diff --git a/api/deps.py b/api/deps.py
index 83c55e5..c17ab0f 100644
--- a/api/deps.py
+++ b/api/deps.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional
 
 import aiosqlite
-from fastapi import Cookie, Depends, HTTPException, Request
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 
 import db
-import persons
 from common import ProblemDetails
 from settings import settings
 from users.models import User
@@ -45,34 +44,6 @@ async def get_db() -> AsyncGenerator[aiosqlite.Connection, None]:
         await sql_db.close()
 
 
-async def cookie_person(
-    user_id: int = Cookie(..., alias="user_id"),
-    conn: aiosqlite.Connection = Depends(get_db),
-) -> persons.Person:
-    """Return the authenticated user from the user_id cookie or raise 401.
-
-    When the cookie is missing, FastAPI will raise 422 (validation error).
-    """
-    person = await persons.get_by_id(conn, user_id)
-    if not person:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Unauthorized")
-    return person
-
-
-async def cookie_person_optional(
-    user_id: Optional[int] = Cookie(default=None, alias="user_id"),
-    conn: aiosqlite.Connection = Depends(get_db),
-) -> Optional[persons.Person]:
-    """Return the authenticated user if cookie present; otherwise None.
-
-    Use for endpoints that want to return 401 for missing auth themselves.
-    """
-    if user_id is None:
-        return None
-    person = await persons.get_by_id(conn, user_id)
-    return person
-
-
 def error_response(request: Optional[Request], status_code: int, message: str) -> JSONResponse:
     body = ProblemDetails(
         title=message,
diff --git a/backend-spec.md b/backend-spec.md
index ded8816..100054c 100644
--- a/backend-spec.md
+++ b/backend-spec.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Refactor the backend from a single-tenant architecture to a robust, multi-tenant
   - `POST /api/v1/auth/logout`: clears refresh cookie. After logout, subsequent `POST /api/v1/auth/refresh` returns 401.
 
 Notes:
-- `get_current_user` (JWT) is used by protected endpoints (households, shopping purchase, etc.). Legacy `cookie_person` remains only for historical v1 module references and will be removed with full v2 completion.
+- `get_current_user` (JWT) is used by protected endpoints (households, shopping purchase, etc.). Legacy cookie-based helpers have been removed from the app surface.
 - RFC7807 error semantics and the existing OpenAPI augmentation are preserved. The special-case 401 mapping for POST shopping is obsolete under JWT.
 
 ### 3.2. Household & Tenancy API (current)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Remaining work (prioritized cleanup to final state):
 1. Remove the `persons/` package and all code references across domains (recipes, meals, shopping). Replace `Person` with `users`/HouseholdMember everywhere:
   - Code hotspots today: `recipes/models.py` (imports Person), `recipes/repository.py` (FKs, hide_recipe signature), `meals/models.py` (participants as List[Person]), `api/shopping_models.py` and `shopping/models.py` (ShoppingList.purchased_by typed as Person), and `shopping/repository.py` (FKs to Person).
   - Replace internal usages with `user_id`/`MemberRef` where outward, and update repository DDL to stop referencing `Person`.
-  - Remove `api.deps.cookie_person` once no tests or code depend on it.
+  - Removed `api.deps.cookie_person` and `cookie_person_optional`; v1 tests referencing them remain skipped and will be deleted or ported.
   - Ensure no API module performs direct SQL; all persistence must flow through repositories (enforced during cleanup).
 2. Recipes outward schema: DONE for `createdById`/`createdBy` and `hiddenById`/`hiddenBy` (MemberRef on delete). If/when we expose hide actor on other flows, keep MemberRef.
 3. Shopping outward DTOs: DONE — `ShoppingListOut.purchasedBy` is a MemberRef; mapping added. Ensure clients shift to `displayName`.
diff --git a/recipes/__init__.py b/recipes/__init__.py
index 9a59703..517de5c 100644
--- a/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from recipes.repository import (
     get_all as get_all,
     get_all_paged as get_all_paged,
     get_all_paged_scoped as get_all_paged_scoped,
-    hide_recipe as hide_recipe,
     insert_recipe as insert_recipe,
     insert_recipe_scoped as insert_recipe_scoped,
     load_recipe_ingredients as load_recipe_ingredients,
diff --git a/recipes/repository.py b/recipes/repository.py
index 807d139..90825d5 100644
--- a/recipes/repository.py
+++ b/recipes/repository.py
@@ -74,17 +74,6 @@ async def insert_recipe_scoped(conn, recipe: Recipe, household_id: int):
         recipe.id = cursor.lastrowid
 
 
-async def hide_recipe(conn, recipe_id: int, person):
-    await conn.execute(
-        """
-        UPDATE Recipe
-        SET date_hidden = ?, hidden_by_id = ?
-        WHERE id = ?
-    """,
-        (datetime.datetime.now().astimezone().isoformat(), person.id, recipe_id),
-    )
-
-
 async def hide_recipe_scoped(conn, recipe_id: int, household_id: int) -> bool:
     """Soft-delete a recipe by household for v2.