diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/projects/projects-close.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/projects/projects-close.spec.ts
index 4b39ed82c..76b1487e9 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/projects/projects-close.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/projects/projects-close.spec.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,8 @@
 import { test, expect } from "../fixtures"
 import { createTestProject, cleanupTestProject, openSidebar, clickMenuItem, openProjectMenu } from "../actions"
-import { projectCloseHoverSelector, projectSwitchSelector } from "../selectors"
+import { projectSwitchSelector } from "../selectors"
 import { dirSlug } from "../utils"
 
-test("can close a project via hover card close button", async ({ page, withProject }) => {
-  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1400, height: 800 })
-
-  const other = await createTestProject()
-  const otherSlug = dirSlug(other)
-
-  try {
-    await withProject(
-      async () => {
-        await openSidebar(page)
-
-        const otherButton = page.locator(projectSwitchSelector(otherSlug)).first()
-        await expect(otherButton).toBeVisible()
-        await otherButton.hover()
-
-        const close = page.locator(projectCloseHoverSelector(otherSlug)).first()
-        await expect(close).toBeVisible()
-        await close.click()
-
-        await expect(otherButton).toHaveCount(0)
-      },
-      { extra: [other] },
-    )
-  } finally {
-    await cleanupTestProject(other)
-  }
-})
-
 test("closing active project navigates to another open project", async ({ page, withProject }) => {
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1400, height: 800 })
 
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/selectors.ts b/packages/app/e2e/selectors.ts
index fd4177fef..002ac2114 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/selectors.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ export const sidebarNavSelector = '[data-component="sidebar-nav-desktop"]'
 export const projectSwitchSelector = (slug: string) =>
   `${sidebarNavSelector} [data-action="project-switch"][data-project="${slug}"]`
 
-export const projectCloseHoverSelector = (slug: string) => `[data-action="project-close-hover"][data-project="${slug}"]`
-
 export const projectMenuTriggerSelector = (slug: string) =>
   `${sidebarNavSelector} [data-action="project-menu"][data-project="${slug}"]`
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx
index 8237e3c71..fb66dcc97 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { Button } from "@opencode-ai/ui/button"
 import { ContextMenu } from "@opencode-ai/ui/context-menu"
 import { HoverCard } from "@opencode-ai/ui/hover-card"
 import { Icon } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon"
-import { IconButton } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon-button"
-import { Tooltip } from "@opencode-ai/ui/tooltip"
 import { createSortable } from "@thisbeyond/solid-dnd"
 import { useLayout, type LocalProject } from "@/context/layout"
 import { useGlobalSync } from "@/context/global-sync"
@@ -194,21 +192,6 @@ const ProjectPreviewPanel = (props: {
   <div class="-m-3 p-2 flex flex-col w-72">
     <div class="px-4 pt-2 pb-1 flex items-center gap-2">
       <div class="text-14-medium text-text-strong truncate grow">{displayName(props.project)}</div>
-      <Tooltip value={props.language.t("common.close")} placement="top" gutter={6}>
-        <IconButton
-          icon="circle-x"
-          variant="ghost"
-          class="shrink-0"
-          data-action="project-close-hover"
-          data-project={base64Encode(props.project.worktree)}
-          aria-label={props.language.t("common.close")}
-          onClick={(event) => {
-            event.stopPropagation()
-            props.setOpen(false)
-            props.ctx.closeProject(props.project.worktree)
-          }}
-        />
-      </Tooltip>
     </div>
     <div class="px-4 pb-2 text-12-medium text-text-weak">{props.language.t("sidebar.project.recentSessions")}</div>
     <div class="px-2 pb-2 flex flex-col gap-2">