diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/recovery.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/recovery.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01b246d64..000000000
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/recovery.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/recovery.yaml
-apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
-kind: Kustomization
-metadata:
-  name: hermes-recovery
-  namespace: flux-system
-spec:
-  interval: 1h
-  path: ./services/hermes
-  targetNamespace: hermes
-  prune: false
-  wait: false
-  timeout: 5m
-  sourceRef:
-    kind: GitRepository
-    name: flux-system
-    namespace: flux-system
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: cert-manager
-    - name: core
-    - name: keycloak
-    - name: longhorn
-    - name: vault
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml
index 6c1f4dc5b..eb8bc86ae 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ resources:
   - ai-llm/kustomization.yaml
   - openclaw/kustomization.yaml
   - hermes/kustomization.yaml
-  - hermes/recovery.yaml
   - hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
   - hermes-triage-demo/kustomization.yaml
   - game-stream/kustomization.yaml