diff --git a/src/hooks/ralph-loop/completion-promise-detector.ts b/src/hooks/ralph-loop/completion-promise-detector.ts
index e02cd58ec..35b781a07 100644
--- a/src/hooks/ralph-loop/completion-promise-detector.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/ralph-loop/completion-promise-detector.ts
@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ function buildPromisePattern(promise: string): RegExp {
 	return new RegExp(`<promise>\\s*${escapeRegex(promise)}\\s*</promise>`, "is")
 }
 
-const SEMANTIC_COMPLETION_PATTERNS = [
-	/\b(?:task|work|implementation|all\s+tasks?)\s+(?:is|are)\s+(?:complete|completed|done|finished)\b/i,
-	/\ball\s+(?:items?|todos?|steps?)\s+(?:are\s+)?(?:complete|completed|done|finished|marked)\b/i,
-	/\b(?:everything|all\s+work)\s+(?:is\s+)?(?:complete|completed|done|finished)\b/i,
-	/\bsuccessfully\s+completed?\s+all\b/i,
-	/\bnothing\s+(?:left|more|remaining)\s+to\s+(?:do|implement|fix)\b/i,
-]
-
-const SEMANTIC_DONE_FALLBACK_ENABLED = false
-
-export function detectSemanticCompletion(text: string): boolean {
-	return SEMANTIC_COMPLETION_PATTERNS.some((pattern) => pattern.test(text))
-}
-
 export function detectCompletionInTranscript(
 	transcriptPath: string | undefined,
 	promise: string,
@@ -57,7 +43,7 @@ export function detectCompletionInTranscript(
 
 		const content = readFileSync(transcriptPath, "utf-8")
 		const pattern = buildPromisePattern(promise)
-		const lines = content.split("\n").filter((line) => line.trim())
+		const lines = content.split("\n").filter((line: string) => line.trim())
 
 		for (const line of lines) {
 			try {
@@ -68,11 +54,6 @@ export function detectCompletionInTranscript(
 				const entryText = extractTranscriptEntryText(entry)
 				if (!entryText) continue
 				if (pattern.test(entryText)) return true
-				const isAssistantEntry = entry.type === "assistant" || entry.type === "text"
-				if (SEMANTIC_DONE_FALLBACK_ENABLED && promise === "DONE" && isAssistantEntry && detectSemanticCompletion(entryText)) {
-					log("[ralph-loop] WARNING: Semantic completion detected in transcript (agent used natural language instead of <promise>DONE</promise>)")
-					return true
-				}
 			} catch {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -136,13 +117,6 @@ export async function detectCompletionInSessionMessages(
 			if (pattern.test(responseText)) {
 				return true
 			}
-
-			if (SEMANTIC_DONE_FALLBACK_ENABLED && options.promise === "DONE" && detectSemanticCompletion(responseText)) {
-				log("[ralph-loop] WARNING: Semantic completion detected (agent used natural language instead of <promise>DONE</promise>)", {
-					sessionID: options.sessionID,
-				})
-				return true
-			}
 		}
 
 		return false