diff --git a/src/lib/notifications.ts b/src/lib/notifications.ts
index 7d37f5721..a72eca74f 100644
--- a/src/lib/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/lib/notifications.ts
@@ -34,17 +34,7 @@ export type KiloNotification = {
 const normalUnconditionalNotifications: KiloNotification[] = [
   //If you need to check or personalize the notification, see examples at the bottom of this file
   //if you just want a simple straightforward global message, add it here.
-  {
-    id: 'feb-12-free-glm-5',
-    title: 'GLM-5 is free (for a limited time)',
-    message: 'Get Opus-level performance, for free.',
-    action: {
-      actionText: 'Learn More',
-      actionURL: 'https://blog.kilo.ai/p/glm-5-free-limited-time',
-    },
-    suggestModelId: 'z-ai/glm-5:free',
-    showIn: ['extension', 'cli'],
-  },
+
   {
     id: 'kilo-cli-jan-5',
     title: 'Kilo CLI',
diff --git a/src/lib/providers/zai.ts b/src/lib/providers/zai.ts
index 8dbb0f615..34ae6c391 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers/zai.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers/zai.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ export const zai_glm5_free_model = {
     'GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading closed-source models. With advanced agentic planning, deep backend reasoning, and iterative self-correction, GLM-5 moves beyond code generation to full-system construction and autonomous execution.',
   context_length: 202800,
   max_completion_tokens: 131072,
-  is_enabled: true,
+  is_enabled: false,
   flags: ['reasoning', 'prompt_cache'],
   gateway: 'openrouter',
   internal_id: 'z-ai/glm-5',
   inference_providers: [],
-} as KiloFreeModel;
+} satisfies KiloFreeModel;
diff --git a/src/tests/openrouter-models-sorting.approved.json b/src/tests/openrouter-models-sorting.approved.json
index 79ea0f60c..7d94f5791 100644
--- a/src/tests/openrouter-models-sorting.approved.json
+++ b/src/tests/openrouter-models-sorting.approved.json
@@ -91,61 +91,6 @@
         ]
       }
     },
-    {
-      "id": "z-ai/glm-5:free",
-      "canonical_slug": "z-ai/glm-5:free",
-      "hugging_face_id": "",
-      "name": "Z.ai: GLM 5 (free)",
-      "created": 1756238927,
-      "description": "GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading closed-source models. With advanced agentic planning, deep backend reasoning, and iterative self-correction, GLM-5 moves beyond code generation to full-system construction and autonomous execution.",
-      "context_length": 202800,
-      "architecture": {
-        "modality": "text->text",
-        "input_modalities": [
-          "text"
-        ],
-        "output_modalities": [
-          "text"
-        ],
-        "tokenizer": "Other",
-        "instruct_type": null
-      },
-      "pricing": {
-        "prompt": "0.0000000",
-        "completion": "0.0000000",
-        "request": "0",
-        "image": "0",
-        "web_search": "0",
-        "internal_reasoning": "0",
-        "input_cache_read": "0.00000000"
-      },
-      "top_provider": {
-        "context_length": 202800,
-        "max_completion_tokens": 131072,
-        "is_moderated": false
-      },
-      "per_request_limits": null,
-      "supported_parameters": [
-        "max_tokens",
-        "temperature",
-        "tools",
-        "reasoning",
-        "include_reasoning"
-      ],
-      "default_parameters": {},
-      "preferredIndex": 2,
-      "versioned_settings": {
-        "4.146.0": {
-          "included_tools": [
-            "write_file",
-            "edit_file"
-          ],
-          "excluded_tools": [
-            "apply_diff"
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    },
     {
       "id": "giga-potato",
       "canonical_slug": "giga-potato",