diff --git a/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.test.ts
index 4e2972a37d3c..c64bdd1b71ea 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   cleanupSessionLifecycleArtifacts,
   createSessionEntryWithTranscript,
   listSessionEntries,
-  loadExactSessionEntry,
   loadSessionEntry,
   loadTranscriptEvents,
   patchSessionEntry,
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ describe("session accessor file-backed seam", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("keeps exact persisted-key lookup separate from canonical entry reads", async () => {
+  it("resolves canonical entry reads without requiring exact key casing", async () => {
     fs.writeFileSync(
       storePath,
       JSON.stringify({
@@ -225,15 +224,12 @@ describe("session accessor file-backed seam", () => {
       storePath,
     };
 
-    expect(loadSessionEntry(mixedCaseScope)?.sessionId).toBe("session-1");
-    expect(loadExactSessionEntry(mixedCaseScope)).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(loadExactSessionEntry({ sessionKey: "agent:main:main", storePath })).toEqual({
-      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
-      entry: expect.objectContaining({
+    expect(loadSessionEntry(mixedCaseScope)).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
         sessionId: "session-1",
         model: "gpt-5.5",
       }),
-    });
+    );
   });
 
   it("updates existing entries without creating missing sessions", async () => {
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.ts b/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.ts
index 1e6f507f5bbe..4842b458c98a 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.ts
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ export type SessionEntrySummary = {
   entry: SessionEntry;
 };
 
-/** Session entry read by the exact persisted session key, without alias resolution. */
-export type ExactSessionEntry = {
-  sessionKey: string;
-  entry: SessionEntry;
-};
-
 /** Raw transcript record for non-message events; message records use appendTranscriptMessage. */
 export type TranscriptEvent = unknown;
 
@@ -443,24 +437,6 @@ export function loadSessionEntry(scope: SessionAccessScope): SessionEntry | unde
   return getSessionEntry(scope);
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns only the row persisted under the exact key provided.
- * Use this for authorization-sensitive routing where alias canonicalization
- * could cross an account or agent boundary.
- */
-export function loadExactSessionEntry(scope: SessionAccessScope): ExactSessionEntry | undefined {
-  const sessionKey = scope.sessionKey.trim();
-  if (!sessionKey) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const store = loadSessionStore(resolveAccessStorePath(scope), {
-    ...(scope.clone === false ? { clone: false } : {}),
-    ...(scope.hydrateSkillPromptRefs === false ? { hydrateSkillPromptRefs: false } : {}),
-  });
-  const entry = Object.hasOwn(store, sessionKey) ? store[sessionKey] : undefined;
-  return entry ? { sessionKey, entry } : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Lists entries from the resolved store, preserving the persisted key for each row. */
 export function listSessionEntries(
   scope: Partial<Omit<SessionAccessScope, "sessionKey">> = {},