diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 997da49e4e..bd12e30d41 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "topicSeparator": ""
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "add-bins": "./scripts/copyLocalProgramBinaries.sh && ./scripts/copyForester.sh && scripts/buildProver.sh",
+    "add-bins": "./scripts/copyLocalProgramBinaries.sh && scripts/buildProver.sh",
     "postinstall": "[ -d ./bin ] && find ./bin -type f -exec chmod +x {} + || echo 'No bin directory found, skipping chmod'",
     "build": "shx rm -rf dist && pnpm tsc -p tsconfig.json && pnpm tsc -p tsconfig.test.json && pnpm add-bins",
     "format": "pnpm prettier --write \"src/**/*.{ts,js}\" \"test/**/*.{ts,js}\" -w",
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@
         "inputs": [
           "{workspaceRoot}/js",
           "{workspaceRoot}/programs",
-          "{workspaceRoot}/gnark-prover",
-          "{workspaceRoot}/forester"
+          "{workspaceRoot}/gnark-prover"
         ],
         "outputs": [
           "{workspaceRoot}/bin",
diff --git a/cli/scripts/copyForester.sh b/cli/scripts/copyForester.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c0ff2daefc..0000000000
--- a/cli/scripts/copyForester.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-set -eux
-
-root_dir=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-out_dir="$root_dir/cli/bin"
-if [ ! -e "$out_dir" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "$out_dir"
-fi
-
-lsof "$out_dir"/forester | awk 'NR>1 {print $2}' |  xargs -r kill -9
-
-cargo build --release --bin forester
-cp "$root_dir/target/release/forester" "$out_dir"
-cp "$root_dir/forester/forester.toml" "$out_dir"
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/test-validator/index.ts b/cli/src/commands/test-validator/index.ts
index eb4a5b6f2f..fa94305636 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/test-validator/index.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/test-validator/index.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ class SetupCommand extends Command {
         "Runs a test validator without starting a new prover service.",
       default: false,
     }),
-    "skip-forester": Flags.boolean({
-      description:
-        "Runs a test validator without starting a new forester service.",
-      default: false,
-    }),
     "skip-system-accounts": Flags.boolean({
       description:
         "Runs a test validator without initialized light system accounts.",
@@ -95,7 +90,6 @@ class SetupCommand extends Command {
 
     if (flags["stop"] === true) {
       await stopTestEnv({
-        forester: !flags["skip-forester"],
         indexer: !flags["skip-indexer"],
         prover: !flags["skip-prover"],
       });
@@ -103,7 +97,6 @@ class SetupCommand extends Command {
     } else {
       await initTestEnv({
         checkPhotonVersion: !flags["relax-indexer-version-constraint"],
-        forester: !flags["skip-forester"],
         indexer: !flags["skip-indexer"],
         limitLedgerSize: flags["limit-ledger-size"],
         photonDatabaseUrl: flags["indexer-db-url"],
diff --git a/cli/src/utils/constants.ts b/cli/src/utils/constants.ts
index 25534c36fa..f5ca69c711 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/cli/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export const CARGO_GENERATE_TAG = "v0.18.4";
 export const SOLANA_VALIDATOR_PROCESS_NAME = "solana-test-validator";
 export const LIGHT_PROVER_PROCESS_NAME = "light-prover";
 export const INDEXER_PROCESS_NAME = "photon";
-export const FORESTER_PROCESS_NAME = "forester";
 
 export const PHOTON_VERSION = "0.45.0";
 
diff --git a/cli/src/utils/initTestEnv.ts b/cli/src/utils/initTestEnv.ts
index 8708b6b830..1bc322b7b0 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils/initTestEnv.ts
+++ b/cli/src/utils/initTestEnv.ts
@@ -19,21 +19,14 @@ import {
 } from "./process";
 import { killProver, startProver } from "./processProverServer";
 import { killIndexer, startIndexer } from "./processPhotonIndexer";
-import { killForester, startForester } from "./processForester";
 
 export async function stopTestEnv(options: {
-  forester: boolean;
   indexer: boolean;
   prover: boolean;
 }) {
   const processesToKill = [
     { name: "photon", condition: options.indexer, killFunction: killIndexer },
     { name: "prover", condition: options.prover, killFunction: killProver },
-    {
-      name: "forester",
-      condition: options.forester,
-      killFunction: killForester,
-    },
     {
       name: "test-validator",
       condition: true,
@@ -63,7 +56,6 @@ export async function initTestEnv({
   skipSystemAccounts,
   indexer = true,
   prover = true,
-  forester = true,
   rpcPort = 8899,
   indexerPort = 8784,
   proverPort = 3001,
@@ -78,7 +70,6 @@ export async function initTestEnv({
   skipSystemAccounts?: boolean;
   indexer: boolean;
   prover: boolean;
-  forester: boolean;
   rpcPort?: number;
   indexerPort?: number;
   proverPort?: number;
@@ -128,10 +119,6 @@ export async function initTestEnv({
     setConfig(config);
     await startProver(proverPort, proveCompressedAccounts, proveNewAddresses);
   }
-
-  if (forester) {
-    await startForester();
-  }
 }
 
 export async function initTestEnvIfNeeded({
@@ -139,13 +126,11 @@ export async function initTestEnvIfNeeded({
   skipSystemAccounts,
   indexer = false,
   prover = false,
-  forester = false,
 }: {
   additionalPrograms?: { address: string; path: string }[];
   skipSystemAccounts?: boolean;
   indexer?: boolean;
   prover?: boolean;
-  forester?: boolean;
 } = {}) {
   try {
     const anchorProvider = await setAnchorProvider();
@@ -159,7 +144,6 @@ export async function initTestEnvIfNeeded({
       skipSystemAccounts,
       indexer,
       prover,
-      forester,
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/utils/processForester.ts b/cli/src/utils/processForester.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0407cfd9ec..0000000000
--- a/cli/src/utils/processForester.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import path from "path";
-import { killProcess, spawnBinary } from "./process";
-import { FORESTER_PROCESS_NAME } from "./constants";
-
-export async function killForester() {
-  await killProcess(FORESTER_PROCESS_NAME);
-}
-
-export async function startForester() {
-  console.log("Killing existing forester process...");
-  await killForester();
-
-  console.log("Starting forester...");
-  spawnBinary(getForesterBinaryName(), ["subscribe"]);
-  console.log("Forester started successfully!");
-}
-
-export function getForesterBinaryName(): string {
-  const binDir = path.join(__dirname, "../..", "bin");
-  const binaryName = path.join(binDir, "forester");
-  return binaryName;
-}