diff --git a/docs/DISTRIBUTION.md b/docs/DISTRIBUTION.md
index eca5eb7..111cff4 100644
--- a/docs/DISTRIBUTION.md
+++ b/docs/DISTRIBUTION.md
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ security, and Roku proof mechanics without cloning the repository. Packaged docs
 link files outside the tarball by absolute GitHub URL.
 
 The published dependencies pin Effect, platform-node, and platform-node-shared to
-the same prerelease. Keep those pins aligned: a consumer does not inherit this
-repository’s pnpm overrides, and a newer shared runtime can be incompatible.
+the same exact version. Keep those pins aligned: platform-node accepts any
+compatible platform-node-shared, and a newer shared runtime can be incompatible
+with the pinned Effect.
 
 The build bundles pinned `jpeg-js` with the patch maintained under `patches/`
 so ordinary npm consumers receive the same decoder. The patch
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 64fac16..0e161b7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ catalogs:
       version: 1.0.0
 
 overrides:
-  '@effect/platform-node-shared': 4.0.0
   vite: npm:@voidzero-dev/vite-plus-core@1.0.0
   vitest: 5.0.1
 
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 6683ddc..c529f7e 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ packages:
   - "."
 
 overrides:
-  "@effect/platform-node-shared": 4.0.0
   vite: "catalog:"
   vitest: "catalog:"