diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/processor.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/processor.ts
index 20aa8a8404d8..1c749f217a5a 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/processor.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/processor.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { Snapshot } from "@/snapshot"
 import { Session } from "./session"
 import { LLM } from "./llm"
 import { MessageV2 } from "./message-v2"
-import { isOverflow } from "./overflow"
 import { PartID } from "./schema"
 import type { SessionID } from "./schema"
 import { SessionRetry } from "./retry"
@@ -474,12 +473,6 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
                 messageID: ctx.assistantMessage.parentID,
               })
               .pipe(Effect.ignore, Effect.forkIn(scope))
-            if (
-              !ctx.assistantMessage.summary &&
-              isOverflow({ cfg: yield* config.get(), tokens: usage.tokens, model: ctx.model })
-            ) {
-              ctx.needsCompaction = true
-            }
             return
           }
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/session/processor-effect.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/session/processor-effect.test.ts
index 528760543656..73cd32bebcae 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/session/processor-effect.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/session/processor-effect.test.ts
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ it.live("session.processor effect tests preserve text start time", () =>
   ),
 )
 
-it.live("session.processor effect tests stop after token overflow requests compaction", () =>
+it.live("session.processor effect tests defer proactive compaction after token overflow", () =>
   provideTmpdirServer(
     ({ dir, llm }) =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ it.live("session.processor effect tests stop after token overflow requests compa
 
         const parts = yield* MessageV2.parts(msg.id)
 
-        expect(value).toBe("compact")
+        expect(value).toBe("continue")
         expect(parts.some((part) => part.type === "text" && part.text === "after")).toBe(true)
         expect(parts.some((part) => part.type === "step-finish")).toBe(true)
       }),