diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/mod.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/mod.rs
index 8c65079cee..3225841e08 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Keep the PowerShell subprocess parser available as a test oracle, but do not
+// compile it into production command classification.
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 mod powershell_parser;
 mod powershell_tree_sitter;
 
@@ -5,5 +9,4 @@ pub mod is_dangerous_command;
 pub mod is_safe_command;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub(crate) mod windows_safe_commands;
-pub(crate) use powershell_parser::try_parse_powershell_ast_commands;
 pub(crate) use powershell_tree_sitter::try_parse_powershell_commands;
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
index f7630ee6e3..3395108d23 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use crate::command_safety::powershell_parser::PowershellParseOutcome;
-use crate::command_safety::powershell_parser::parse_with_powershell_ast;
+use crate::command_safety::try_parse_powershell_commands;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 /// On Windows, we conservatively allow only clearly read-only PowerShell invocations
@@ -92,14 +91,8 @@ fn parse_powershell_invocation(executable: &str, args: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<
 
 /// Tokenizes an inline PowerShell script and delegates to the command splitter.
 /// Examples of when this is called: pwsh.exe -Command '<script>' or pwsh.exe -Command:<script>
-fn parse_powershell_script(executable: &str, script: &str) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
-    if let PowershellParseOutcome::Commands(commands) =
-        parse_with_powershell_ast(executable, script)
-    {
-        Some(commands)
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
+fn parse_powershell_script(_executable: &str, script: &str) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
+    try_parse_powershell_commands(script)
 }
 
 /// Returns true when the executable name is one of the supported PowerShell binaries.
@@ -305,12 +298,6 @@ mod tests {
             "Get-Content foo.rs | Select-Object -Skip 200".to_string()
         ]));
 
-        assert!(is_safe_command_windows(&[
-            pwsh.clone(),
-            "-Command".to_string(),
-            "(Get-Content foo.rs -Raw)".to_string()
-        ]));
-
         assert!(is_safe_command_windows(&[
             pwsh,
             "-Command".to_string(),
@@ -469,13 +456,6 @@ mod tests {
             "ls @(calc.exe)"
         ])));
 
-        // Unsupported constructs that the AST parser refuses (no fallback to manual splitting).
-        assert!(!is_safe_command_windows(&vec_str(&[
-            "powershell.exe",
-            "-Command",
-            "ls && pwd"
-        ])));
-
         // Sub-expressions are rejected even if they contain otherwise safe commands.
         assert!(!is_safe_command_windows(&vec_str(&[
             "powershell.exe",
@@ -520,34 +500,4 @@ mod tests {
             "Write-Output \"foo $bar\""
         ])));
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn uses_invoked_powershell_variant_for_parsing() {
-        if !cfg!(windows) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let chain = "pwd && ls";
-        assert!(
-            !is_safe_command_windows(&vec_str(&[
-                "powershell.exe",
-                "-NoProfile",
-                "-Command",
-                chain,
-            ])),
-            "`{chain}` is not recognized by powershell.exe"
-        );
-
-        if let Some(pwsh) = try_find_pwsh_executable_blocking() {
-            assert!(
-                is_safe_command_windows(&[
-                    pwsh.as_path().to_str().unwrap().into(),
-                    "-NoProfile".to_string(),
-                    "-Command".to_string(),
-                    chain.to_string(),
-                ]),
-                "`{chain}` should be considered safe to pwsh.exe"
-            );
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/powershell.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/powershell.rs
index 9a55f89f49..d1d0ed8775 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/powershell.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/powershell.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
 
-use crate::command_safety::try_parse_powershell_ast_commands;
 use crate::command_safety::try_parse_powershell_commands;
 use crate::shell_detect::ShellType;
 use crate::shell_detect::detect_shell_type;
@@ -74,13 +73,13 @@ pub fn extract_powershell_command(command: &[String]) -> Option<(&str, &str)> {
 /// Parse the script body from a top-level PowerShell wrapper into argv-like commands.
 ///
 /// This is intentionally narrower than the Windows safe-command parser: it only unwraps the
-/// `-Command`/`-c` body from a PowerShell invocation we already recognize, then delegates the
-/// script itself to the PowerShell AST parser.
+/// `-Command`/`-c` body from a PowerShell invocation we already recognize, then lowers the
+/// script in-process.
 pub fn parse_powershell_command_into_plain_commands(
     command: &[String],
 ) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
-    let (executable, script) = extract_powershell_command(command)?;
-    try_parse_powershell_ast_commands(executable, script)
+    let (_, script) = extract_powershell_command(command)?;
+    try_parse_powershell_commands(script)
 }
 
 /// Parse literal PowerShell commands without starting a PowerShell executable.