a)
-#  standard  (vps)                       : dangling images + stopped containers
-#                                          + build cache
+# Docker cleanup (image/container/build-cache prune) does NOT live here.
+# node_agent.py (R1) is the sole owner of that cleanup, with a filtered
+# container prune that respects restart policy and compose ownership —
+# see kb/incidents/2026-07-30-ollama-solaria-vanish.md. This script used to
+# carry its own unfiltered `docker container prune -f` (never wired into
+# cron/systemd on any node, verified 2026-08-06); it was removed rather than
+# backporting the R1 filter here too, to avoid two independent copies of
+# cleanup logic drifting apart.
 #
 # VPS additionally rotates control-plane filesystem artefacts:
 #   actions/completed + failed  > 7 days
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ DISK_CRIT_PCT=85
 MEM_WARN_PCT=85
 MEM_CRIT_PCT=95
 
-# Rate-limit file for SD-card nodes (max one Docker cleanup per 24 h)
-CLEANUP_LOCK="${STATE_DIR}/last-docker-cleanup"
-CLEANUP_INTERVAL=86400   # seconds
-
-# Node classifications
-LTE_NODES="chelsty-infra chelsty-ha"
-SD_CARD_NODES="piha saturn"
-AI_NODES="solaria"
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Helpers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -60,20 +51,6 @@ log()  { echo "$(date -u +%H:%M:%S) [INFO]  $*"; }
 warn() { echo "$(date -u +%H:%M:%S) [WARN]  $*" >&2; }
 err()  { echo "$(date -u +%H:%M:%S) [ERROR] $*" >&2; }
 
-contains() {
-    local word="$1"; shift
-    for w in "$@"; do [[ "$w" == "$word" ]] && return 0; done
-    return 1
-}
-
-get_node_type() {
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    if contains "$NODE_NAME" $LTE_NODES;    then echo "lte_node";  return; fi
-    if contains "$NODE_NAME" $SD_CARD_NODES; then echo "sd_card";   return; fi
-    if contains "$NODE_NAME" $AI_NODES;     then echo "ai_node";   return; fi
-    echo "standard"
-}
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Event emission
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -195,69 +172,6 @@ check_containers() {
         --format "{{.Names}}" 2>/dev/null || true)
 }
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Safe Docker cleanup (per policy)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-_sd_card_rate_ok() {
-    if [[ -f "${CLEANUP_LOCK}" ]]; then
-        local last_ts elapsed
-        last_ts=$(cat "${CLEANUP_LOCK}" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
-        elapsed=$(( TIMESTAMP - last_ts ))
-        if [[ "${elapsed}" -lt "${CLEANUP_INTERVAL}" ]]; then
-            log "Docker cleanup skipped: last run ${elapsed}s ago (limit ${CLEANUP_INTERVAL}s)"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-    return 0
-}
-
-_mark_cleanup_done() {
-    echo "${TIMESTAMP}" > "${CLEANUP_LOCK}"
-}
-
-run_safe_cleanup() {
-    command -v docker &>/dev/null || return
-    local node_type
-    node_type=$(get_node_type)
-
-    case "${node_type}" in
-        lte_node)
-            # NO cleanup on LTE nodes. Any docker operation risks triggering
-            # a pull over a metered/intermittent connection.
-            log "Skipping Docker cleanup: LTE node (${NODE_NAME})"
-            ;;
-
-        sd_card)
-            # Dangling images + stopped containers only.
-            # Rate-limited to once per 24 hours to protect SD card write endurance.
-            _sd_card_rate_ok || return
-            log "Running rate-limited Docker cleanup (SD card node)"
-            docker image prune -f     >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            docker container prune -f >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            _mark_cleanup_done
-            ;;
-
-        ai_node)
-            # Dangling images + stopped containers + build cache.
-            # NEVER docker image prune -a (would remove Ollama runtime images,
-            # requiring a multi-hour re-pull of model weights).
-            log "Running AI-node Docker cleanup (dangling images + containers + build cache)"
-            docker image prune -f     >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            docker container prune -f >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            docker builder prune -f   >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            ;;
-
-        standard)
-            # VPS and other standard nodes: full safe cleanup.
-            log "Running standard Docker cleanup"
-            docker image prune -f     >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            docker container prune -f >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            docker builder prune -f   >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            ;;
-    esac
-}
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # VPS-specific: control-plane filesystem rotation
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -315,15 +229,13 @@ except Exception:
 
 mkdir -p "${EVENTS_DIR}/${NODE_NAME}" "${STATE_DIR}"
 
-log "Health check starting on ${NODE_NAME} (type=$(get_node_type))"
+log "Health check starting on ${NODE_NAME}"
 
 disk_pct=$(check_disk || echo 0)
 mem_pct=$(check_memory || echo 0)
 cpu_pct=$(check_cpu || echo 0)
 check_containers
 
-run_safe_cleanup
-
 # VPS: also rotate control-plane filesystem artefacts
 if [[ "${NODE_NAME}" == "vps" ]]; then
     cleanup_control_plane_fs