diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/App.xaml.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/App.xaml.cs
index 0388aa0..093f7af 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/App.xaml.cs
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ public partial class App : Application
         sc.AddSingleton<IInstallerPage, InstallPageViewModel>();
 
         // Steps (registration order = execution order)
-        sc.AddSingleton<IInstallStep, PublishAppStep>();
-        sc.AddSingleton<IInstallStep, PublishWorkerStep>();
-        sc.AddSingleton<IInstallStep, DeployBinariesStep>();
         sc.AddSingleton<IInstallStep, WriteConfigStep>();
         sc.AddSingleton<IInstallStep, InitDatabaseStep>();
         sc.AddSingleton<IInstallStep, RegisterServiceStep>();
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/DeployBinariesStep.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/DeployBinariesStep.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index da65934..0000000
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/DeployBinariesStep.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-using System.IO;
-using ClaudeDo.Installer.Core;
-
-namespace ClaudeDo.Installer.Steps;
-
-public sealed class DeployBinariesStep : IInstallStep
-{
-    public string Name => "Deploy Binaries";
-
-    public Task<StepResult> ExecuteAsync(InstallContext ctx, IProgress<string> progress, CancellationToken ct)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var appPublish = Path.Combine(ctx.SourceDirectory, "src", "ClaudeDo.App", "bin", "Release", "net8.0", "win-x64", "publish");
-            var workerPublish = Path.Combine(ctx.SourceDirectory, "src", "ClaudeDo.Worker", "bin", "Release", "net8.0", "win-x64", "publish");
-
-            var appDest = Path.Combine(ctx.InstallDirectory, "app");
-            var workerDest = Path.Combine(ctx.InstallDirectory, "worker");
-
-            if (!Directory.Exists(appPublish))
-                return Task.FromResult(StepResult.Fail($"App publish directory not found: {appPublish}"));
-            if (!Directory.Exists(workerPublish))
-                return Task.FromResult(StepResult.Fail($"Worker publish directory not found: {workerPublish}"));
-
-            var appCount = CopyDirectory(appPublish, appDest, progress, ct);
-            progress.Report($"Copied {appCount} files to {appDest}");
-
-            var workerCount = CopyDirectory(workerPublish, workerDest, progress, ct);
-            progress.Report($"Copied {workerCount} files to {workerDest}");
-
-            return Task.FromResult(StepResult.Ok());
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            return Task.FromResult(StepResult.Fail(ex.Message));
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static int CopyDirectory(string source, string dest, IProgress<string> progress, CancellationToken ct)
-    {
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(dest);
-        var count = 0;
-
-        foreach (var dir in Directory.GetDirectories(source, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
-        {
-            ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-            var relative = Path.GetRelativePath(source, dir);
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(dest, relative));
-        }
-
-        foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(source, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
-        {
-            ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-            var relative = Path.GetRelativePath(source, file);
-            var destFile = Path.Combine(dest, relative);
-            File.Copy(file, destFile, overwrite: true);
-            count++;
-        }
-
-        return count;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/PublishAppStep.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/PublishAppStep.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 91eb1da..0000000
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/PublishAppStep.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-using ClaudeDo.Installer.Core;
-
-namespace ClaudeDo.Installer.Steps;
-
-public sealed class PublishAppStep : IInstallStep
-{
-    public string Name => "Publish ClaudeDo.App";
-
-    public async Task<StepResult> ExecuteAsync(InstallContext ctx, IProgress<string> progress, CancellationToken ct)
-    {
-        progress.Report("Publishing ClaudeDo.App...");
-
-        var args = "publish src/ClaudeDo.App/ClaudeDo.App.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false";
-        var (exitCode, output) = await ProcessRunner.RunAsync("dotnet", args, ctx.SourceDirectory, progress, ct);
-
-        return exitCode == 0
-            ? StepResult.Ok()
-            : StepResult.Fail($"dotnet publish failed with exit code {exitCode}");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/PublishWorkerStep.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/PublishWorkerStep.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0906e60..0000000
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/Steps/PublishWorkerStep.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-using ClaudeDo.Installer.Core;
-
-namespace ClaudeDo.Installer.Steps;
-
-public sealed class PublishWorkerStep : IInstallStep
-{
-    public string Name => "Publish ClaudeDo.Worker";
-
-    public async Task<StepResult> ExecuteAsync(InstallContext ctx, IProgress<string> progress, CancellationToken ct)
-    {
-        progress.Report("Publishing ClaudeDo.Worker...");
-
-        var args = "publish src/ClaudeDo.Worker/ClaudeDo.Worker.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false";
-        var (exitCode, output) = await ProcessRunner.RunAsync("dotnet", args, ctx.SourceDirectory, progress, ct);
-
-        return exitCode == 0
-            ? StepResult.Ok()
-            : StepResult.Fail($"dotnet publish failed with exit code {exitCode}");
-    }
-}