diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/DocumentTopBar.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/DocumentTopBar.svelte
index 9a468dd7..e91f85a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/DocumentTopBar.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/DocumentTopBar.svelte
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ import { m } from '$lib/paraglide/messages.js';
 import { formatDate } from '$lib/utils/personFormat';
 import { clickOutside } from '$lib/actions/clickOutside';
 import PersonChipRow from './PersonChipRow.svelte';
-import DocumentStatusChip from './DocumentStatusChip.svelte';
 import AnnotateHintStrip from './AnnotateHintStrip.svelte';
 import OverflowPillButton from './OverflowPillButton.svelte';
 
-type DocumentStatus = 'PLACEHOLDER' | 'UPLOADED' | 'TRANSCRIBED' | 'REVIEWED' | 'ARCHIVED';
 type Person = { id: string; firstName: string; lastName: string };
 
 type Doc = {
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ type Doc = {
 	title?: string | null;
 	originalFilename?: string | null;
 	documentDate?: string | null;
-	status: DocumentStatus;
 	sender?: Person | null;
 	receivers?: Person[] | null;
 	filePath?: string | null;
@@ -158,8 +155,6 @@ let mobileMenuOpen = $state(false);
 			<OverflowPillButton extraCount={extraCount} persons={overflowPersons} />
 		{/if}
 
-		<DocumentStatusChip status={doc.status} />
-
 		<!-- Action buttons -->
 		<div class="ml-2 flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 pr-3 font-sans">
 			{#if canAnnotate && isPdf && !annotateMode}