diff --git a/scripts/generate_env_reference.py b/scripts/generate_env_reference.py
index 91100656e..ff0fe8974 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_env_reference.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_env_reference.py
@@ -946,43 +946,6 @@ VARIABLE_NOTES: dict[str, tuple[str, str, str]] = {
         "Seconds the outpainting proxy waits for the image backend before giving "
         "up on a single request.",
     ),
-    "ODYSSEUS_JEFF_": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Prefix for per-job decision adapter opt-ins; each job is disabled by default."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_JEFF_TIMEOUT": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Timeout in seconds for a decision adapter request."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_JEFF_URL": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Base URL of the optional decision adapter service."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_PRIVATE_BROWSER_LEGACY": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Explicit opt-in to the legacy browser compatibility transport; disabled by default."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_BROWSER_FALLBACK": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Optional browser routing fallback: mcp, web, or 0 to disable."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DRIVER_TOPK": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Number of router-selected tool candidates exposed in a driver round."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_MODE": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Spec routing mode for explicitly configured models, including strict and driver."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_MIN_CONF": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Minimum tool-selection confidence accepted from the router."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_MODEL": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Decision adapter model used for tool routing."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_SECOND": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Minimum confidence for adding a secondary tool candidate."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_TIMEOUT": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Time budget in seconds for a router decision."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_URL": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Base URL of the optional Spec router; an empty URL disables requests."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_SUBSET_OF_BASE": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Limit Spec tool selections to the existing request inventory by default."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_MIN_P": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Minimum router confidence for enabling thinking."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_MODEL": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Optional thinking decision adapter model, falling back to the tool router model."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_QUESTION": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Thinking classifier question format: binary or kind5."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_ROUTER": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Enable router thinking decisions for explicitly configured Spec models."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_TOOL_FORMAT": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Use names for compact router tool signatures, otherwise include descriptions."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_TRIM_PROMPT": ("Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL, "Enable prompt trimming for the selected Spec tool menu."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_VISION_MAX_SIDE": ("Upload and media limits", USER, "Maximum pixel side for image attachments sent directly to a vision model."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_VISION_MODELS": ("Model routing and providers", USER, "Comma-separated model-name fragments that explicitly support inline images."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_VISION_PROBE": ("Model routing and providers", USER, "Allow a cached vision-capability probe against local model endpoints."),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DIRECT_MODE": (
-        "Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL,
-        "Controls how the spec router answers high-confidence direct-answer turns; "
-        "either tool_choice_none (default) or empty_menu.",
-    ),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DIRECT_NOTOOLS": (
-        "Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL,
-        "Set to 1, true, yes or on to enable the spec router's direct-answer "
-        "no-tools path for high-confidence answer_directly decisions.",
-    ),
-    "ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DIRECT_MIN_P": (
-        "Agent loop and tool execution", INTERNAL,
-        "Minimum confidence probability a spec-router direct-answer decision must "
-        "reach before the no-tools path is taken.",
-    ),
     "ODYSSEUS_GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT": (
         "Deployment and first run", INTERNAL,
         "Seconds the server waits for in-flight requests and background loops to "
diff --git a/website/configuration-reference.md b/website/configuration-reference.md
index 2ee5588a4..86baa197d 100644
--- a/website/configuration-reference.md
+++ b/website/configuration-reference.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ described as a switch that turns something off, the read rejects `0`, `false`,
 `no` and `off` and treats everything else as on. The `Default` column is the
 value the code falls back to when the variable is unset, quoted from the source.
 
-The source tree reads **149** `ODYSSEUS_*` variables: 90 an operator may want to set, and 59 that are internal - sentinels, fixture switches, capture hooks and development tooling. The internal ones are listed too, in their own section, so this page can be checked against the source mechanically.
+The source tree reads **124** `ODYSSEUS_*` variables: 87 an operator may want to set, and 37 that are internal - sentinels, fixture switches, capture hooks and development tooling. The internal ones are listed too, in their own section, so this page can be checked against the source mechanically.
 
