diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabPowerOfAttorney.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabPowerOfAttorney.tsx
index 6c1a4456b..401070911 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabPowerOfAttorney.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabPowerOfAttorney.tsx
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ export default function TabPowerOfAttorney({
   // Save submits the file and the fields together, into one change request.
   const [pickedFile, setPickedFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
   const [removeIds, setRemoveIds] = useState<string[]>([]);
-  const [letterError, setLetterError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [saveBlocked, setSaveBlocked] = useState(false);
 
   /** Letters that will still be on file once the staged edits are applied. */
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@ export default function TabPowerOfAttorney({
     onSuccess: () => {
       setPickedFile(null);
       setRemoveIds([]);
-      setLetterError(null);
       queryClient.invalidateQueries({
         queryKey: api.companies.poaDelegation.queryKey(),
       });
@@ -203,13 +201,14 @@ export default function TabPowerOfAttorney({
     setPickedFile(null);
     setRemoveIds([]);
     setSaveBlocked(false);
-    setLetterError(null);
   };
 
   const pickFile = (file: File) => {
-    setLetterError(null);
     setSaveBlocked(false);
     setPickedFile(file);
+    // An upload already supersedes every letter on file, so a pending explicit
+    // removal would be a no-op — drop it rather than mislabel the row.
+    setRemoveIds([]);
   };
 
   const toggleRemove = (fileId: string) => {
@@ -419,15 +418,6 @@ export default function TabPowerOfAttorney({
                 </Text>
               </Group>
             )}
-            {letterError && (
-              <Group gap={6} c="red">
-                <XCircle size={13} />
-                <Text size="xs" fw={500}>
-                  {letterError}
-                </Text>
-              </Group>
-            )}
-
             <input
               ref={uploadInputRef}
               type="file"