diff --git a/openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/agent.py b/openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/agent.py
index 4d01b13280..18d88fc78f 100644
--- a/openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/agent.py
+++ b/openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/agent.py
@@ -271,13 +271,6 @@ def step(
         # Emit VLLM token ids if enabled
         self._maybe_emit_vllm_tokens(llm_response, on_event)
 
-        # Finish conversation if LLM produced content (awaits user input)
-        # Continue if only reasoning without content (e.g., GPT-5 codex thinking)
-        if has_content:
-            logger.debug("LLM produced a message response - awaits user input")
-            state.execution_status = ConversationExecutionStatus.FINISHED
-            return
-
     def _requires_user_confirmation(
         self, state: ConversationState, action_events: list[ActionEvent]
     ) -> bool: