diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f90dfb..af5d71a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ aster-brief.md
 
 # graphify knowledge-graph output (local tool cache, not for commit)
 graphify-out/
+
+# Local-only source overrides (see .cargo/config.toml).
+.cargo/
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7fba78a..fa918e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,10 +45,3 @@ resvg = { version = "0.47", default-features = false }
 lto = "thin"
 codegen-units = 1
 strip = "symbols"
-
-# DEV ONLY — remove before tagging. Points bread-theme at the local
-# bread-ecosystem checkout so Phase 2 can build against `bread_theme::shell`
-# (feature/shell-theme-manifest) before it is tagged as a release.
-[patch."https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem"]
-bread-theme = { path = "../bread-ecosystem/bread-theme" }
-bread-launcher = { path = "../bread-ecosystem/bread-launcher" }