diff --git a/pkg/manager/manager.go b/pkg/manager/manager.go
index 98aac8f..171d6ca 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/manager.go
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ type InstanceManager interface {
 	Shutdown()
 }
 
-type RemoteManager interface {
-	ListRemoteInstances(node *config.NodeConfig) ([]*instance.Instance, error)
-	CreateRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string, options *instance.Options) (*instance.Instance, error)
-	GetRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string) (*instance.Instance, error)
-	UpdateRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string, options *instance.Options) (*instance.Instance, error)
-	DeleteRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string) error
-	StartRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string) (*instance.Instance, error)
-	StopRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string) (*instance.Instance, error)
-	RestartRemoteInstance(node *config.NodeConfig, name string) (*instance.Instance, error)
-	GetRemoteInstanceLogs(node *config.NodeConfig, name string, numLines int) (string, error)
-}
-
 type instanceManager struct {
 	// Components (each with own synchronization)
 	registry    *instanceRegistry
diff --git a/pkg/manager/persistence.go b/pkg/manager/persistence.go
index c1c93e5..21f4588 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/persistence.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/persistence.go
@@ -100,32 +100,6 @@ func (p *instancePersister) save(inst *instance.Instance) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Load loads a single instance from disk by name.
-func (p *instancePersister) load(name string) (*instance.Instance, error) {
-	if !p.enabled {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("persistence is disabled")
-	}
-
-	if err := p.validateInstanceName(name); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-
-	instancePath := filepath.Join(p.instancesDir, name+".json")
-
-	inst, err := p.loadInstanceFile(name, instancePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("instance %s not found", name)
-		}
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return inst, nil
-}
-
 // Delete removes an instance's persistence file from disk.
 func (p *instancePersister) delete(name string) error {
 	if !p.enabled {
diff --git a/pkg/manager/registry.go b/pkg/manager/registry.go
index aa30ada..c8758f9 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/registry.go
@@ -119,13 +119,3 @@ func (r *instanceRegistry) count() int {
 	defer r.mu.RUnlock()
 	return len(r.instances)
 }
-
-// CountRunning returns the number of currently running instances.
-func (r *instanceRegistry) countRunning() int {
-	count := 0
-	r.running.Range(func(key, value any) bool {
-		count++
-		return true
-	})
-	return count
-}
diff --git a/pkg/manager/remote.go b/pkg/manager/remote.go
index b466a3b..50d2463 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/remote.go
@@ -137,21 +137,6 @@ func parseRemoteResponse(resp *http.Response, result any) error {
 
 // --- Remote CRUD operations ---
 
-// ListInstances lists all instances on a remote node.
-func (rm *remoteManager) listInstances(ctx context.Context, node *config.NodeConfig) ([]*instance.Instance, error) {
-	resp, err := rm.makeRemoteRequest(ctx, node, "GET", apiBasePath, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var instances []*instance.Instance
-	if err := parseRemoteResponse(resp, &instances); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return instances, nil
-}
-
 // CreateInstance creates a new instance on a remote node.
 func (rm *remoteManager) createInstance(ctx context.Context, node *config.NodeConfig, name string, opts *instance.Options) (*instance.Instance, error) {
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/", apiBasePath, name)