diff --git a/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.test.tsx b/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.test.tsx
index eb6f66c93a..fdf8f015db 100644
--- a/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.test.tsx
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ vi.mock('~/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card', () => ({
     isConnected: false,
     isResponsePending: mocks.isResponsePending,
   }),
-  ResponseConfirmingNote: () => <p data-testid="confirming" />,
 }));
 vi.mock('./claim-position-comment', () => ({
   ClaimPositionCommentControl: (props: Record<string, unknown>) => {
@@ -561,20 +560,20 @@ describe('ClaimPageView description', () => {
 });
 
 describe('ClaimPageView position', () => {
-  // The claim page is where a confirming response was pressed again and published a retraction:
-  // it drew no sign of the wait, so a held pill looked like a settled one.
-  it('says the response is confirming, and marks the pills pending, while it is', () => {
+  // The claim page is where a confirming response was pressed again and published a retraction.
+  // The pills guard against that quietly: the side reads as taken at once, with no note or wait
+  // cursor, and only the presses that would undo it are dropped until it lands.
+  it('marks the pills pending while the response confirms, without announcing a wait', () => {
     mocks.isResponsePending = true;
     render(<ClaimPageView entityId="claim-1" spaceId="space-1" />);
 
-    expect(screen.getByTestId('confirming')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(mocks.positionControl?.pending).toBe(true);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/waiting for confirmation/i)).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it('says nothing once it has landed', () => {
+  it('releases the pills once it has landed', () => {
     render(<ClaimPageView entityId="claim-1" spaceId="space-1" />);
 
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId('confirming')).toBeNull();
     expect(mocks.positionControl?.pending).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.tsx b/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.tsx
index 2839918d3f..8ea3f2eb9c 100644
--- a/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/core/claims/browse/claim-page-view.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   useBackfillReadinessForHeldPosition,
 } from '~/core/debates/backfill-readiness-for-held-position';
 import { useDebateClaims } from '~/core/debates/hooks';
-import { ResponseConfirmingNote, useClaimPositionControl } from '~/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card';
+import { useClaimPositionControl } from '~/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card';
 import { usePrivySignIn } from '~/core/hooks/use-privy-sign-in';
 import { ID } from '~/core/id';
 import { hasRecordToShow } from '~/core/profile/profile-proposer';
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ function ClaimPositionSection({
         // Explore's pill row width, so the two read as one control.
         positionRowClassName="max-w-[360px]"
       />
-      {control.isResponsePending ? <ResponseConfirmingNote /> : null}
       {control.responseError ? (
         <div role="alert" className="mt-2">
           <Text as="p" variant="footnote" color="red-01">
diff --git a/apps/web/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card.tsx b/apps/web/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card.tsx
index b2ed050e59..f15c3f9f14 100644
--- a/apps/web/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/core/debates/matchmaking/matchmaking-claim-card.tsx
@@ -1005,17 +1005,6 @@ function UnresolvableControls({
   );
 }
 
-/** Said under the pills while the viewer's response is confirming, in the vote arrows' words. */
-export function ResponseConfirmingNote() {
-  return (
-    <div role="status" className="mt-2">
-      <Text as="p" variant="footnote" color="grey-04">
-        {RESPONSE_CONFIRMING_COPY}
-      </Text>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
 export function PositionRow({
   positions,
   responseKind,
@@ -1232,7 +1221,6 @@ function PositionButton({
       className={cx(
         className,
         'transition-colors disabled:opacity-60',
-        pending && 'cursor-progress',
         !selected && !disabled && !pending && 'hover:border-text'
       )}
     >