diff --git a/apps/rowboat/app/lib/project_templates.ts b/apps/rowboat/app/lib/project_templates.ts
index a98865cc..b28f91f2 100644
--- a/apps/rowboat/app/lib/project_templates.ts
+++ b/apps/rowboat/app/lib/project_templates.ts
@@ -24,25 +24,7 @@ export const templates: { [key: string]: z.infer<typeof WorkflowTemplate> } = {
             },
         ],
         prompts: [],
-        tools: [
-            {
-                "name": "rag_search",
-                "description": "Fetch articles with knowledge relevant to the query",
-                "parameters": {
-                    "type": "object",
-                    "properties": {
-                        "query": {
-                            "type": "string",
-                            "description": "The query to retrieve articles for"
-                        }
-                    },
-                    "required": [
-                        "query"
-                    ]
-                },
-                "isLibrary": true
-            }
-        ],
+        tools: [],
     },
 
     "meeting-prep": {
@@ -97,23 +79,6 @@ export const templates: { [key: string]: z.infer<typeof WorkflowTemplate> } = {
         ],
         "prompts": [],
         "tools": [
-            {
-                "name": "rag_search",
-                "description": "Fetch articles with knowledge relevant to the query",
-                "parameters": {
-                    "type": "object",
-                    "properties": {
-                        "query": {
-                            "type": "string",
-                            "description": "The query to retrieve articles for"
-                        }
-                    },
-                    "required": [
-                        "query"
-                    ]
-                },
-                "isLibrary": true
-            },
             {
                 "name": "List Events",
                 "description": "Returns events on the specified calendar.",
diff --git a/apps/rowboat/src/application/lib/agents-runtime/agents.ts b/apps/rowboat/src/application/lib/agents-runtime/agents.ts
index 1a11a06a..7f6a38c4 100644
--- a/apps/rowboat/src/application/lib/agents-runtime/agents.ts
+++ b/apps/rowboat/src/application/lib/agents-runtime/agents.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ ${CHILD_TRANSFER_RELATED_INSTRUCTIONS}
     agentLogger.log(`instructions: ${JSON.stringify(sanitized)}`);
     agentLogger.log(`mentions: ${JSON.stringify(entities)}`);
 
-    const agentTools = entities.filter(e => e.type === 'tool').map(e => tools[e.name]).filter(Boolean) as Tool[];
+    const agentTools = entities
+        .filter(e => e.type === 'tool')
+        .filter(t => t.name !== 'rag_search') // remove rag_search tool
+        .map(e => tools[e.name])
+        .filter(Boolean)
 
     // Add RAG tool if needed
     if (config.ragDataSources?.length) {