diff --git a/install-fester2.sh b/install-fester2.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ============================================================
-# DEPRECATED — kept only to not break existing docs / workflows.
-#
-# install-fester2.sh shipped a STUB cli/fester.py (19 lines) that
-# overwrote the real CLI. Do not run it directly. It now forwards
-# to install.sh's `all` subcommand (which preserves the real CLI).
-# Will be removed in a future release.
-# ============================================================
-set -euo pipefail
-REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-echo "[install-fester2.sh] deprecated — forwarding to install.sh all" >&2
-exec "$REPO_ROOT/install.sh" all "$@"