diff --git a/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.test.ts b/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.test.ts
index 6feb326..3147261 100644
--- a/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.test.ts
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ describe("parseGitWorktreeList", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("reports prunable with its reason and locked with or without a reason", () => {
+  it("reports prunable, and leaves a locked worktree looking like the usable checkout it is", () => {
     expect(parseGitWorktreeList(removedAndLocked)).toEqual([
       { path: "/repo", branch: "main" },
       { path: "/repo-worktrees/gone", branch: "gone", prunable: true },
-      { path: "/repo-worktrees/kept", branch: "kept", locked: true },
+      // `locked` is ignored: a locked worktree is a real checkout and stays a usable
+      // workspace, so nothing downstream needs to distinguish it.
+      { path: "/repo-worktrees/kept", branch: "kept" },
     ]);
 
     const bareLocked = ["worktree /repo-worktrees/kept", "HEAD abc", "detached", "locked", ""].join("\n");
-    expect(parseGitWorktreeList(bareLocked)).toEqual([{ path: "/repo-worktrees/kept", detached: true, locked: true }]);
+    expect(parseGitWorktreeList(bareLocked)).toEqual([{ path: "/repo-worktrees/kept", detached: true }]);
   });
 
   it("reads bare repositories and ignores chunks without a worktree path", () => {
diff --git a/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.ts b/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.ts
index e20a656..8a8524a 100644
--- a/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.ts
+++ b/src/server/workspaces/gitWorktreeDiscovery.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ export interface GitWorktreeInfo {
   detached?: boolean;
   /** Git reports a linked worktree as prunable when its checkout directory no longer exists. */
   prunable?: boolean;
-  /** Git reports a locked worktree with a bare `locked` line, optionally followed by a reason. */
-  locked?: boolean;
 }
 
 export async function isGitRepository(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ export function parseGitWorktreeList(stdout: string): GitWorktreeInfo[] {
       if (key === "bare") info.bare = true;
       if (key === "detached") info.detached = true;
       if (key === "prunable") info.prunable = true;
-      if (key === "locked") info.locked = true;
     }
     return info;
   }).filter((w) => w.path);
diff --git a/src/server/workspaces/workspaceService.test.ts b/src/server/workspaces/workspaceService.test.ts
index d3b9b49..91e2c6a 100644
--- a/src/server/workspaces/workspaceService.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/workspaces/workspaceService.test.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ describe("WorkspaceService.list", () => {
     expect(workspaces.map((workspace) => workspace.path)).toEqual(["/repo", "/repo-worktrees/live"]);
   });
 
-  it("keeps a locked worktree, which is still a real checkout", async () => {
+  it("keeps a worktree that is present but not prunable, such as a locked one", async () => {
     const service = serviceFor([
       { path: "/repo", branch: "main" },
-      { path: "/repo-worktrees/kept", branch: "kept", locked: true },
+      { path: "/repo-worktrees/kept", branch: "kept" },
     ]);
 
     const workspaces = await service.list(project);