diff --git a/src/lib/server/queue/QueueProcessor.ts b/src/lib/server/queue/QueueProcessor.ts
index 80cf957..f7d8d2b 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/queue/QueueProcessor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/queue/QueueProcessor.ts
@@ -23,52 +23,17 @@ import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private';
 import type { ProgressEvent, ExtractedContent, ProgressCallback } from '$lib/server/extraction';
 import type { QueueItem } from './types';
 
-// Returns true when yt-dlp returns a caption that Instagram truncated server-side.
-// Truncated captions end with the Unicode ellipsis character (…), optionally
-// followed by a period: "…." or just "…".
-function isCaptionTruncated(text: string): boolean {
-	const t = text.trimEnd();
-	return t.endsWith('…') || t.endsWith('….') || t.endsWith('...');
-}
-
 // Feature flag: pick which Instagram extractor backend to invoke.
-// Default to yt-dlp (fast, no browser); set EXTRACTOR_BACKEND=playwright to
-// always use the stealth browser scraper.
-// When yt-dlp is the primary backend, a truncated caption (ending with "…")
-// automatically triggers a Playwright fallback to get the full text.
-const extractTextAndThumbnail = async (
+// Default to yt-dlp; set EXTRACTOR_BACKEND=playwright to fall back to the
+// legacy stealth scraper while we verify the new path.
+const extractTextAndThumbnail = (
 	url: string,
 	cb?: ProgressCallback
 ): Promise<ExtractedContent> => {
 	const backend = (env.EXTRACTOR_BACKEND ?? 'ytdlp').toLowerCase();
-	if (backend === 'playwright') {
-		return extractWithPlaywright(url, cb);
-	}
-
-	// yt-dlp primary path
-	const result = await extractWithYtDlp(url, cb);
-
-	if (isCaptionTruncated(result.bodyText)) {
-		cb?.({
-			type: 'status',
-			message: 'Caption truncated by Instagram — retrying with browser to get full text…',
-			timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
-		});
-		try {
-			const full = await extractWithPlaywright(url, cb);
-			if (full.bodyText.length > result.bodyText.length) {
-				return full;
-			}
-		} catch (e) {
-			cb?.({
-				type: 'status',
-				message: 'Browser fallback failed — continuing with truncated caption',
-				timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
-			});
-		}
-	}
-
-	return result;
+	return backend === 'playwright'
+		? extractWithPlaywright(url, cb)
+		: extractWithYtDlp(url, cb);
 };
 
 /**