diff --git a/crates/relicario-cli/src/prompt.rs b/crates/relicario-cli/src/prompt.rs
index 6f3e52e..87c2d3a 100644
--- a/crates/relicario-cli/src/prompt.rs
+++ b/crates/relicario-cli/src/prompt.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 //! Interactive prompt helpers for the CLI.
 //!
-//! The `prompt`/`prompt_optional`/`prompt_secret` family reads from stdin /
-//! the TTY; the `prompt_keep`/`prompt_keep_opt`/`prompt_yesno` variants are
+//! `prompt_secret` reads a masked secret from the TTY (honouring
+//! `RELICARIO_TEST_ITEM_SECRET` so integration tests without a TTY can inject
+//! secrets); the `prompt_keep`/`prompt_keep_opt`/`prompt_yesno` variants are
 //! used by the edit handlers to keep current values when the user hits enter
-//! at a blank prompt. `prompt_secret` honours `RELICARIO_TEST_ITEM_SECRET`
-//! so integration tests (which don't have a TTY) can inject secrets.
-//! `prompt_or_flag` and `prompt_or_flag_optional` thread a CLI-flag value
-//! through the same path so command handlers can use one call site whether
-//! the value came from the command line or from an interactive prompt.
+//! at a blank prompt. `prompt_or_flag` and `prompt_or_flag_optional` thread a
+//! CLI-flag value through the same path so command handlers can use one call
+//! site whether the value came from the command line or an interactive prompt.
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use std::io::BufRead;
@@ -41,18 +40,6 @@ fn read_optional_line<R: BufRead>(reader: &mut R, label: &str) -> Result<Option<
     Ok(if trimmed.is_empty() { None } else { Some(trimmed) })
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn prompt(label: &str) -> Result<String> {
-    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
-    let mut reader = std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock());
-    read_required_line(&mut reader, label)
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn prompt_optional(label: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
-    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
-    let mut reader = std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock());
-    read_optional_line(&mut reader, label)
-}
-
 pub(crate) fn prompt_keep(label: &str, current: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
     eprint!("{label} [{current}]: ");
     std::io::Write::flush(&mut std::io::stderr())?;