diff --git a/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.test.ts b/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.test.ts
index 4a3a93a5a..076fb3864 100644
--- a/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.test.ts
+++ b/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.test.ts
@@ -206,15 +206,10 @@ describe("runOwnerReview", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("propagates mcp timeout values to spawn", async () => {
+  it("ignores document-defined MCP servers during owner review", async () => {
     autonomousMock.mockImplementation(async (_, { mcpServers }) => {
-      expect(mcpServers).toMatchObject({
-        "plan-browser": {
-          command: "poe-code",
-          args: ["plan", "list"],
-          timeout: 90
-        }
-      });
+      expect(mcpServers).not.toHaveProperty("plan-browser");
+      expect(findWorkflowServer(mcpServers)).toBeDefined();
 
       return {
         toolCalls: [
diff --git a/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.ts b/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.ts
index d7c755642..d1ecad149 100644
--- a/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.ts
+++ b/packages/superintendent/src/runtime/run-owner-review.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import "@poe-code/agent-spawn/register-factories";
-import type { McpConfig, SuperintendentDoc } from "../document/parse.js";
+import type { SuperintendentDoc } from "../document/parse.js";
 import {
   runAutonomousAgent,
   type AutonomousOutput,
@@ -77,21 +77,10 @@ function buildTemplateContext(
   return { ...context, plan: { path: doc.filePath } };
 }
 
-function buildMcpServers(doc: SuperintendentDoc): McpSpawnConfig {
-  const servers: McpSpawnConfig = {
+function buildMcpServers(_doc: SuperintendentDoc): McpSpawnConfig {
+  return {
     [WORKFLOW_SERVER_NAME]: createWorkflowServer()
   };
-
-  const merged = {
-    ...(doc.frontmatter.mcp ?? {}),
-    ...(doc.frontmatter.owner.mcp ?? {})
-  };
-
-  for (const [name, config] of Object.entries(merged)) {
-    servers[name] = toSpawnMcpServer(config);
-  }
-
-  return servers;
 }
 
 function createWorkflowServer(): McpSpawnConfig[string] {
@@ -104,14 +93,6 @@ function createWorkflowServer(): McpSpawnConfig[string] {
   };
 }
 
-function toSpawnMcpServer(config: McpConfig): McpSpawnConfig[string] {
-  return {
-    command: config.command,
-    ...(config.args ? { args: [...config.args] } : {}),
-    ...(config.timeout !== undefined ? { timeout: config.timeout } : {})
-  };
-}
-
 function extractLogPath(result: AutonomousOutput): string | undefined {
   if (typeof result === "string") return undefined;
   return typeof result.logFile === "string" ? result.logFile : undefined;