diff --git a/backend/src/api/nft_manager.py b/backend/src/api/nft_manager.py
index 614ea26..1505ec6 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/nft_manager.py
+++ b/backend/src/api/nft_manager.py
@@ -69,79 +69,6 @@ class NftManager:
             raise NftError(f"nft list ruleset failed: {res['stderr']}")
         return res["stdout"] or ""
 
-    def list_chain_text(self, family: str, table: str, chain: str) -> str:
-        cmd = f"list chain {family} {table} {chain}"
-        json_toggled = False
-        res = {"rc": -1, "stdout": "", "stderr": "unknown"}
-        try:
-            if hasattr(self.nft, "set_json_output"):
-                try:
-                    self.nft.set_json_output(False)
-                    json_toggled = True
-                except Exception:
-                    logger.debug("could not toggle set_json_output(False)")
-            res = self.cmd(cmd)
-        finally:
-            if json_toggled and hasattr(self.nft, "set_json_output"):
-                try:
-                    self.nft.set_json_output(True)
-                except Exception:
-                    logger.debug("could not restore set_json_output(True)")
-
-        if res["rc"] != 0:
-            raise NftError(f"nft {cmd} failed: {res['stderr']}")
-
-        # If returned output is JSON-formatted (rare), we try to derive textual lines,
-        # otherwise return raw textual output.
-        out = res["stdout"] or ""
-        s = out.strip()
-        if s.startswith("{") or s.startswith("["):
-            try:
-                parsed = json.loads(s)
-                lines: List[str] = []
-                records = parsed.get("nftables") if isinstance(parsed, dict) else parsed
-                if not isinstance(records, list):
-                    records = []
-                for rec in records:
-                    if "rule" in rec:
-                        r = rec["rule"]
-                        expr = r.get("expr")
-                        if isinstance(expr, list):
-                            # summarized tokenization
-                            toks: List[str] = []
-                            for part in expr:
-                                if isinstance(part, dict) and "match" in part:
-                                    m = part["match"]
-                                    left = m.get("left")
-                                    right = m.get("right")
-                                    if isinstance(left, dict) and "payload" in left and isinstance(right, (str, int)):
-                                        p = left["payload"]
-                                        prot = p.get("protocol")
-                                        field = p.get("field")
-                                        if prot and field:
-                                            toks.append(f"{prot} {field} {right}")
-                                            continue
-                                    toks.append("match")
-                                elif isinstance(part, dict) and "drop" in part:
-                                    toks.append("drop")
-                                elif isinstance(part, dict) and "accept" in part:
-                                    toks.append("accept")
-                                elif isinstance(part, dict) and "counter" in part:
-                                    toks.append("counter")
-                                else:
-                                    if isinstance(part, dict):
-                                        toks.append("+".join(part.keys()))
-                                    else:
-                                        toks.append(str(part))
-                            lines.append(" ".join(toks))
-                        else:
-                            lines.append(json.dumps(r))
-                if lines:
-                    return "\n".join(lines)
-            except Exception:
-                logger.debug("fallback json->text derivation failed; returning raw output")
-
-        return out
 
     def delete_rule_by_handle_text(self, family: str, table: str, chain: str, handle: int) -> None:
         if not isinstance(handle, int) or handle <= 0:
@@ -212,8 +139,6 @@ class RulesetOut(BaseModel):
 
 
 # ---------- Helpers ----------
-_handle_re = re.compile(r"\s+#\s*handle\s+\d+\s*$")
-
 
 def parse_priority(val: Any) -> Optional[int]:
     if val is None: