diff --git a/analyze.py b/analyze.py
index 30cc866..0301f00 100644
--- a/analyze.py
+++ b/analyze.py
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ def run_opencode(prompt: str, attach: str) -> str:
                    label="analyze")
 
 
-# legacy alias kept for imports
-class RateLimitError(RuntimeError):
-    pass
-
-
 # When the provider quota dries up, stop *attempting* analyses pipeline-wide
 # for a while; transcription (local) keeps running. Cooldown state lives in
 # llm.py and is shared with verify + pipeline_all.