diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/integrations/migrations/ipc.ts b/packages/desktop/src/integrations/migrations/ipc.ts
index 44c3552985..b5657c41df 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/integrations/migrations/ipc.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/integrations/migrations/ipc.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { resolveMigrationEntrypoint } from "./entrypoint.js";
 import { DesktopMigrationProcess, type MigrationTarget } from "./process.js";
 
 const migrations = new DesktopMigrationProcess({
-  sources: new Map([["conductor", ["conductor"]]]),
+  sources: new Map(process.platform === "darwin" ? [["conductor", ["conductor"]]] : []),
   env: process.env,
   resolveEntrypoint: resolveMigrationEntrypoint,
   createInvocation: ({ entrypoint, args, env }) =>
diff --git a/packages/migrate/src/sources/conductor/project-config.test.ts b/packages/migrate/src/sources/conductor/project-config.test.ts
index 8101f33475..1c2dce44de 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/src/sources/conductor/project-config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/migrate/src/sources/conductor/project-config.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ test("does not rewrite literal or escaped Conductor variables", () => {
       setup: "printf '%s\\n' '$CONDUCTOR_WORKSPACE_PATH'",
       run: {
         escaped: { command: "printf \\$CONDUCTOR_PORT" },
+        escapedDouble: { command: 'printf "\\$CONDUCTOR_PORT"' },
         active: { command: "printf \"'$CONDUCTOR_PORT'\"" },
       },
     },
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ test("does not rewrite literal or escaped Conductor variables", () => {
     expect.arrayContaining([
       "worktree.setup: Literal or escaped Conductor variables: CONDUCTOR_WORKSPACE_PATH. Command was not imported.",
       "scripts.escaped: Literal or escaped Conductor variables: CONDUCTOR_PORT. Command was not imported.",
+      "scripts.escapedDouble: Literal or escaped Conductor variables: CONDUCTOR_PORT. Command was not imported.",
     ]),
   );
 });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/worktree.posix.test.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/worktree.posix.test.ts
index b885065b6f..d895df5395 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/worktree.posix.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/worktree.posix.test.ts
@@ -310,28 +310,6 @@ describe.skipIf(isPlatform("win32"))("worktree POSIX-only", () => {
       expect((caughtError as BranchAlreadyCheckedOutError).branchName).toBe("main");
     });
 
-    it("prunes a verified stale registration before checking out its branch", async () => {
-      execFileSync("git", ["branch", "stale-branch"], { cwd: repoDir });
-      const stalePath = join(tempDir, "stale-worktree");
-      execFileSync("git", ["worktree", "add", stalePath, "stale-branch"], { cwd: repoDir });
-      rmSync(stalePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
-
-      const recreated = await createLegacyWorktreeForTest({
-        cwd: repoDir,
-        worktreeSlug: "recreated-stale",
-        source: { kind: "checkout-branch", branchName: "stale-branch" },
-        runSetup: false,
-        paseoHome,
-      });
-
-      expect(existsSync(recreated.worktreePath)).toBe(true);
-      expect(
-        execFileSync("git", ["branch", "--show-current"], { cwd: recreated.worktreePath })
-          .toString()
-          .trim(),
-      ).toBe("stale-branch");
-    });
-
     it("fetches a GitHub PR branch, checks it out, writes metadata, and runs setup", async () => {
       const remoteDir = join(tempDir, "remote.git");
       const remoteCloneDir = join(tempDir, "remote-clone");