diff --git a/e2e/src/test/java/BaseTest.java b/e2e/src/test/java/BaseTest.java
index 4442d2436..5224165ff 100644
--- a/e2e/src/test/java/BaseTest.java
+++ b/e2e/src/test/java/BaseTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 
 import io.orkes.conductor.client.model.agent.CompileResponse;
 
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
  *   <li>Helper to extract agentDef from a plan() result</li>
  * </ul>
  */
-@ExtendWith(LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension.class)
 public abstract class BaseTest {
 
     /** API URL for the Conductor server (includes /api suffix). */
diff --git a/e2e/src/test/java/LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension.java b/e2e/src/test/java/LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension.java
deleted file mode 100644
index de86a22c2..000000000
--- a/e2e/src/test/java/LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.TestExecutionExceptionHandler;
-import org.opentest4j.TestAbortedException;
-
-/** Skips live LLM tests when a provider's configured API usage budget is exhausted. */
-final class LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension implements TestExecutionExceptionHandler {
-
-    static final String USAGE_LIMIT_MESSAGE = "reached your specified api usage limits";
-
-    @Override
-    public void handleTestExecutionException(ExtensionContext context, Throwable throwable) throws Throwable {
-        if (isUsageLimitError(throwable)) {
-            throw new TestAbortedException("LLM API usage budget is exhausted", throwable);
-        }
-        throw throwable;
-    }
-
-    static boolean isUsageLimitError(Throwable throwable) {
-        for (Throwable current = throwable; current != null; current = current.getCause()) {
-            String message = current.getMessage();
-            if (message != null && message.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains(USAGE_LIMIT_MESSAGE)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/e2e/src/test/java/LlmBudgetExhaustionExtensionTest.java b/e2e/src/test/java/LlmBudgetExhaustionExtensionTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7eda81b43..000000000
--- a/e2e/src/test/java/LlmBudgetExhaustionExtensionTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.opentest4j.TestAbortedException;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-class LlmBudgetExhaustionExtensionTest {
-
-    @Test
-    void detectsUsageLimitMessageInCauseChain() {
-        Throwable failure = new AssertionError(
-                "agent failed",
-                new IllegalStateException("You have reached your specified API usage limits. Try again later."));
-
-        assertTrue(LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension.isUsageLimitError(failure));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void doesNotMaskOtherLlmFailures() {
-        Throwable failure = new AssertionError("Agent failed: invalid model");
-
-        assertFalse(LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension.isUsageLimitError(failure));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void abortsUsageLimitFailuresAndRethrowsOtherFailures() {
-        LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension extension = new LlmBudgetExhaustionExtension();
-        Throwable budgetFailure =
-                new AssertionError("You have reached your specified API usage limits.");
-        Throwable otherFailure = new AssertionError("Agent failed: invalid model");
-
-        assertThrows(
-                TestAbortedException.class,
-                () -> extension.handleTestExecutionException(null, budgetFailure));
-        Throwable rethrown = assertThrows(
-                Throwable.class,
-                () -> extension.handleTestExecutionException(null, otherFailure));
-        assertSame(otherFailure, rethrown);
-    }
-}