diff --git a/cookbooks/trees/persona-community.yaml b/cookbooks/trees/persona-community.yaml
index 05978f7..ef1d1ef 100644
--- a/cookbooks/trees/persona-community.yaml
+++ b/cookbooks/trees/persona-community.yaml
@@ -60,35 +60,10 @@ steps:
     max_attempts: 120
     poll_interval: 10
 
-  verify-notify-domain:
-    description: Wait for the project email domain to be verified by Resend
-    depends_on: [wait-infra]
-    on_error: continue
-    action: shell
-    command: |
-      PROJECT_ID="{{ .outputs.create-project.project_id }}"
-      API_URL="${RDEV_API_URL:-https://rdev.masq-ops.orchard9.ai}"
-      for i in $(seq 1 12); do
-        STATUS=$(curl -sf "$API_URL/projects/$PROJECT_ID/notify/status" \
-          -H "X-API-Key: $RDEV_API_KEY" | jq -r '.data.status // empty' 2>/dev/null)
-        echo "notify domain status (attempt $i/12): $STATUS"
-        if [ "$STATUS" = "verified" ]; then
-          echo "Email domain verified — OTP and auth emails will work"
-          exit 0
-        fi
-        if [ "$STATUS" = "not_configured" ]; then
-          echo "Notify not configured — skipping"
-          exit 0
-        fi
-        sleep 30
-      done
-      echo "Email domain not verified after 6 minutes — continuing, but OTP emails may fail"
-      exit 0
-
   # --- Feature 1: Persona Data Model & CRUD ---
   implement-persona-model:
     description: "Persona table, domain model, CRUD endpoints, SSE events"
-    depends_on: [verify-notify-domain]
+    depends_on: [wait-infra]
     action: api
     method: POST
     endpoint: "/projects/{{ .outputs.create-project.project_id }}/builds"