diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx
index 05d965d95d06..d3b2d96169ec 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ import { useLocation, useNavigate, useParams } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 
 import { isElectron } from "../env";
 import { getLocalStorageItem, removeLocalStorageItem } from "../hooks/useLocalStorage";
-import {
-  isRichTextBoldShortcut,
-  resolveShortcutCommand,
-  shortcutLabelForCommand,
-} from "../keybindings";
+import { resolveShortcutCommand, shortcutLabelForCommand } from "../keybindings";
 import { isEditableFocused } from "../lib/editableFocus";
 import { isPreviewFocused } from "../lib/previewFocus";
 import { isTerminalFocused } from "../lib/terminalFocus";
@@ -100,15 +96,6 @@ function SidebarControl() {
       ) {
         return;
       }
-      if (
-        isRichTextBoldShortcut(event) &&
-        event.target instanceof HTMLElement &&
-        event.target.closest('[data-composer-rich-text="true"]')
-      ) {
-        // The rich-text composer claims Mod+B for bold; the toggle stays
-        // available everywhere else, including the plain-text composer.
-        return;
-      }
       if (
         resolveShortcutCommand(event, keybindings, { context: { usagePageOpen } }) !==
         "sidebar.toggle"
@@ -120,7 +107,8 @@ function SidebarControl() {
       toggleSidebar();
     };
 
-    // Capture before focused editors consume commands such as Mod+B for rich-text formatting.
+    // Capture before focused editors consume the chord: the rich-text composer
+    // binds Mod+B to bold, and the sidebar toggle wins there too.
     window.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
     return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
   }, [keybindings, toggleSidebar, usagePageOpen]);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts b/apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts
index a5fc2374be56..a04e9e0b5ee7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 import {
   formatShortcutLabel,
   isDiffToggleShortcut,
-  isRichTextBoldShortcut,
   modelPickerJumpCommandForIndex,
   modelPickerJumpIndexFromCommand,
   isOpenFavoriteEditorShortcut,
@@ -1070,35 +1069,6 @@ describe("isTerminalClearShortcut", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("isRichTextBoldShortcut", () => {
-  it("matches Mod+B without extra modifiers", () => {
-    assert.isTrue(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "b", metaKey: true })));
-    assert.isTrue(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "B", ctrlKey: true })));
-  });
-
-  it("matches the B key on non-Latin layouts, like the sidebar toggle does", () => {
-    const cyrillicB = event({ key: "и", code: "KeyB", ctrlKey: true });
-    assert.isTrue(isRichTextBoldShortcut(cyrillicB));
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      resolveShortcutCommand(cyrillicB, DEFAULT_BINDINGS, { platform: "Win32" }),
-      "sidebar.toggle",
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("follows the letter a Latin layout types, not the physical key", () => {
-    assert.isFalse(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "x", code: "KeyB", ctrlKey: true })));
-    assert.isTrue(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "b", code: "KeyN", ctrlKey: true })));
-  });
-
-  it("ignores shifted, alted, bare, and non-keydown presses", () => {
-    assert.isFalse(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "b", metaKey: true, shiftKey: true })));
-    assert.isFalse(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "b", metaKey: true, altKey: true })));
-    assert.isFalse(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "b" })));
-    assert.isFalse(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ key: "i", metaKey: true })));
-    assert.isFalse(isRichTextBoldShortcut(event({ type: "keyup", key: "b", metaKey: true })));
-  });
-});
-
 describe("terminalDeleteShortcutData", () => {
   it("maps Cmd+Backspace on macOS to delete-to-line-start", () => {
     assert.strictEqual(
diff --git a/apps/web/src/keybindings.ts b/apps/web/src/keybindings.ts
index 73b59bc20b29..261f2d3b15b3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/keybindings.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/keybindings.ts
@@ -415,23 +415,6 @@ export function isOpenFavoriteEditorShortcut(
   return matchesCommandShortcut(event, keybindings, "editor.openFavorite", options);
 }
 
-/**
- * Whether the keypress is the rich-text bold chord (Mod+B without extra
- * modifiers). Tiptap binds the same chord, so app shortcuts captured ahead
- * of the editor must yield when the rich-text composer is focused.
- */
-export function isRichTextBoldShortcut(event: ShortcutEventLike): boolean {
-  if (event.type !== undefined && event.type !== "keydown") {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return (
-    resolveEventKeys(event).has("b") &&
-    (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) &&
-    !event.altKey &&
-    !event.shiftKey
-  );
-}
-
 export function isTerminalClearShortcut(
   event: ShortcutEventLike,
   platform = navigator.platform,