diff --git a/src/components/ClinicalDashboard.tsx b/src/components/ClinicalDashboard.tsx
index 46c9f3b1f..5ee16227c 100644
--- a/src/components/ClinicalDashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ClinicalDashboard.tsx
@@ -3502,9 +3502,6 @@ export function ClinicalDashboard({
 
               {showSystemNotice && answer ? renderSystemNotice("sm:hidden") : null}
 
-              {activeModeResultKind === "answer" && answer && (
-                <CrossModeLinksSection queries={crossModeQueries} onModeSearch={handleCrossModeSearch} />
-              )}
               {activeModeResultKind === "answer" && answer && (
                 <RelatedDocumentsPanel
                   documents={relatedDocuments}
diff --git a/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts b/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts
index e695c7f68..9a1561c15 100644
--- a/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts
@@ -589,9 +589,12 @@ async function scrollMobileTableExpandClearOfFooter(page: Page, clinicalTable: L
 async function openMobileTableFullscreen(page: Page, clinicalTable: Locator) {
   await scrollMobileTableExpandClearOfFooter(page, clinicalTable);
   const tableSurface = clinicalTable.getByTestId("accessible-table-surface");
-  await tableSurface.click({ force: true });
   const tableDialog = page.getByTestId("table-fullscreen-dialog");
-  await expect(tableDialog).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await expect(async () => {
+    if (await tableDialog.isVisible().catch(() => false)) return;
+    await tableSurface.click({ force: true });
+    await expect(tableDialog).toBeVisible({ timeout: 2_000 });
+  }).toPass({ timeout: 15_000 });
   return tableDialog;
 }
 
@@ -1475,7 +1478,9 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB UI smoke coverage", () => {
     await page.goto(`/?mode=answer&q=${encodeURIComponent(question)}&run=1`, {
       waitUntil: "domcontentloaded",
     });
-    await expect(page.getByTestId("plain-answer-response")).toBeVisible({ timeout: uiAssertionTimeoutMs });
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("plain-answer-response")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("cross-mode-links")).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 15_000 });
 
     const answerSurface = page.locator('[data-dashboard-stage="answer-surface"]');
     const strip = answerSurface.getByTestId("cross-mode-links");