diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index f058f1d..17e7350 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -2,8 +2,3 @@ engine-strict=true
 auto-install-peers=true
 resolution-mode=time-based
 save-exact=false
-
-# onnxruntime-node 1.22+ postinstall otherwise fetches a ~400MB CUDA EP from
-# NuGet. We are CPU-only and offline-first; skip that step unconditionally.
-# See: packages/embedder + .erpaval/sessions/002/research-embeddings.yaml §1
-onnxruntime_node_install_cuda=skip
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index ba68413..c29491b 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ packageExtensions:
 # from .npmrc; non-auth settings belong here or in ~/.config/pnpm/config.yaml.
 # User-specific settings (store-dir, package-import-method) stay in
 # ~/.config/pnpm/config.yaml.
-# NOTE: onnxruntime_node_install_cuda=skip must remain in ~/.npmrc (or be set
-# as npm_config_onnxruntime_node_install_cuda=skip in CI) so the onnxruntime
-# install script skips the ~400MB CUDA EP download on CPU-only environments.
 autoInstallPeers: true
 resolutionMode: time-based
 engineStrict: true