diff --git a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.hbs b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.hbs
index 470bfff636..c9b5661b4c 100644
--- a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.hbs
+++ b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.hbs
@@ -1,41 +1,10 @@
 <CoursePage::InstructionsCard @title="How to pass this stage" id="first-stage-tutorial-card" ...attributes>
   <:content>
     <div class="prose dark:prose-invert mb-5">
-      {{#if (and (eq @repository.course.slug "shell") this.shouldShowTerminalInstructions)}}
-        <p>
-          In this stage, you'll implement printing a shell prompt
-          <code>"$ "</code>
-          and waiting for user input.
-        </p>
-        <div class="mb-6 bg-slate-800 dark:bg-slate-100 rounded-xl max-w-md shadow-md dark:shadow-slate-600">
-          <div class="flex items-center h-14 px-5 gap-2.5">
-            <div class="size-3 bg-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-300 rounded-full flex-shrink-0"></div>
-            <div class="size-3 bg-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-300 rounded-full flex-shrink-0"></div>
-            <div class="size-3 bg-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-300 rounded-full flex-shrink-0"></div>
-          </div>
-          <div class="pt-0 p-5">
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              class="flex items-center gap-2 w-fit {{if this.shouldShowTerminalInstructionsPinging 'cursor-pointer' 'cursor-default'}}"
-              {{on "click" this.handleTerminalClick}}
-            >
-              <span class="font-mono text-slate-100 dark:text-slate-800">$</span>
-              <div class="relative flex size-6">
-                {{#if this.shouldShowTerminalInstructionsPinging}}
-                  <span class="animate-ping absolute inline-flex h-full w-full rounded-full bg-sky-400 opacity-75"></span>
-                {{/if}}
-                {{svg-jar "question-mark-circle" class="size-6 text-blue-500"}}
-              </div>
-              <EmberTooltip @side="right" @text='Print "$ " to pass this stage.' @popperContainer="body" />
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      {{else}}
-        <p>
-          Since this is the first stage, we've included some commented code to help you get started. To pass this stage, simply uncomment the code and
-          submit your changes.
-        </p>
-      {{/if}}
+      <p>
+        Since this is the first stage, we've included some commented code to help you get started. To pass this stage, simply uncomment the code and
+        submit your changes.
+      </p>
     </div>
 
     <ExpandableStepList @steps={{this.steps}} @onManualStepComplete={{this.handleStepCompletedManually}} class="scroll-mt-32" as |stepList|>
diff --git a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.ts b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.ts
index a2757a6f7a..2f301081bd 100644
--- a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.ts
+++ b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/first-stage-tutorial-card.ts
@@ -88,14 +88,6 @@ export default class FirstStageTutorialCardComponent extends Component<Signature
     return this.coursePageState.manuallyCompletedStepIdsInFirstStageInstructions.includes('navigate-to-file');
   }
 
-  get shouldShowTerminalInstructions() {
-    return this.featureFlags.canSeeTerminalInstructionsForStage1And2;
-  }
-
-  get shouldShowTerminalInstructionsPinging() {
-    return !this.hasPassedTests && !this.isTerminalInstructionsPingingClicked;
-  }
-
   get steps() {
     return [
       new NavigateToFileStep(this.args.repository, this.navigateToFileStepIsComplete),
diff --git a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.hbs b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.hbs
index c356c4435f..4e37a009df 100644
--- a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.hbs
+++ b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.hbs
@@ -2,43 +2,9 @@
   <:content>
     <div class="prose dark:prose-invert mb-5">
       {{#if (eq @repository.course.slug "shell")}}
-        {{#if this.shouldShowTerminalInstructions}}
-          <p>
-            In this stage, you’ll implement error handling for invalid commands. For now, treat all commands as invalid.
-          </p>
-          <div class="mb-6 bg-slate-800 dark:bg-slate-100 rounded-xl max-w-md shadow-md dark:shadow-slate-600">
-            <div class="flex items-center h-14 px-5 gap-2.5">
-              <div class="size-3 bg-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-300 rounded-full flex-shrink-0"></div>
-              <div class="size-3 bg-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-300 rounded-full flex-shrink-0"></div>
-              <div class="size-3 bg-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-300 rounded-full flex-shrink-0"></div>
-            </div>
-            <div class="pt-0 p-5 font-mono">
-              <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-2 text-slate-300 dark:text-slate-600 cursor-default w-fit">$
-                <span class="text-red-400">invalid_command</span>
-                <EmberTooltip @side="right" @text="Treat every command as invalid for now." @popperContainer="body" />
-              </div>
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                class="flex items-center gap-2 text-slate-100 dark:text-slate-800 w-fit
-                  {{if this.shouldShowTerminalInstructionsPinging 'cursor-pointer' 'cursor-auto'}}"
-                {{on "click" this.handleTerminalClick}}
-              >
-                invalid_command: command not found
-                <span class="relative flex size-6">
-                  {{#if this.shouldShowTerminalInstructionsPinging}}
-                    <span class="animate-ping absolute inline-flex h-full w-full rounded-full bg-sky-400 opacity-75"></span>
-                  {{/if}}
-                  {{svg-jar "question-mark-circle" class="size-6 text-blue-500"}}
-                </span>
-                <EmberTooltip @side="right" @text="Read the command and print the error message." @popperContainer="body" />
-              </button>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        {{else}}
-          <div class="mt-2 mb-5 prose-compact">
-            {{markdown-to-html @courseStage.shortInstructionsMarkdown}}
-          </div>
-        {{/if}}
+        <div class="mt-2 mb-5 prose-compact">
+          {{markdown-to-html @courseStage.shortInstructionsMarkdown}}
+        </div>
       {{else}}
         <p>
           In this stage, you'll implement your own solution. Unlike stage 1, your repository doesn't contain commented code to pass this stage.
diff --git a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.ts b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.ts
index 310d1e62cd..da4a834f9b 100644
--- a/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.ts
+++ b/app/components/course-page/course-stage-step/second-stage-tutorial-card.ts
@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ export default class SecondStageTutorialCardComponent extends Component<Signatur
     );
   }
 
-  get shouldShowTerminalInstructions() {
-    return this.featureFlags.canSeeTerminalInstructionsForStage1And2;
-  }
-
-  get shouldShowTerminalInstructionsPinging() {
-    return !this.runTestsStepIsComplete && !this.isTerminalInstructionsPingingClicked;
-  }
-
   get steps() {
     return [
       new ImplementSolutionStep(this.args.repository, this.implementSolutionStepIsComplete),
diff --git a/app/models/course-stage.ts b/app/models/course-stage.ts
index 3ae1d31166..2903517a0d 100644
--- a/app/models/course-stage.ts
+++ b/app/models/course-stage.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Our interactive concepts can help with this:
 
   get shortInstructionsMarkdown() {
     return `
-In this stage, you'll implement support for handling invalid commands in your shell.
+In this stage, you'll handle invalid commands in your shell. For now, treat all commands as invalid.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/app/services/feature-flags.js b/app/services/feature-flags.js
index da6acf0bcd..4695b8f664 100644
--- a/app/services/feature-flags.js
+++ b/app/services/feature-flags.js
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ export default class FeatureFlagsService extends Service {
     return this.currentUser && (this.currentUser.isStaff || this.currentUser.isConceptAuthor);
   }
 
-  get canSeeTerminalInstructionsForStage1And2() {
-    return this.currentUser?.isStaff || this.getFeatureFlagValue('can-see-terminal-instructions-for-stage-1-and-2') === 'test';
-  }
-
   get currentUser() {
     return this.authenticator.currentUser;
   }