diff --git a/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.test.tsx
index e67a96e..7c251a6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.test.tsx
@@ -1,79 +1,3 @@
-import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { IssueBacklog } from "./IssueBacklog";
-import { OpenIssue } from "../types/stream";
 
-const issues: OpenIssue[] = [
-  {
-    id: "medium-api",
-    title: "Add API pagination",
-    labels: ["api", "backend"],
-    summary: "Paginate API responses.",
-    complexity: "Medium",
-    points: 150,
-  },
-  {
-    id: "trivial-docs",
-    title: "Document local setup",
-    labels: ["documentation"],
-    summary: "Add local setup notes.",
-    complexity: "Trivial",
-    points: 100,
-  },
-  {
-    id: "high-ui",
-    title: "Improve dashboard filters",
-    labels: ["frontend", "ux"],
-    summary: "Add better filtering controls.",
-    complexity: "High",
-    points: 200,
-  },
-];
-
-describe("IssueBacklog", () => {
-  it("sorts issues by points from high to low by default", () => {
-    render(<IssueBacklog issues={issues} />);
-
-    const titles = screen
-      .getAllByRole("heading", { level: 3 })
-      .map((heading) => heading.textContent);
-
-    expect(titles).toEqual([
-      "Improve dashboard filters",
-      "Add API pagination",
-      "Document local setup",
-    ]);
-  });
-
-  it("filters issues by label", () => {
-    render(<IssueBacklog issues={issues} />);
-
-    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Filter issues by label"), {
-      target: { value: "documentation" },
-    });
-
-    expect(screen.getByText("Document local setup")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByText("Add API pagination")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(
-      screen.queryByText("Improve dashboard filters"),
-    ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  it("sorts issues by title", () => {
-    render(<IssueBacklog issues={issues} />);
-
-    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Sort issues"), {
-      target: { value: "title" },
-    });
-
-    const titles = screen
-      .getAllByRole("heading", { level: 3 })
-      .map((heading) => heading.textContent);
-
-    expect(titles).toEqual([
-      "Add API pagination",
-      "Document local setup",
-      "Improve dashboard filters",
-    ]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.tsx b/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.tsx
index ebcaeed..e866782 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/IssueBacklog.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+
 import { OpenIssue } from "../types/stream";
 
+type SortKey = "none" | "complexity-asc" | "points-asc" | "points-desc";
+
+const COMPLEXITY_ORDER: Record<OpenIssue["complexity"], number> = {
+  Trivial: 0,
+  Medium: 1,
+  High: 2,
+};
+
 interface IssueBacklogProps {
   issues: OpenIssue[];
   loading?: boolean;
@@ -15,35 +23,7 @@ const complexityRank: Record<OpenIssue["complexity"], number> = {
 };
 
 export function IssueBacklog({ issues, loading }: IssueBacklogProps) {
-  const [selectedLabel, setSelectedLabel] = useState("");
-  const [sortBy, setSortBy] = useState<SortOption>("points-desc");
 
-  const labels = useMemo(
-    () => Array.from(new Set(issues.flatMap((issue) => issue.labels))).sort(),
-    [issues],
-  );
-
-  const visibleIssues = useMemo(() => {
-    const filtered = selectedLabel
-      ? issues.filter((issue) => issue.labels.includes(selectedLabel))
-      : issues;
-
-    return [...filtered].sort((a, b) => {
-      if (sortBy === "points-asc") {
-        return a.points - b.points;
-      }
-
-      if (sortBy === "complexity") {
-        return complexityRank[a.complexity] - complexityRank[b.complexity];
-      }
-
-      if (sortBy === "title") {
-        return a.title.localeCompare(b.title);
-      }
-
-      return b.points - a.points;
-    });
-  }, [issues, selectedLabel, sortBy]);
 
   if (loading) {
     return (
@@ -51,11 +31,7 @@ export function IssueBacklog({ issues, loading }: IssueBacklogProps) {
         <h2>Maintainer Backlog</h2>
         <div className="activity-feed">
           {[1, 2, 3].map((i) => (
-            <div
-              key={i}
-              className="skeleton skeleton-item"
-              style={{ height: "100px" }}
-            />
+
           ))}
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -65,40 +41,7 @@ export function IssueBacklog({ issues, loading }: IssueBacklogProps) {
   return (
     <div className="card">
       <h2>Maintainer Backlog</h2>
-      <p className="muted">
-        Open these as GitHub issues after publishing the repository.
-      </p>
-
-      <div className="filter-bar" style={{ marginBottom: "1rem" }}>
-        <label>
-          Label
-          <select
-            aria-label="Filter issues by label"
-            value={selectedLabel}
-            onChange={(event) => setSelectedLabel(event.target.value)}
-          >
-            <option value="">All labels</option>
-            {labels.map((label) => (
-              <option key={label} value={label}>
-                {label}
-              </option>
-            ))}
-          </select>
-        </label>
 
-        <label>
-          Sort by
-          <select
-            aria-label="Sort issues"
-            value={sortBy}
-            onChange={(event) => setSortBy(event.target.value as SortOption)}
-          >
-            <option value="points-desc">Points: high to low</option>
-            <option value="points-asc">Points: low to high</option>
-            <option value="complexity">Complexity</option>
-            <option value="title">Title</option>
-          </select>
-        </label>
       </div>
 
       {visibleIssues.length === 0 ? (