diff --git a/crates/storage/src/database.rs b/crates/storage/src/database.rs
index f8ee851..258eb47 100644
--- a/crates/storage/src/database.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/src/database.rs
@@ -256,62 +256,6 @@ pub async fn search_transcripts(
     Ok(rows.iter().map(transcript_row_from).collect())
 }
 
-// --- Dictionary (custom vocabulary injected into LLM cleanup prompts) ---
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct DictionaryEntry {
-    pub id: i64,
-    pub term: String,
-    pub note: Option<String>,
-}
-
-pub async fn list_dictionary(pool: &SqlitePool) -> Result<Vec<DictionaryEntry>> {
-    let rows = sqlx::query("SELECT id, term, note FROM dictionary ORDER BY term ASC")
-        .fetch_all(pool)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| KonError::StorageError(format!("List dictionary failed: {e}")))?;
-    Ok(rows
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|r| DictionaryEntry {
-            id: r.get("id"),
-            term: r.get("term"),
-            note: r.get("note"),
-        })
-        .collect())
-}
-
-pub async fn add_dictionary_entry(
-    pool: &SqlitePool,
-    term: &str,
-    note: Option<&str>,
-) -> Result<i64> {
-    // ON CONFLICT … DO UPDATE so we always RETURN the actual row id.
-    // The previous `INSERT OR IGNORE` returned 0 (or a stale auto-increment
-    // counter) for duplicate terms, which lied to the frontend about which
-    // row it had just upserted. Bumping `note` to `excluded.note` also lets
-    // the user edit a term's note by re-adding it.
-    let row = sqlx::query(
-        "INSERT INTO dictionary (term, note) VALUES (?, ?) \
-         ON CONFLICT(term) DO UPDATE SET note = excluded.note \
-         RETURNING id",
-    )
-    .bind(term)
-    .bind(note)
-    .fetch_one(pool)
-    .await
-    .map_err(|e| KonError::StorageError(format!("Insert dictionary entry failed: {e}")))?;
-    Ok(row.get("id"))
-}
-
-pub async fn delete_dictionary_entry(pool: &SqlitePool, id: i64) -> Result<()> {
-    sqlx::query("DELETE FROM dictionary WHERE id = ?")
-        .bind(id)
-        .execute(pool)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| KonError::StorageError(format!("Delete dictionary entry failed: {e}")))?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 // --- Task CRUD ---
 
 /// Insert a task. `list_id` and `effort` are nullable (schema predates their
@@ -780,9 +724,9 @@ pub async fn list_profile_terms(
     Ok(rows.iter().map(profile_term_row_from).collect())
 }
 
-/// UPSERT on UNIQUE(profile_id, term). Mirrors `add_dictionary_entry`'s
-/// ON CONFLICT … DO UPDATE pattern so that re-adding an existing term
-/// simply refreshes the note and returns the existing row (not a fresh id).
+/// UPSERT on UNIQUE(profile_id, term). Uses ON CONFLICT … DO UPDATE so that
+/// re-adding an existing term simply refreshes the note and returns the
+/// existing row (not a fresh id).
 pub async fn add_profile_term(
     pool: &SqlitePool,
     profile_id: &str,
diff --git a/crates/storage/src/lib.rs b/crates/storage/src/lib.rs
index 480a8db..90b11ca 100644
--- a/crates/storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ pub mod migrations;
 pub const DEFAULT_PROFILE_ID: &str = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001";
 
 pub use database::{
-    add_dictionary_entry, add_profile_term, complete_subtask_and_check_parent, complete_task,
-    count_transcripts, create_profile, delete_dictionary_entry, delete_profile,
+    add_profile_term, complete_subtask_and_check_parent, complete_task,
+    count_transcripts, create_profile, delete_profile,
     delete_profile_term, delete_task, delete_transcript, get_profile, get_setting, get_task_by_id,
-    get_transcript, init, insert_subtask, insert_task, insert_transcript, list_dictionary,
+    get_transcript, init, insert_subtask, insert_task, insert_transcript,
     list_profile_terms, list_profiles, list_recent_errors, list_subtasks, list_tasks,
     list_transcripts, list_transcripts_paged, log_error, search_transcripts, set_setting,
     uncomplete_task, update_profile, update_task, update_transcript, update_transcript_meta,
-    DictionaryEntry, ErrorLogRow, InsertTranscriptParams, ProfileRow, ProfileTermRow, TaskRow,
+    ErrorLogRow, InsertTranscriptParams, ProfileRow, ProfileTermRow, TaskRow,
     TranscriptRow,
 };
 pub use file_storage::{app_data_dir, crashes_dir, database_path, logs_dir, recordings_dir};
diff --git a/crates/storage/src/migrations.rs b/crates/storage/src/migrations.rs
index 1f3f992..12c9d48 100644
--- a/crates/storage/src/migrations.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/src/migrations.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ const MIGRATIONS: &[(i64, &str, &str)] = &[
         END;
         "#,
     ),
+    (
+        7,
+        "drop_dictionary",
+        r#"
+        DROP INDEX IF EXISTS idx_dictionary_term;
+        DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dictionary;
+        "#,
+    ),
 ];
 
 /// Split SQL into individual statements, respecting BEGIN...END trigger blocks.
@@ -279,7 +287,7 @@ mod tests {
             .fetch_one(&pool)
             .await
             .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(count, 6);
+        assert_eq!(count, 7);
 
         sqlx::query("INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES ('test', 'value')")
             .execute(&pool)
@@ -301,7 +309,7 @@ mod tests {
             .fetch_one(&pool)
             .await
             .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(count, 6);
+        assert_eq!(count, 7);
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -522,4 +530,23 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert!(result.is_err(), "trigger must block Default rename");
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn migration_v7_drops_dictionary_table() {
+        let pool = SqlitePoolOptions::new()
+            .max_connections(1)
+            .connect("sqlite::memory:")
+            .await
+            .expect("pool");
+        run_migrations(&pool).await.expect("migrate");
+
+        // dictionary table should not exist after v7.
+        let result: std::result::Result<i64, sqlx::Error> =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dictionary")
+                .fetch_one(&pool)
+                .await;
+        assert!(result.is_err(), "dictionary table must be gone after v7");
+        let err = result.unwrap_err().to_string().to_lowercase();
+        assert!(err.contains("no such table"), "got: {err}");
+    }
 }