diff --git a/src/shared/instances.ts b/src/shared/instances.ts
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-import { BrowserPool } from "../../server/src/browser-management/classes/BrowserPool"
-import { Server } from "socket.io";
-import http from 'http';
-
-/**
- * Shared browser pool instance
- */
-export const browserPool = new BrowserPool();
-
-/**
- * Shared socket.io instance - will be initialized by the main server
- */
-export let io: Server;
-
-/**
- * Initialize the socket.io instance (called only by main server)
- */
-export function initializeSocketIO(server: http.Server): Server {
-  io = new Server(server);
-  return io;
-}
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