diff --git a/client/src/launcher/mod.rs b/client/src/launcher/mod.rs
index 5db7a99..efd78ea 100644
--- a/client/src/launcher/mod.rs
+++ b/client/src/launcher/mod.rs
@@ -22,31 +22,7 @@ pub fn maybe_run_launcher(args: &[String]) -> Result<bool> {
 
 /// Decides when to present the GUI launcher instead of direct session startup.
 fn should_run_launcher(args: &[String]) -> bool {
-    if args.iter().any(|arg| arg == "--no-launcher") {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if args.iter().any(|arg| arg == "--launcher") {
-        return true;
-    }
-    !has_direct_server_arg(args)
-}
-
-/// Detects legacy positional direct-connect invocation (`lesavka-client <url>`).
-fn has_direct_server_arg(args: &[String]) -> bool {
-    let mut idx = 0usize;
-    while idx < args.len() {
-        let arg = &args[idx];
-        if arg == "--server" {
-            idx = idx.saturating_add(2);
-            continue;
-        }
-        if arg.starts_with("--") {
-            idx += 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    false
+    !args.iter().any(|arg| arg == "--no-launcher")
 }
 
 pub fn runtime_env_vars(state: &LauncherState) -> BTreeMap<String, String> {
@@ -132,8 +108,8 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn maybe_run_launcher_returns_false_without_launcher_flag() {
-        let args = vec!["http://server:50051".to_string()];
+    fn maybe_run_launcher_returns_false_with_explicit_opt_out() {
+        let args = vec!["--no-launcher".to_string()];
         assert!(!maybe_run_launcher(&args).expect("launcher check"));
     }
 
@@ -163,9 +139,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn should_run_launcher_respects_direct_server_args() {
+    fn should_run_launcher_includes_legacy_direct_server_args() {
         let args = vec!["http://server:50051".to_string()];
-        assert!(!should_run_launcher(&args));
+        assert!(should_run_launcher(&args));
     }
 
     #[test]