diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 51aa7cc7..add5fa88 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -178,12 +178,16 @@ yarn upgrade-interactive
 ```
 
 Install scripts are disabled by default (`enableScripts: false` in `.yarnrc.yml`), so a
-compromised dependency cannot run code just by being installed. Packages that genuinely need
-to build something at install time are opted in individually under `dependenciesMeta` in
-`package.json`.
+compromised dependency cannot run code just by being installed. No package currently needs an
+exception.
 
-If an install prints `YN0004: <package> lists build scripts, but all build scripts have been
-disabled`, decide whether that package really needs to build. If it does, add it:
+Installs print `YN0004: <package> lists build scripts, but all build scripts have been
+disabled` for packages whose scripts were skipped. That warning is not by itself a problem —
+most install scripts in modern packages are no-ops that only matter when a prebuilt native
+binary is missing, and some are explicitly skipped under Yarn anyway. Before granting an
+exception, read the script and check whether the package actually works without it.
+
+If it genuinely needs to build, opt that one package in:
 
 ```json
 "dependenciesMeta": {
@@ -191,8 +195,9 @@ disabled`, decide whether that package really needs to build. If it does, add it
 }
 ```
 
-Ignoring the warning leaves the package unbuilt, which usually surfaces later as a confusing
-runtime failure rather than an install error.
+Prefer verifying over granting: a package that silently fails to build usually surfaces as a
+confusing runtime error, but a blanket `enableScripts: true` gives every dependency in the
+tree the right to execute code at install time.
 
 ### i18n strings / Weblate
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c87e810..93037d19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -161,17 +161,6 @@
     "yargs-parser": "^22.0.0",
     "zod": "^4.4.3"
   },
-  "dependenciesMeta": {
-    "@parcel/watcher": {
-      "built": true
-    },
-    "@swc/core": {
-      "built": true
-    },
-    "esbuild": {
-      "built": true
-    }
-  },
   "build": {
     "toolsets": {
       "appimage": "1.0.3"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0ca38453..92eca2f7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9957,13 +9957,6 @@ __metadata:
     yargs: "npm:^18.0.0"
     yargs-parser: "npm:^22.0.0"
     zod: "npm:^4.4.3"
-  dependenciesMeta:
-    "@parcel/watcher":
-      built: true
-    "@swc/core":
-      built: true
-    esbuild:
-      built: true
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft