diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/agent/role_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/agent/role_tests.rs
index 624b8b9ba134..6f359eb38d67 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/agent/role_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/agent/role_tests.rs
@@ -71,21 +71,6 @@ async fn apply_role_returns_error_for_unknown_role() {
     assert_eq!(err, "unknown agent_type 'missing-role'");
 }
 
-#[tokio::test]
-#[ignore = "No role requiring it for now"]
-async fn apply_explorer_role_sets_model_and_adds_session_flags_layer() {
-    let (_home, mut config) = test_config_with_cli_overrides(Vec::new()).await;
-    let before_layers = session_flags_layer_count(&config);
-
-    apply_role_to_config(&mut config, Some("explorer"))
-        .await
-        .expect("explorer role should apply");
-
-    assert_eq!(config.model.as_deref(), Some("gpt-5.4-mini"));
-    assert_eq!(config.model_reasoning_effort, Some(ReasoningEffort::Medium));
-    assert_eq!(session_flags_layer_count(&config), before_layers + 1);
-}
-
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn apply_empty_explorer_role_preserves_current_model_and_reasoning_effort() {
     let (_home, mut config) = test_config_with_cli_overrides(Vec::new()).await;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod_tests.rs
index 389164a43913..22c08f4aeb8d 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod_tests.rs
@@ -552,67 +552,6 @@ async fn unified_exec_pause_blocks_yield_timeout() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[tokio::test]
-#[ignore] // Ignored while we have a better way to test this.
-async fn requests_with_large_timeout_are_capped() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let (session, turn) = test_session_and_turn().await;
-
-    let result = exec_command(
-        &session,
-        &turn,
-        "echo codex",
-        /*yield_time_ms*/ 120_000,
-        /*workdir*/ None,
-    )
-    .await?;
-
-    assert!(result.process_id.is_some());
-    assert!(
-        result
-            .truncated_output(DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS)
-            .contains("codex")
-    );
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-#[tokio::test]
-#[ignore] // Ignored while we have a better way to test this.
-async fn completed_commands_do_not_persist_sessions() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let (session, turn) = test_session_and_turn().await;
-    let result = exec_command(
-        &session,
-        &turn,
-        "echo codex",
-        /*yield_time_ms*/ 2_500,
-        /*workdir*/ None,
-    )
-    .await?;
-
-    assert!(
-        result.process_id.is_some(),
-        "completed command should report a process id"
-    );
-    assert!(
-        result
-            .truncated_output(DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS)
-            .contains("codex")
-    );
-
-    assert!(
-        session
-            .services
-            .unified_exec_manager
-            .process_store
-            .lock()
-            .await
-            .processes
-            .is_empty()
-    );
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn reusing_completed_process_returns_unknown_process() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     skip_if_sandbox!(Ok(()));