 > This page is generated. Edit `scripts/generate_env_reference.py` and
 > re-run it; `tests/test_env_reference.py` enforces that the committed page
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ The source tree reads **149** `ODYSSEUS_*` variables: 90 an operator may want to
 | `ODYSSEUS_MISTRAL_REASONING_EFFORT` | `'high'` | `src/llm_core.py` | Reasoning effort sent to Mistral thinking-capable models. The API accepts high, medium, low and none. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_MLX_IMAGE_VLM_MODEL` | *unset* | `scripts/mlx_image_server.py` | Vision-language model id for the MLX image server script. Required unless `--vlm-model` is passed on the command line. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_QWEN_ROUTE_THINKING` | `'auto'` | `src/agent_loop.py` | Thinking policy for the Qwen routing step. An unrecognized value falls back to `auto`. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_VISION_MODELS` | `''` | `src/chat_helpers.py` | Comma-separated model-name fragments that explicitly support inline images. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_VISION_PROBE` | `'1'` | `src/chat_helpers.py` | Allow a cached vision-capability probe against local model endpoints. |
 
 ### Agent loop and tool execution
 
@@ -93,9 +91,9 @@ The source tree reads **149** `ODYSSEUS_*` variables: 90 an operator may want to
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_MCP_CACHE` | `os.path.join(base_dir, 'data', 'local', 'playwright-mcp-cache')` | `src/builtin_mcp.py` | Cache directory handed to the browser MCP server, so its npm download survives a container rebuild. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_MCP_CALL_TIMEOUT_S` | `'90'` | `src/mcp_manager.py` | Upper bound in seconds for one browser MCP tool call. A call that exceeds it fails without being retried. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_MCP_REQUIRE_CACHE` | `''` | `src/builtin_mcp.py` | Truthy refuses to start the browser MCP server unless its npm package is already in the npx cache, instead of installing it at startup. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_NAMESPACE` | `'odysseus-ui'` | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py` (+1 more) | Namespace for the detached agent-browser daemon's pid files, so two runtimes on one machine do not terminate each other's browsers. |
+| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_NAMESPACE` | `'odysseus-ui'` | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py` | Namespace for the detached agent-browser daemon's pid files, so two runtimes on one machine do not terminate each other's browsers. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_NO_SANDBOX` | `'1'` | `src/builtin_mcp.py` | Security-relevant. On by default, adding `--no-sandbox` because the Docker image cannot use the Chromium sandbox. Set 0, false or no to keep it. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_SCREENSHOT_DIR` | *unset* | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py` (+1 more) | Where private-browser screenshots are written. Falls back to the container path, then the system temp directory. |
+| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_SCREENSHOT_DIR` | *unset* | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py` | Where private-browser screenshots are written. Falls back to the container path, then the system temp directory. |
 
 ### Container and workspace mounts
 
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ The source tree reads **149** `ODYSSEUS_*` variables: 90 an operator may want to
 | `ODYSSEUS_MEMORY_IMPORT_MAX_BYTES` | `10 * 1024 * 1024` | `src/upload_limits.py` (+1 more) | Maximum bytes accepted for a memory import file. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_PERSONAL_UPLOAD_MAX_BYTES` | `25 * 1024 * 1024` | `src/upload_limits.py` (+1 more) | Maximum bytes accepted for a personal-documents upload. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_STT_MAX_AUDIO_BYTES` | `25 * 1024 * 1024` | `src/upload_limits.py` | Maximum bytes accepted for an audio file submitted for transcription. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_VISION_MAX_SIDE` | `'1280'` | `src/document_processor.py` | Maximum pixel side for image attachments sent directly to a vision model. |
 
