diff --git a/src/group-folder.test.ts b/src/group-folder.test.ts
index cc772109a..acc796a2e 100644
--- a/src/group-folder.test.ts
+++ b/src/group-folder.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { isValidGroupFolder, resolveGroupFolderPath, resolveGroupIpcPath } from './group-folder.js';
+import { isValidGroupFolder, resolveGroupFolderPath } from './group-folder.js';
 
 describe('group folder validation', () => {
   it('accepts normal group folder names', () => {
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@ describe('group folder validation', () => {
     expect(resolved.endsWith(`${path.sep}groups${path.sep}family-chat`)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('resolves safe paths under data ipc directory', () => {
-    const resolved = resolveGroupIpcPath('family-chat');
-    expect(resolved.endsWith(`${path.sep}data${path.sep}ipc${path.sep}family-chat`)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
   it('throws for unsafe folder names', () => {
     expect(() => resolveGroupFolderPath('../../etc')).toThrow();
-    expect(() => resolveGroupIpcPath('/tmp')).toThrow();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/group-folder.ts b/src/group-folder.ts
index 57459540f..13a2e386b 100644
--- a/src/group-folder.ts
+++ b/src/group-folder.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { DATA_DIR, GROUPS_DIR } from './config.js';
+import { GROUPS_DIR } from './config.js';
 
 const GROUP_FOLDER_PATTERN = /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_-]{0,63}$/;
 const RESERVED_FOLDERS = new Set(['global']);
@@ -34,11 +34,3 @@ export function resolveGroupFolderPath(folder: string): string {
   ensureWithinBase(GROUPS_DIR, groupPath);
   return groupPath;
 }
-
-export function resolveGroupIpcPath(folder: string): string {
-  assertValidGroupFolder(folder);
-  const ipcBaseDir = path.resolve(DATA_DIR, 'ipc');
-  const ipcPath = path.resolve(ipcBaseDir, folder);
-  ensureWithinBase(ipcBaseDir, ipcPath);
-  return ipcPath;
-}