diff --git a/apps/cli/src/bin.ts b/apps/cli/src/bin.ts
index c5003cf795..619d0dcd58 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/bin.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/bin.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ switch (invocation.mode) {
   }
   case 'meta': {
     const { runMeta } = await import('./tui.ts')
-    await runMeta(invocation.resume)
+    await runMeta()
     break
   }
   case 'migrate':
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/tui.ts b/apps/cli/src/tui.ts
index e9d108bfb0..f4b4b18f40 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/tui.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/tui.ts
@@ -82,12 +82,9 @@ export function launcherSessionsRoot(): string {
 /**
  * Run the interactive TUI with this harness checkout as the workspace
  * (`dsh meta`), whatever directory it was launched from.
- * @param resumeSessionId - a persisted session id to resume, or `undefined`;
- * see {@link runTui}. Meta-mode sessions live under the checkout, so an id from
- * an ordinary `dsh` run in another directory is not found here.
  */
-export async function runMeta(resumeSessionId: string | undefined): Promise<void> {
-  return runTui(undefined, resumeSessionId, SOURCE_ROOT)
+export async function runMeta(): Promise<void> {
+  return runTui(undefined, undefined, SOURCE_ROOT)
 }
 
 /**