diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/commands/start.test.ts b/packages/cli/__tests__/commands/start.test.ts
index f7223fec3..1b7a3f593 100644
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/commands/start.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/commands/start.test.ts
@@ -2389,9 +2389,6 @@ describe("start command — autoCreateConfig", () => {
     vi.mocked(detectAvailableAgents).mockResolvedValue([]);
     vi.mocked(detectAgentRuntime).mockResolvedValue("claude-code");
 
-    const { findFreePort } = await import("../../src/lib/web-dir.js");
-    vi.mocked(findFreePort).mockResolvedValue(3000);
-
     // start.ts uses `import { cwd } from "node:process"` which is intercepted
     // by the node:process mock defined at the top of this file.
     mockProcessCwd.mockReturnValue(tmpDir);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
index 5636e8407..4f5d86eb0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -590,9 +590,6 @@ export async function autoCreateConfig(workingDir: string): Promise<Orchestrator
 
     console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Registered "${registeredProjectId}" in global config\n`));
   } catch (err) {
-    const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
-    console.log(chalk.yellow("⚠ Could not register project in global config."));
-    console.log(chalk.dim(`  ${message}\n`));
     rmSync(outputPath, { force: true });
     throw err;
   }
diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/src/cli-first-run-config.integration.test.ts b/packages/integration-tests/src/cli-first-run-config.integration.test.ts
index 5be13a6f7..cb3fa5f50 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/src/cli-first-run-config.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/src/cli-first-run-config.integration.test.ts
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ describe.skipIf(!canRun)("CLI first-run config generation (integration)", () =>
     expect(fromLocal.projects[projectId].path).toBe(repoPath);
     expect(fromGlobal.projects[projectId].path).toBe(repoPath);
   }, 90_000);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});