diff --git a/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-canvas.tsx b/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-canvas.tsx
index 54e9192d..06d32dce 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-canvas.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-canvas.tsx
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ function GraphCanvasInner({
       // No new nodes - just update data without changing positions
       setNodes((currentNodes) => {
         const positionMap = new Map(currentNodes.map((n) => [n.id, n.position]));
-        // Filter to only include nodes that still exist
-        const existingNodeIds = new Set(layoutedNodes.map((n) => n.id));
-
         return layoutedNodes.map((node) => ({
           ...node,
           position: positionMap.get(node.id) || node.position,
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-view.tsx b/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-view.tsx
index b3ca5e3c..fbb33960 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/graph-view/graph-view.tsx
@@ -85,34 +85,8 @@ export function GraphView({
   // Handle creating a dependency via edge connection
   const handleCreateDependency = useCallback(
     async (sourceId: string, targetId: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-      const sourceFeature = features.find((f) => f.id === sourceId);
       const targetFeature = features.find((f) => f.id === targetId);
 
-      // Debug logging
-      console.log('[Dependency Check] ===========================');
-      console.log('[Dependency Check] Source (prerequisite):', {
-        id: sourceId,
-        title: sourceFeature?.title || sourceFeature?.description?.slice(0, 50),
-        dependencies: sourceFeature?.dependencies,
-      });
-      console.log('[Dependency Check] Target (will depend on source):', {
-        id: targetId,
-        title: targetFeature?.title || targetFeature?.description?.slice(0, 50),
-        dependencies: targetFeature?.dependencies,
-      });
-      console.log(
-        '[Dependency Check] Action:',
-        `${targetFeature?.title || targetId} will depend on ${sourceFeature?.title || sourceId}`
-      );
-      console.log(
-        '[Dependency Check] All features:',
-        features.map((f) => ({
-          id: f.id,
-          title: f.title || f.description?.slice(0, 30),
-          deps: f.dependencies,
-        }))
-      );
-
       // Prevent self-dependency
       if (sourceId === targetId) {
         toast.error('A task cannot depend on itself');
@@ -128,15 +102,7 @@ export function GraphView({
       // Check for circular dependency
       // This checks: if we make targetId depend on sourceId, would it create a cycle?
       // A cycle would occur if sourceId already depends on targetId (transitively)
-      console.log('[Cycle Check] Checking if adding dependency would create cycle...');
-      console.log(
-        '[Cycle Check] Would create cycle if:',
-        sourceFeature?.title || sourceId,
-        'already depends on',
-        targetFeature?.title || targetId
-      );
       const wouldCycle = wouldCreateCircularDependency(features, sourceId, targetId);
-      console.log('[Cycle Check] Result:', wouldCycle ? 'WOULD CREATE CYCLE' : 'Safe to add');
       if (wouldCycle) {
         toast.error('Cannot create circular dependency', {
           description: 'This would create a dependency cycle',