diff --git a/src/apps/chat/commands/CommandsBeam.tsx b/src/apps/chat/commands/CommandsBeam.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index cf62c53e5..000000000
--- a/src/apps/chat/commands/CommandsBeam.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { ChatBeamIcon } from '~/common/components/icons/ChatBeamIcon';
-
-import type { ICommandsProvider } from './ICommandsProvider';
-
-export const CommandsBeam: ICommandsProvider = {
-  id: 'cmd-mode-beam',
-  rank: 9,
-
-  getCommands: () => [{
-    primary: '/beam',
-    arguments: ['prompt'],
-    description: 'Combine the smarts of models',
-    Icon: ChatBeamIcon,
-  }],
-
-};
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/commands/commands.registry.ts b/src/apps/chat/commands/commands.registry.ts
index 963ba418a..c4141c384 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/commands/commands.registry.ts
+++ b/src/apps/chat/commands/commands.registry.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { ChatCommand, ICommandsProvider } from './ICommandsProvider';
 
 import { CommandsAlter } from './CommandsAlter';
-import { CommandsBeam } from './CommandsBeam';
 import { CommandsBrowse } from './CommandsBrowse';
 import { CommandsDraw } from './CommandsDraw';
 import { CommandsHelp } from './CommandsHelp';
 import { CommandsReact } from './CommandsReact';
 
 
-export type CommandsProviderId = 'cmd-ass-browse' | 'cmd-ass-t2i' | 'cmd-chat-alter' | 'cmd-help' | 'cmd-mode-beam' | 'cmd-mode-react';
+export type CommandsProviderId = 'cmd-ass-browse' | 'cmd-ass-t2i' | 'cmd-chat-alter' | 'cmd-help' | 'cmd-mode-react';
 
 type TextCommandPiece =
   | { type: 'nocmd'; value: string; }
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ const ChatCommandsProviders: Record<CommandsProviderId, ICommandsProvider> = {
   'cmd-ass-t2i': CommandsDraw,
   'cmd-chat-alter': CommandsAlter,
   'cmd-help': CommandsHelp,
-  'cmd-mode-beam': CommandsBeam,
   'cmd-mode-react': CommandsReact,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
index b91626e4b..e716d8386 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
@@ -666,9 +666,9 @@ export function Composer(props: {
     !llmAttachmentDraftsCollection.canAttachAllFragments ? 'warning'
       : undefined;
 
-  // stable randomization of the /verb, between '/draw', '/react', '/beam', '/browse'
+  // stable randomization of the /verb, between '/draw', '/react', '/browse'
   const placeholderAction = React.useMemo(() => {
-    const actions = ['/react', '/beam'];
+    const actions: string[] = ['/react'];
     if (props.capabilityHasT2I) actions.push('/draw');
     if (hasComposerBrowseCapability) actions.push('/browse');
     return actions[Math.floor(Math.random() * actions.length)];
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/editors/_handleExecuteCommand.ts b/src/apps/chat/editors/_handleExecuteCommand.ts
index 6f54c7a29..6e51742b9 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/editors/_handleExecuteCommand.ts
+++ b/src/apps/chat/editors/_handleExecuteCommand.ts
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ export async function _handleExecuteCommand(lastMessageId: DMessageId, lastMessa
       cHandler.messageAppendAssistantText(`Available Chat Commands:\n${helpPrettyChatCommands()}`, 'help');
       return true;
 
-    case 'cmd-mode-beam':
-      if (isErrorNoArgs || !userText)
-        return false;
-      // remove '/beam ', as we want to be a user chat message
-      cHandler.messageFragmentReplace(lastMessageId, lastMessageFirstFragment.fId, createTextContentFragment(userText), true);
-      cHandler.beamInvoke(cHandler.historyViewHead('cmd-mode-beam'), [], null);
-      return true;
+    // NOTE 12/9/2024: removed this as /beam should not be a command, but it's already a chat mode, e.g. can't be headless executed.
+    //                 the following code is here for reference/historical reasons
+    // case 'cmd-mode-beam':
+    //   if (isErrorNoArgs || !userText)
+    //     return false;
+    //   // remove '/beam ', as we want to be a user chat message
+    //   cHandler.messageFragmentReplace(lastMessageId, lastMessageFirstFragment.fId, createTextContentFragment(userText), true);
+    //   cHandler.beamInvoke(cHandler.historyViewHead('cmd-mode-beam'), [], null);
+    //   return true;
 
     case 'cmd-mode-react':
       // create a temporary copy of the message,