diff --git a/gesture.js b/gesture.js
index 6397462..a04718f 100644
--- a/gesture.js
+++ b/gesture.js
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 //
 // When a relay URL is given, the widget also speaks the redoal-relay
 // protocol (ADR-0013 in the redoal repo): announce the stroke, receive
-// an ack carrying the stroke's gesture key + the key's own decoded
-// path ("what the network heard", drawn as a ghost), and receive
-// echoes of similar strokes other visitors drew, shown as thumbnails.
+// an ack carrying the stroke's gesture key (the decoded path it also
+// carries is ignored: decode_key's sketch is too rough to show), and
+// receive echoes of similar strokes other visitors drew, shown as
+// thumbnails.
 // Everything network is best-effort: no relay, refused connection, or
 // a dropped socket all degrade to a plain offline drawing input.
 //
@@ -26,12 +27,10 @@
 const THEMES = {
     dark: {
         stroke: '#8ec2c0',
-        ghost: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28)',
         echo: '#8ec2c0',
     },
     light: {
         stroke: '#47807e',
-        ghost: 'rgba(29, 29, 27, 0.30)',
         echo: '#47807e',
     },
 };
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ class GestureWidget {
         this.hidden = hidden || null;
         this.relayUrl = relayUrl || '';
         this.points = [];
-        this.ghost = null;
         this.drawing = false;
         this.stopped = false;
         this.ws = null;
@@ -111,10 +109,9 @@ class GestureWidget {
         e.preventDefault();
         this.canvas.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
         // One stroke only - a new pointerdown replaces the old drawing
-        // (and any ghost/ambient trails from the previous round).
+        // (and any ambient trails from the previous round).
         this.drawing = true;
         this.points = [this.pos(e)];
-        this.ghost = null;
         this.render();
     }
 
@@ -215,8 +212,6 @@ class GestureWidget {
             if (this.points.length >= 2) {
                 this.setValue({ points: this.normalized(), key: msg.key });
             }
-            this.ghost = msg.path;
-            this.render();
         } else if (msg.type === 'echo') {
             this.addEchoThumbnail(msg);
         }
@@ -273,9 +268,6 @@ class GestureWidget {
         if (!this.ctx) return;
         const t = this.theme();
         this.ctx.clearRect(0, 0, this.cssWidth, this.cssHeight);
-        if (this.ghost) {
-            this.drawPath(this.ctx, this.ghost, this.cssWidth, this.cssHeight, t.ghost, 2, 0.2);
-        }
         if (this.points.length >= 1) {
             this.ctx.strokeStyle = t.stroke;
             this.ctx.lineWidth = 2;