diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/client.test.ts b/packages/core/src/core/client.test.ts
index 0fb5a5b7d7..6cefe77c59 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/client.test.ts
@@ -652,34 +652,6 @@ describe('Gemini Client (client.ts)', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('attempts to compress with a maxOutputTokens set to the original token count', async () => {
-      vi.mocked(tokenLimit).mockReturnValue(1000);
-      vi.mocked(mockContentGenerator.countTokens).mockResolvedValue({
-        totalTokens: 999,
-      });
-
-      mockGetHistory.mockReturnValue([
-        { role: 'user', parts: [{ text: '...history...' }] },
-      ]);
-
-      // Mock the summary response from the chat
-      mockSendMessage.mockResolvedValue({
-        role: 'model',
-        parts: [{ text: 'This is a summary.' }],
-      });
-
-      await client.tryCompressChat('prompt-id-2', true);
-
-      expect(mockSendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          config: expect.objectContaining({
-            maxOutputTokens: 999,
-          }),
-        }),
-        'prompt-id-2',
-      );
-    });
-
     it('should not trigger summarization if token count is below threshold', async () => {
       const MOCKED_TOKEN_LIMIT = 1000;
       vi.mocked(tokenLimit).mockReturnValue(MOCKED_TOKEN_LIMIT);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/client.ts b/packages/core/src/core/client.ts
index 658701517b..bb813dcad4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/client.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/client.ts
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ export class GeminiClient {
         },
         config: {
           systemInstruction: { text: getCompressionPrompt() },
-          maxOutputTokens: originalTokenCount,
         },
       },
       prompt_id,