diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
index 38d59a4f..0395ac0f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export interface CliArgs {
   experimentalAcp: boolean | undefined;
   extensions: string[] | undefined;
   listExtensions: boolean | undefined;
-  ideMode?: boolean | undefined;
   ideModeFeature: boolean | undefined;
   proxy: string | undefined;
   includeDirectories: string[] | undefined;
@@ -287,9 +286,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     ) ||
     false;
   const memoryImportFormat = settings.memoryImportFormat || 'tree';
-  const ideMode =
-    (argv.ideMode ?? settings.ideMode ?? false) &&
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'vscode';
+  const ideMode = settings.ideMode ?? false;
 
   const ideModeFeature =
     (argv.ideModeFeature ?? settings.ideModeFeature ?? false) &&
diff --git a/packages/core/src/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/config/config.ts
index e94e8421..3f5c11a0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/config/config.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export class Config {
     this.noBrowser = params.noBrowser ?? false;
     this.summarizeToolOutput = params.summarizeToolOutput;
     this.ideModeFeature = params.ideModeFeature ?? false;
-    this.ideMode = params.ideMode ?? true;
+    this.ideMode = params.ideMode ?? false;
     this.ideClient = params.ideClient;
 
     if (params.contextFileName) {