 ### Search
 
@@ -214,28 +211,6 @@ Listed for completeness. Setting one of these on a real install is either a no-o
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `ODYSSEUS_CAPTURE_MODEL_REQUESTS` | `''` | `src/agent_loop.py` | Truthy writes model-request snapshots for local debugging. The marker file `/tmp/odysseus_capture_model_requests` enables the same thing. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_EXPOSE_RAW_BROWSER_MCP` | `''` | `src/agent_loop.py` | Truthy stops hiding the raw Playwright MCP tools from agent prompts when the private-browser tool is available. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_JEFF_` | *unset* | `src/jeff_decision.py` | Prefix for per-job decision adapter opt-ins; each job is disabled by default. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_JEFF_TIMEOUT` | `str(default)` | `src/jeff_decision.py` | Timeout in seconds for a decision adapter request. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_JEFF_URL` | `'http://127.0.0.1:8765'` | `src/jeff_decision.py` | Base URL of the optional decision adapter service. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_PRIVATE_BROWSER_LEGACY` | `'0'` | `src/tool_execution.py` (+1 more) | Explicit opt-in to the legacy browser compatibility transport; disabled by default. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_BROWSER_FALLBACK` | `'0'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Optional browser routing fallback: mcp, web, or 0 to disable. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DIRECT_MIN_P` | `'0.9'` | `src/clean_agent_preview.py` | Minimum confidence probability a spec-router direct-answer decision must reach before the no-tools path is taken. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DIRECT_MODE` | `'tool_choice_none'` | `src/clean_agent_preview.py` | Controls how the spec router answers high-confidence direct-answer turns; either tool_choice_none (default) or empty_menu. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DIRECT_NOTOOLS` | `''` | `src/clean_agent_preview.py` | Set to 1, true, yes or on to enable the spec router's direct-answer no-tools path for high-confidence answer_directly decisions. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_DRIVER_TOPK` | `'1'` | `src/spec_driver.py` | Number of router-selected tool candidates exposed in a driver round. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_MODE` | `'strict'` | `src/agent_loop.py` (+1 more) | Spec routing mode for explicitly configured models, including strict and driver. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_MIN_CONF` | `'0.3'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Minimum tool-selection confidence accepted from the router. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_MODEL` | `'odysseus-s60'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Decision adapter model used for tool routing. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_SECOND` | `'0.25'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Minimum confidence for adding a secondary tool candidate. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_TIMEOUT` | `'0.5'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Time budget in seconds for a router decision. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_URL` | `''` | `src/spec_router.py` | Base URL of the optional Spec router; an empty URL disables requests. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_SUBSET_OF_BASE` | `'1'` | `src/agent_loop.py` | Limit Spec tool selections to the existing request inventory by default. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_MIN_P` | `'0.5'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Minimum router confidence for enabling thinking. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_MODEL` | `os.getenv('ODYSSEUS_SPEC_ROUTER_MODEL', 'odysseus-s60')` | `src/spec_router.py` | Optional thinking decision adapter model, falling back to the tool router model. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_QUESTION` | `'binary'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Thinking classifier question format: binary or kind5. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_THINK_ROUTER` | `'0'` | `src/spec_router.py` | Enable router thinking decisions for explicitly configured Spec models. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_TOOL_FORMAT` | `''` | `src/spec_router.py` | Use names for compact router tool signatures, otherwise include descriptions. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_SPEC_TRIM_PROMPT` | `'1'` | `src/agent_loop.py` | Enable prompt trimming for the selected Spec tool menu. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_TOOL_CONTRACT_ROOT` | `str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / 'scripts')` | `src/clean_agent_preview.py` (+1 more) | Directory holding the tool-contract scripts the clean-agent preview loads. The default resolves to the bundled scripts directory relative to the installed/source tree. |
 
 ### Email
@@ -302,7 +277,7 @@ reads three ways, because no single pattern covers the codebase:
   lines, so one read lives inside a string literal.
 
 The three passes are not redundancy. A line-based grep for a direct
-`os.environ.get("ODYSSEUS_...` call finds 119 of the 149 variables on this
+`os.environ.get("ODYSSEUS_...` call finds 94 of the 124 variables on this
 page. What it misses is reads through an env-reader helper, reads whose call
 spans more than one line, reads whose variable name is held in a module
 constant, and reads through a mapping passed in as an argument - which is the