diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/AppSidebar.tsx b/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/AppSidebar.tsx
index 0acb5d9ea..81a455401 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/AppSidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/AppSidebar.tsx
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ export default function AppSidebar() {
             )}
           </div>
         ) : (
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-1 pt-1">
+          // TODO: Sign in / Register temporarily disabled — re-enable later.
+          null
+          /* <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-1 pt-1">
             <Link
               href="/login"
               className="flex-1 text-center px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-100 hover:bg-white/10 rounded-lg transition-colors"
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ export default function AppSidebar() {
             >
               Register
             </Link>
-          </div>
+          </div> */
         )}
       </div>
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/BottomTabBar.tsx b/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/BottomTabBar.tsx
index 47bc58792..9a1d71f15 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/BottomTabBar.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/src/components/BottomTabBar.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { Home, Phone, Ticket, User } from 'lucide-react';
+// NOTE: User icon + useAuthStore are unused while the Sign in / Account tab is
+// temporarily disabled below. Re-add them when that tab is restored.
+import { Home, Phone, Ticket } from 'lucide-react';
 import Link from 'next/link';
 import { usePathname } from 'next/navigation';
-import { useAuthStore } from '@/lib/auth-store';
 
 // The linear, one-screen-at-a-time booking flow — each of these pages already
 // has its own sticky mobile CTA bar (and the mobile step strip at the top),
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ const LINEAR_FLOW_PREFIXES = [
 
 export default function BottomTabBar() {
   const pathname = usePathname() ?? '';
-  const { isAuthenticated } = useAuthStore();
 
   const isInLinearFlow = LINEAR_FLOW_PREFIXES.some((p) => pathname.startsWith(p));
   if (isInLinearFlow) return null;
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ export default function BottomTabBar() {
     { href: '/', label: 'Home', icon: Home, match: (p: string) => p === '/' },
     { href: '/booking/lookup', label: 'Bookings', icon: Ticket, match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/booking/lookup') || p.startsWith('/booking/detail') },
     { href: '/contact', label: 'Contact', icon: Phone, match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/contact') },
-    {
-      href: isAuthenticated ? '/profile' : '/login',
-      label: isAuthenticated ? 'Account' : 'Sign in',
-      icon: User,
-      match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/profile') || p.startsWith('/login') || p.startsWith('/register'),
-    },
+    // TODO: Sign in / Account tab temporarily disabled — re-enable later.
+    // {
+    //   href: isAuthenticated ? '/profile' : '/login',
+    //   label: isAuthenticated ? 'Account' : 'Sign in',
+    //   icon: User,
+    //   match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/profile') || p.startsWith('/login') || p.startsWith('/register'),
+    // },
   ];
 
   return (