diff --git a/ocf/loxthelion/managed-container.d/common.sh b/ocf/loxthelion/managed-container.d/common.sh
index 4557346..7f0adfd 100755
--- a/ocf/loxthelion/managed-container.d/common.sh
+++ b/ocf/loxthelion/managed-container.d/common.sh
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ mc_promotion_score_from_monitor()
 }
 
 # managed-containerd is authoritative for recurring monitor/status results.
-# The legacy application monitor remains temporarily available as a shadow
-# comparison only. Promotion scoring is still supplied by the existing
-# application scoring hook during this migration stage.
+# The packaged application monitor is used only when managed-containerd
+# explicitly delegates monitoring to the container backend. Promotion scoring
+# remains supplied by the existing application scoring hook.
 mc_promotion_monitor()
 {
-    local monitor_rc legacy_rc proxy_result proxy_rc cached_rc
+    local monitor_rc proxy_result proxy_rc cached_rc
 
     proxy_result="$(mc_proxy_monitor)"
     proxy_rc=$?
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ mc_promotion_monitor()
                     ocf_log warn \
                         "managed-containerd unavailable; using recent cached authoritative rc=${monitor_rc} for bounded control-plane grace"
 
-                    mc_application_monitor
-                    legacy_rc=$?
-
-                    mc_proxy_legacy_shadow_monitor \
-                        "${monitor_rc}" \
-                        "${legacy_rc}" || true
-
                     return "${monitor_rc}"
                 fi
 
@@ -200,12 +193,9 @@ EOF
 
     ocf_log info         "managed-containerd authoritative monitor: resource=${OCF_RESOURCE_INSTANCE:-unknown} proxy=${proxy_result}"
 
-    # Legacy PostgreSQL monitoring remains observational only.
-    mc_application_monitor
-    legacy_rc=$?
-
-    mc_proxy_legacy_shadow_monitor         "${monitor_rc}"         "${legacy_rc}" || true
-
+    # The daemon-native monitor is authoritative. The packaged application
+    # monitor is invoked only when managed-containerd explicitly delegates to
+    # the container backend.
     mc_promotion_score_from_monitor "${monitor_rc}" || true
     return "${monitor_rc}"
 }