diff --git a/frontend/src/context/ws-client-provider.tsx b/frontend/src/context/ws-client-provider.tsx
index ab700a1fed57..1c85d282b48a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/context/ws-client-provider.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/context/ws-client-provider.tsx
@@ -147,16 +147,6 @@ export function WsClientProvider({
         import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_BASE_URL || window?.location.host;
       sio = io(baseUrl, {
         transports: ["websocket"],
-        // We force a new connection, because the headers may have changed.
-        // forceNew: true,
-
-        // Had to do this for now because reconnection actually starts a new session,
-        // which we don't want - The reconnect has the same headers as the original
-        // which don't include the original session id
-        // reconnection: true,
-        // reconnectionDelay: 1000,
-        // reconnectionDelayMax : 5000,
-        // reconnectionAttempts: 5
       });
     }
     sio.on("connect", handleConnect);
diff --git a/openhands/server/listen.py b/openhands/server/listen.py
index fa90e477beee..a804b4103fa4 100644
--- a/openhands/server/listen.py
+++ b/openhands/server/listen.py
@@ -838,7 +838,6 @@ async def get_response(self, path: str, scope):
 app.mount('/', SPAStaticFiles(directory='./frontend/build', html=True), name='dist')
 
 client_manager = None
-# This is where we add the redis manager
 redis_host = os.environ.get('REDIS_HOST')
 if redis_host:
     client_manager = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(redis_host)
diff --git a/openhands/server/session/manager.py b/openhands/server/session/manager.py
index b3d41b603117..2d86d738f0c0 100644
--- a/openhands/server/session/manager.py
+++ b/openhands/server/session/manager.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
-from fastapi import WebSocket
 import socketio
 
 from openhands.core.config import AppConfig
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ async def init_or_join_local_session(self, sio: socketio.AsyncServer, sid: str,
         if not session:
             # I think we need to rehydrate here, but it does not seem to be working
             session = Session(
-                sid=sid, file_store=self.file_store, config=self.config, sio=sio, ws=None
+                sid=sid, file_store=self.file_store, config=self.config, sio=sio
             )
             session.connect(connection_id)
             self.local_sessions_by_sid[sid] = session
diff --git a/openhands/server/session/session.py b/openhands/server/session/session.py
index 99d08e2814fe..7f1765c83a4e 100644
--- a/openhands/server/session/session.py
+++ b/openhands/server/session/session.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import time
 
-from fastapi import WebSocket, WebSocketDisconnect
 import socketio
 
 from openhands.controller.agent import Agent
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
 
 class Session:
     sid: str
-    websocket: WebSocket | None
     sio: socketio.AsyncServer | None
     connection_ids: set[str]
     last_active_ts: int = 0
@@ -38,10 +36,9 @@ class Session:
     loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop
 
     def __init__(
-        self, sid: str, ws: WebSocket | None, config: AppConfig, file_store: FileStore, sio: socketio.AsyncServer | None
+        self, sid: str, config: AppConfig, file_store: FileStore, sio: socketio.AsyncServer | None
     ):
         self.sid = sid
-        self.websocket = ws
         self.sio = sio
         self.last_active_ts = int(time.time())
         self.agent_session = AgentSession(
@@ -63,12 +60,7 @@ def disconnect(self, connection_id: str) -> bool:
 
     def close(self):
         self.is_alive = False
-        try:
-            if self.websocket is not None:
-                asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.websocket.close(), self.loop)
-                self.websocket = None
-        finally:
-            self.agent_session.close()
+        self.agent_session.close()
 
     async def initialize_agent(self, data: dict):
         self.agent_session.event_stream.add_event(
@@ -173,8 +165,6 @@ async def send(self, data: dict[str, object]) -> bool:
         try:
             if not self.is_alive:
                 return False
-            if self.websocket:
-                await self.websocket.send_json(data)
             if self.sio:
                 await wait_all(
                     self.sio.emit("oh_event", data, to=connection_id)
@@ -183,7 +173,7 @@ async def send(self, data: dict[str, object]) -> bool:
             await asyncio.sleep(0.001)  # This flushes the data to the client
             self.last_active_ts = int(time.time())
             return True
-        except (RuntimeError, WebSocketDisconnect):
+        except RuntimeError:
             self.is_alive = False
             return False