diff --git a/make_post_sell/templates/offer.j2 b/make_post_sell/templates/offer.j2
index 1f7a19c..39a81dd 100644
--- a/make_post_sell/templates/offer.j2
+++ b/make_post_sell/templates/offer.j2
@@ -26,31 +26,16 @@
     {% endif %}
   </div>
 
-  {# State-aware notice — explains the current offer state to the viewer
-     regardless of JS / flash availability. #}
-  {% if is_declined %}
-    <div class="alert alert-error offer-state-notice" name="alert">
-      <p class="alert-message">This offer was below the seller's minimum and was automatically declined &mdash; try a higher amount.</p>
-    </div>
-  {% elif is_withdrawn %}
-    <div class="alert alert-warning offer-state-notice" name="alert">
-      <p class="alert-message">This offer was withdrawn by the buyer.</p>
-    </div>
-  {% elif is_expired %}
-    <div class="alert alert-warning offer-state-notice" name="alert">
-      <p class="alert-message">This offer expired before it was accepted.</p>
-    </div>
-  {% elif is_paid %}
-    <div class="alert alert-success offer-state-notice" name="alert">
-      <p class="alert-message">Paid &mdash; this offer is complete.</p>
-    </div>
-  {% endif %}
-  {# can_act / is_open notices intentionally absent — the "Your turn"
-     and "Waiting on the other party · they have X to respond" wells
-     render directly below and carry the same copy. Same pattern as
-     the dropped accepted-banner — when there's a follow-on action
-     block carrying the message, the alert stripe just orphans a
-     band of color in the middle of the page. #}
+  {# No mid-page state-notice alerts. The offer-state-badge in the
+     header well at the top of the page is the single source of
+     truth for the offer's state — Accepted / Declined / Withdrawn
+     / Expired / Paid / Cancelled by buyer all surface there. The
+     orphaned alert stripes (red/blue/green/yellow bands floating
+     between the header and the action well) used to duplicate that
+     badge AND, in the declined case, asserted "automatically
+     declined" copy that was wrong for manually-declined offers.
+     Everything an offer's viewer needs is in the header badge plus
+     the action / waiting / pay-now wells below. #}
 
   {% if can_act %}
     <section class="offer-actions well">
diff --git a/make_post_sell/tests/test_functional.py b/make_post_sell/tests/test_functional.py
index 3d1f0f5..31fc2a9 100644
--- a/make_post_sell/tests/test_functional.py
+++ b/make_post_sell/tests/test_functional.py
@@ -6165,9 +6165,13 @@ class TestOfferRoutes(_AuthenticatedBase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 403)
 
-    def test_offer_page_shows_declined_notice(self):
-        # 10% of list → auto-declined; the detail page must explain why
-        # without relying on a flash (capability-driven presentation).
+    def test_offer_page_shows_declined_state_in_badge(self):
+        # 10% of list → auto-declined. The state is visible via the
+        # offer-state-badge in the header well — there's no
+        # mid-page state-notice alert (those orphaned a stripe of
+        # colour with hardcoded copy that didn't match reality —
+        # e.g., asserted "automatically declined" even on manually
+        # declined offers).
         product_id = self._make_offer_product(list_price=10000)
         self.testapp.get("/log-out")
         self.log_in_user(self.user2_creds)
@@ -6175,8 +6179,12 @@ class TestOfferRoutes(_AuthenticatedBase):
         offer_id = res.json["offer_id"]
         page = self.testapp.get(f"/o/{offer_id}", status=200)
         body = page.body.decode()
-        self.assertIn("offer-state-notice", body)
-        self.assertIn("automatically declined", body)
+        # State badge says "Declined" (offer-state-3 = DECLINED).
+        self.assertIn("offer-state-badge offer-state-3", body)
+        self.assertIn("Declined", body)
+        # No mid-page notice stripe.
+        self.assertNotIn("offer-state-notice", body)
+        self.assertNotIn("automatically declined", body)
 
     def test_offer_page_shows_accepted_notice_with_paynow(self):
         product_id = self._make_offer_product(list_price=10000)