diff --git a/bin/hugo-build b/bin/hugo-build
index 4fe1dbad1..c7ba1387c 100755
--- a/bin/hugo-build
+++ b/bin/hugo-build
@@ -28,9 +28,4 @@ HUGO_ARGS=(hugo build --noBuildLock --environment "$ENVIRONMENT" --destination "
 
 "${HUGO_ARGS[@]}"
 
-# Inline critical CSS in production builds
-if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "production" ]; then
-  "$SCRIPT_DIR/inline-critical" "$OUTPUT_DIR"
-fi
-
 echo "✓ Build complete"
diff --git a/bin/inline-critical b/bin/inline-critical
deleted file mode 100755
index 6cbe57148..000000000
--- a/bin/inline-critical
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Inline critical CSS using Beasties
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-PUBLIC_DIR="${1:-_dest/public-dev}"
-
-if [ ! -d "$PUBLIC_DIR" ]; then
-  echo "Error: $PUBLIC_DIR does not exist" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Inlining critical CSS in $PUBLIC_DIR..."
-bun run "$(dirname "$0")/inline-critical.mjs" "$PUBLIC_DIR"
-echo "✓ Critical CSS inlining complete"
diff --git a/bin/inline-critical.mjs b/bin/inline-critical.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a7a861a..000000000
--- a/bin/inline-critical.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-/**
- * Critical CSS inlining via Beasties
- * Process Hugo's public/ output to extract and inline above-the-fold critical CSS
- */
-
-import Beasties from 'beasties';
-import fs from 'node:fs';
-import path from 'node:path';
-
-const target = process.argv[2];
-
-if (!target) {
-  console.error('usage: inline-critical.mjs <public-dir>');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-if (!fs.existsSync(target)) {
-  console.error(`Error: directory not found: ${target}`);
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-const beasties = new Beasties({
-  path: target,
-  publicPath: '/',
-  external: true,            // process external stylesheets
-  remote: false,             // don't download remote; we convert URLs to relative
-  pruneSource: false,        // DO NOT modify source CSS files
-  reduceInlineStyles: true,
-  mergeStylesheets: false,   // keep the deferred bundle separate
-  preload: 'swap',           // <link rel="preload" as="style" onload="this.rel='stylesheet'">
-  noscriptFallback: true,    // add <noscript> fallback for swap strategy
-  inlineFonts: false,        // fonts already preloaded via headers
-  logLevel: 'info',
-});
-
-/**
- * Temporarily convert absolute CSS URLs to relative for Beasties processing.
- * Hugo outputs absolute URLs (e.g., https://jetthoughts.com/css/... or http://localhost:1313/css/...)
- * Beasties needs relative paths to find the files locally.
- *
- * This extraction stores the original domain so we can restore it later.
- */
-let originalDomain = null;
-
-function makeUrlsRelative(html) {
-  // Capture the domain from the first absolute URL found
-  const domainMatch = html.match(/href="(https?:\/\/[^/]+)(\/[^"]*\.css)/);
-  if (domainMatch) {
-    originalDomain = domainMatch[1]; // e.g., https://jetthoughts.com or http://localhost:1313
-  }
-  // Replace any absolute URL pattern with relative path
-  return html.replace(/href="https?:\/\/[^/]+\//g, 'href="/');
-}
-
-/**
- * Restore absolute URLs after Beasties processing.
- */
-function makeUrlsAbsolute(html) {
-  if (!originalDomain) {
-    console.warn('Warning: originalDomain not set, URLs remain relative');
-    return html;
-  }
-  // Convert relative paths back to absolute
-  return html.replace(/href="\/(?!\/)/g, `href="${originalDomain}/`);
-}
-
-/**
- * Process homepage only (root index.html) for critical CSS inlining.
- * Other pages use plain <link rel="stylesheet"> to avoid inline CSS overhead.
- * Homepage gets the 23% LCP improvement; other pages skip Beasties processing.
- */
-async function processHomepageOnly(targetDir) {
-  const homepagePath = path.join(targetDir, 'index.html');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(homepagePath)) {
-    console.error(`No homepage found at ${homepagePath}`);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    let html = fs.readFileSync(homepagePath, 'utf8');
-    // Convert absolute URLs to relative for Beasties
-    html = makeUrlsRelative(html);
-    // Process with Beasties
-    const processed = await beasties.process(html);
-    // Restore absolute URLs
-    const final = makeUrlsAbsolute(processed);
-
-    if (final !== fs.readFileSync(homepagePath, 'utf8')) {
-      fs.writeFileSync(homepagePath, final, 'utf8');
-      console.log(`Critical CSS inlined: ${homepagePath}`);
-    } else {
-      console.log(`No changes for: ${homepagePath}`);
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.error(`Error processing homepage:`, err.message);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-
-await processHomepageOnly(target).catch(err => {
-  console.error('Fatal error:', err.message);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
-
-console.log('Critical CSS inlining complete.');
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 24c75a320..f9e39909d 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e85cbb22..e7962c47e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@fullhuman/postcss-purgecss": "^8.0.0",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.5.0",
-    "beasties": "^0.4.2",
     "cssnano": "^8.0.1",
     "lighthouse": "^13.3.0",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.48.0",