diff --git a/.kiro/specs/clusterconfig-schema-split/tasks.md b/.kiro/specs/clusterconfig-schema-split/tasks.md
index d96e74d0..30275009 100644
--- a/.kiro/specs/clusterconfig-schema-split/tasks.md
+++ b/.kiro/specs/clusterconfig-schema-split/tasks.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   - _Depends: 1.2_
   - _Boundary: Listener/Port-Resolution Component (cluster.c)_
 
-- [ ] 2.2 Remove the `candidates` debug-dump mirror
+- [x] 2.2 Remove the `candidates` debug-dump mirror
   - Delete the `candidates`/`ncandidates` KV-mirror loop from `cluster_build_config`
   - Confirm `init_controller_tunables()` itself is left unchanged — the hardcoded tunable constants and their consumption are untouched by this spec
   - Observable: `cluster_build_config` compiles without referencing `candidates` or `ncandidates`; the controller's internal debug/status config dump no longer includes those keys
diff --git a/src/controller/cluster.c b/src/controller/cluster.c
index a01526c2..1ea462bc 100644
--- a/src/controller/cluster.c
+++ b/src/controller/cluster.c
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ static void endpoint_killer(void* p)
 int cluster_build_config(cluster_t* c)
 {
     char valbuf[128];
-    int  i;
 
     snprintf(valbuf, sizeof(valbuf) - 1, "%d",
              c->myconf->cluster_config->heartbeat_interval);
@@ -859,27 +858,6 @@ int cluster_build_config(cluster_t* c)
     snprintf(valbuf, sizeof(valbuf) - 1, "%d",
              c->myconf->cluster_config->inactive_heartbeat_count);
     add_config(c, "inactive_heartbeat_count", valbuf);
-    snprintf(valbuf, sizeof(valbuf) - 1, "%d",
-             c->myconf->cluster_config->ncandidates);
-    add_config(c, "ncandidates", valbuf);
-
-    for (i = 0; i < c->myconf->cluster_config->ncandidates; i++) {
-        char keybuf[128];
-
-        sprintf(keybuf, "candidate_%d_name", i);
-        sprintf(valbuf, "%s", c->myconf->cluster_config->candidates[i]->name);
-
-        add_config(c, keybuf, valbuf);
-
-        sprintf(keybuf, "candidate_%d_host", i);
-        sprintf(valbuf, "%s", c->myconf->cluster_config->candidates[i]->host);
-
-        add_config(c, keybuf, valbuf);
-        sprintf(keybuf, "candidate_%d_port", i);
-        sprintf(valbuf, "%d", c->myconf->cluster_config->candidates[i]->port);
-
-        add_config(c, keybuf, valbuf);
-    }
 
     return 0;
 }