diff --git a/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/chat_interceptor_service.py b/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/chat_interceptor_service.py
index abe1bd27..36437839 100644
--- a/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/chat_interceptor_service.py
+++ b/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/chat_interceptor_service.py
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ from private_gpt.server.chat.interceptors.configure_tool_execution_interceptor i
 from private_gpt.server.chat.interceptors.configure_tool_interceptor import (
     ConfigureToolRequestInterceptor,
 )
-from private_gpt.server.chat.interceptors.deduplicate_event_interceptor import (
-    DeduplicateEventInterceptor,
-)
 from private_gpt.server.chat.interceptors.default_values_interceptor import (
     DefaultValuesRequestInterceptor,
 )
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@ class ChatInterceptorService:
         # --- response interceptors (run each iteration, order matters) ---
         extract_citation_response_interceptor: ExtractCitationInterceptor,
         filter_event_by_type_interceptor: FilterZylonInterceptor,
-        deduplicate_event_interceptor: DeduplicateEventInterceptor,
     ) -> None:
         self._prompt_builder_service = prompt_builder_service
 
@@ -202,7 +198,6 @@ class ChatInterceptorService:
                 "sanity",
                 responses=[
                     filter_event_by_type_interceptor,
-                    deduplicate_event_interceptor,
                 ],
             )
         )
diff --git a/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/deduplicate_event_interceptor.py b/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/deduplicate_event_interceptor.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f29615ba..00000000
--- a/private_gpt/server/chat/interceptors/deduplicate_event_interceptor.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-from collections.abc import Mapping
-from typing import Any
-
-from private_gpt.components.engines.chat.interceptors.chat_interceptor import (
-    ChatResponseLoopInterceptor,
-)
-from private_gpt.components.engines.chat.models.chat_interceptor_context import (
-    ChatInterceptorContext,
-)
-from private_gpt.events.models import Event, PingEvent
-
-
-class DeduplicateEventInterceptor(ChatResponseLoopInterceptor):
-    """Drop consecutive duplicate streamed events (except pings).
-
-    Some providers re-emit identical ``content_block_delta`` payloads (e.g.
-    ``input_json_delta`` with an unchanged ``partial_json_obj``). Those
-    duplicates add noise for clients without changing state, so they are
-    suppressed. Ping keepalives are always forwarded.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
-        self._last_fingerprint: str | None = None
-
-    async def on_iteration_start(self, context: ChatInterceptorContext) -> None:
-        self._last_fingerprint = None
-
-    async def on_iteration_end(self, context: ChatInterceptorContext) -> None:
-        self._last_fingerprint = None
-
-    async def intercept_event(
-        self,
-        event: Event,
-        context: ChatInterceptorContext,
-    ) -> Event | None:
-        if isinstance(event, PingEvent):
-            return event
-
-        fingerprint = event.model_dump_json()
-        if fingerprint == self._last_fingerprint:
-            return None
-
-        self._last_fingerprint = fingerprint
-        return event
-
-    def model_copy(
-        self, *, update: Mapping[str, Any] | None | None = None, deep: bool = False
-    ) -> "DeduplicateEventInterceptor":
-        return DeduplicateEventInterceptor()
diff --git a/tests/sse/test_sse.py b/tests/sse/test_sse.py
index 3c3beda2..0c83e158 100644
--- a/tests/sse/test_sse.py
+++ b/tests/sse/test_sse.py
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ from private_gpt.events.models import (
     ToolUseBlock,
     Usage,
 )
-from private_gpt.server.chat.interceptors.deduplicate_event_interceptor import (
-    DeduplicateEventInterceptor,
-)
 from private_gpt.server.chat.interceptors.filter_event_by_type_interceptor import (
     FilterZylonInterceptor,
 )
@@ -84,10 +81,7 @@ async def _collect_from_gen(
     ping_interval: float | None = None,
 ) -> list:
     """Pipe a hand-crafted event generator through the interceptor pipeline."""
-    interceptors: list[ChatResponseLoopInterceptor] = [
-        FilterZylonInterceptor(),
-        DeduplicateEventInterceptor(),
-    ]
+    interceptors: list[ChatResponseLoopInterceptor] = [FilterZylonInterceptor()]
     if ping_interval:
         gen = await PingEventInterceptor(ping_interval).intercept(gen)
 
@@ -146,10 +140,7 @@ def _make_engine(
 ) -> ChatLoopEngine:
     llm_component = MagicMock(spec=LLMComponent)
     llm_component.get_llm.return_value = mock_llm
-    interceptors: list[ChatResponseLoopInterceptor] = [
-        FilterZylonInterceptor(),
-        DeduplicateEventInterceptor(),
-    ]
+    interceptors: list[ChatResponseLoopInterceptor] = [FilterZylonInterceptor()]
     return ChatLoopEngine(
         llm_component=llm_component,
         response_interceptors=interceptors,
@@ -639,62 +630,6 @@ async def test_integration_ping_injected_between_slow_llm_chunks() -> None:
     assert sum(1 for e in events if isinstance(e, PingEvent)) >= 1
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_unit_duplicate_content_block_deltas_are_dropped() -> None:
-    """Identical consecutive content_block_delta events are suppressed."""
-    from private_gpt.events.models import InputJSONDelta
-
-    bid = _block_id()
-    delta = InputJSONDelta(
-        partial_json="",
-        partial_json_obj={"object": "deals", "query": None},
-    )
-
-    async def gen() -> AsyncGenerator:
-        yield RawMessageStartEvent.from_defaults()
-        yield RawContentBlockStartEvent(
-            index=1,
-            block_id=bid,
-            content_block=ToolUseBlock(id="tool_1", name="search", input={}),
-        )
-        for _ in range(5):
-            yield RawContentBlockDeltaEvent(
-                index=1,
-                block_id=bid,
-                delta=delta.model_copy(deep=True),
-            )
-        yield RawContentBlockDeltaEvent(
-            index=1,
-            block_id=bid,
-            delta=InputJSONDelta(
-                partial_json='{"object":"deals","query":"x"}',
-                partial_json_obj={"object": "deals", "query": "x"},
-            ),
-        )
-        yield RawContentBlockStopEvent(index=1, block_id=bid)
-        yield RawMessageStopEvent()
-
-    events = await _collect_from_gen(gen())
-    deltas = [e for e in events if isinstance(e, RawContentBlockDeltaEvent)]
-    assert len(deltas) == 2
-    assert deltas[0].delta.partial_json_obj == {"object": "deals", "query": None}
-    assert deltas[1].delta.partial_json_obj == {"object": "deals", "query": "x"}
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_unit_ping_events_are_never_deduplicated() -> None:
-    """Ping keepalives always pass through even when consecutive."""
-
-    async def gen() -> AsyncGenerator:
-        yield PingEvent()
-        yield PingEvent()
-        yield PingEvent()
-
-    events = await _collect_from_gen(gen())
-    assert len(events) == 3
-    assert all(isinstance(e, PingEvent) for e in events)
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Private factory helpers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------