diff --git a/epiphany-core/src/agent_launch.rs b/epiphany-core/src/agent_launch.rs
index ac28d9ae..df2a2835 100644
--- a/epiphany-core/src/agent_launch.rs
+++ b/epiphany-core/src/agent_launch.rs
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ fn repo_model_node_output_schema() -> serde_json::Value {
             "action_implication": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1},
             "anchors": {"type": "array", "items": memory_anchor_output_schema()},
             "source_hashes": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
-            "lifecycle": {"type": "string", "enum": ["observed", "proposed", "accepted", "retired", "stale"]},
-            "salience": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0},
-            "confidence": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0}
+            "lifecycle": {"type": "string", "enum": ["observed", "proposed", "accepted", "retired", "stale"]}
         },
         "anyOf": [
             {"properties": {"question": {"minLength": 1}}},
@@ -127,8 +125,7 @@ fn repo_model_edge_output_schema() -> serde_json::Value {
             "kind": {"type": "string", "enum": ["owns", "reads", "writes", "derives", "adapts", "persists", "launches", "verifies", "supports", "contradicts", "grounds", "triggers", "depends_on", "other"]},
             "claim": {"type": "string"},
             "anchors": {"type": "array", "items": memory_anchor_output_schema()},
-            "lifecycle": {"type": "string", "enum": ["observed", "proposed", "accepted", "retired", "stale"]},
-            "confidence": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0}
+            "lifecycle": {"type": "string", "enum": ["observed", "proposed", "accepted", "retired", "stale"]}
         },
         "additionalProperties": false
     })
diff --git a/epiphany-state-model/src/lib.rs b/epiphany-state-model/src/lib.rs
index b06a85bd..d83a282d 100644
--- a/epiphany-state-model/src/lib.rs
+++ b/epiphany-state-model/src/lib.rs
@@ -855,10 +855,6 @@ pub struct EpiphanyMemoryNode {
     pub source_hashes: Vec<String>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub lifecycle: EpiphanyMemoryLifecycle,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_zero_u32")]
-    pub salience: u32,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_zero_u32")]
-    pub confidence: u32,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     #[ts(type = "string | null")]
     pub created_at: Option<String>,
@@ -902,8 +898,6 @@ pub struct EpiphanyMemoryEdge {
     pub anchors: Vec<EpiphanyMemoryAnchor>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub lifecycle: EpiphanyMemoryLifecycle,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_zero_u32")]
-    pub confidence: u32,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, JsonSchema, TS, Default)]
@@ -924,9 +918,3 @@ pub struct EpiphanyMemoryAnchor {
     #[ts(type = "string | null")]
     pub note: Option<String>,
 }
-
-
-
-fn is_zero_u32(value: &u32) -> bool {
-    *value == 0
-}