diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/subagents/batch_service.py b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/subagents/batch_service.py
index 9956e030e2e..d57c9112f55 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/subagents/batch_service.py
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/subagents/batch_service.py
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ def _usage(records: list[dict[str, Any]] | None) -> dict[str, int] | None:
 class SubagentBatchService:
     """Lease, execute, and recover durable native-subagent batch items."""
 
-    # Also used by focused shutdown tests constructing an instance via __new__.
-    _stopping: bool = False
-    _stop_drains: int = 0
-
     def __init__(
         self,
         *,
@@ -67,27 +63,20 @@ def __init__(
         self._lease_owner = f"{socket.gethostname()}:{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
         self._stop = asyncio.Event()
         self._poller: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None
-        self._stopping = False
-        self._stop_drains = 0
         self._executions: dict[str, asyncio.Task[None]] = {}
         self._execution_ids: dict[str, str] = {}
         self._item_batches: dict[str, str] = {}
 
     async def start(self) -> None:
-        if self._stopping:
-            raise RuntimeError("cannot start subagent batch poller before stop completes")
         if self._poller is not None:
             return
         self._stop.clear()
         self._poller = asyncio.create_task(self._run(), name="subagent-batch-poller")
 
     async def stop(self) -> None:
-        # Keep poller ownership visible until the entire drain finishes.
-        # Otherwise start() could create a fresh poller during this await.
-        self._stop_drains += 1
-        self._stopping = True
         self._stop.set()
         poller = self._poller
+        self._poller = None
 
         # Issue every owned-work cancellation before the first await. The
         # Gateway wraps this stop hook in a deadline; if poller teardown is
@@ -103,24 +92,13 @@ async def stop(self) -> None:
         for task in tasks:
             task.cancel()
 
-        completed = False
-        try:
-            if poller is not None:
-                await asyncio.gather(poller, return_exceptions=True)
-            if tasks:
-                await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
-            self._executions.clear()
-            self._execution_ids.clear()
-            self._item_batches.clear()
-            if self._poller is poller:
-                self._poller = None
-            completed = True
-        finally:
-            # A cancelled caller cannot leave a phantom drain count. Keep
-            # start fenced until a subsequent successful stop retries cleanup.
-            self._stop_drains -= 1
-            if completed and self._stop_drains == 0:
-                self._stopping = False
+        if poller is not None:
+            await asyncio.gather(poller, return_exceptions=True)
+        if tasks:
+            await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+        self._executions.clear()
+        self._execution_ids.clear()
+        self._item_batches.clear()
 
     async def _run(self) -> None:
         while not self._stop.is_set():
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_subagent_batch_service.py b/backend/tests/test_subagent_batch_service.py
index dcb69fabcf2..1934160fb42 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_subagent_batch_service.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_subagent_batch_service.py
@@ -490,82 +490,3 @@ def execute_async(self, _prompt, task_id=None):
         assert batch["counts"]["cancelled"] == 1
     finally:
         await close_engine()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_start_cannot_replace_poller_while_stop_is_draining(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
-    service = SubagentBatchService(
-        repository=SimpleNamespace(),
-        config=SubagentBatchesConfig(),
-        runtime_config=SubagentRuntimeConfig(),
-    )
-    poller_entered = asyncio.Event()
-    allow_poller_exit = asyncio.Event()
-
-    async def blocking_poller() -> None:
-        poller_entered.set()
-        try:
-            await asyncio.Future()
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            await allow_poller_exit.wait()
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(service, "_run", blocking_poller)
-    await service.start()
-    original_poller = service._poller
-    assert original_poller is not None
-    await asyncio.wait_for(poller_entered.wait(), timeout=1)
-
-    stop_task = asyncio.create_task(service.stop())
-    await asyncio.sleep(0)
-    assert not stop_task.done()
-    assert service._poller is original_poller
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="before stop completes"):
-        await service.start()
-    assert service._poller is original_poller
-
-    allow_poller_exit.set()
-    await asyncio.wait_for(stop_task, timeout=1)
-    assert original_poller.done()
-    assert service._poller is None
-    assert not service._stopping
-
-    await service.start()
-    assert service._poller is not original_poller
-    await service.stop()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_cancelled_batch_stop_allows_successful_retry(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
-    service = SubagentBatchService(
-        repository=SimpleNamespace(),
-        config=SubagentBatchesConfig(),
-        runtime_config=SubagentRuntimeConfig(),
-    )
-    poller_entered = asyncio.Event()
-    release_poller = asyncio.Event()
-
-    async def reluctant_poller() -> None:
-        poller_entered.set()
-        try:
-            await asyncio.Future()
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            await release_poller.wait()
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(service, "_run", reluctant_poller)
-    await service.start()
-    await asyncio.wait_for(poller_entered.wait(), timeout=1)
-    first_stop = asyncio.create_task(service.stop())
-    await asyncio.sleep(0)
-    first_stop.cancel()
-    with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
-        await first_stop
-    assert service._stop_drains == 0
-    assert service._stopping
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="before stop completes"):
-        await service.start()
-
-    release_poller.set()
-    await asyncio.wait_for(service.stop(), timeout=1)
-    assert service._poller is None
-    assert service._stop_drains == 0
-    assert not service._stopping