diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98a135b..ee15b11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@ It provides windows, input and IME, clipboard, file dialogs, drag and drop, menu
 async file operations, file watching, and OpenGL context creation. The macOS
 backend uses AppKit, OpenGL, and FSEvents through a private Objective-C bridge.
 
-This directory is a standalone source package. It does not depend on the parent
-repository, its examples, fonts, skills, or development tools. macOS builds require
-Xcode Command Line Tools. The Windows Win32/WGL backend cross-compiles for
-`x86_64-windows-gnu`; runtime verification on Windows is pending. It requires
+macOS builds require Xcode Command Line Tools. The Windows Win32/WGL backend
+cross-compiles for `x86_64-windows-gnu`; runtime verification on Windows is pending. It requires
 Windows 10 version 1703 or later and an OpenGL 3.3-capable driver.
 
-Private profiling hooks compile away in this standalone build. Tracy support
-belongs to the parent repository's static demos; it adds no dependencies or
-public ABI to this package.
-
 ## Build
 
 ```sh
@@ -28,8 +22,7 @@ zig build check -Dtarget=x86_64-windows-gnu # compile only
 
 ## Use from Zig
 
-After cloning this directory's standalone mirror into `vendor/uhdk`, add it to
-`build.zig.zon`:
+To use a local checkout at `vendor/uhdk`, add it to `build.zig.zon`:
 
 ```zig
 .dependencies = .{
@@ -53,9 +46,6 @@ OpenGL headers, and links the library and required system frameworks. The
 or custom bindings. Set `.shared = true` to build a dynamic library; applications
 must arrange its runtime location/rpath.
 
-Once a standalone mirror or archive is published, `zig fetch --save=uhdk <URL>`
-can replace the local path dependency. No release URL has been assigned yet.
-
 ## C interface
 
 - [uhdk.h](include/uhdk.h): desktop API, lifecycle, ownership, and threading contracts.
@@ -82,7 +72,6 @@ are not implemented. Native UTF-16 path bytes are kept separately from the WTF-8
 paths passed to Zig I/O. If a native path cannot be exported losslessly as a shell
 URI, URI export returns `UNSUPPORTED`; native-path export still preserves it.
 
-
 ## Optional profiling
 
 `uhdk.h` includes `uhdk_profile.h`: scope, frame, thread-name and named allocation/
@@ -96,13 +85,13 @@ Internal CPU and memory instrumentation is disabled by default. A static consume
 can pass `.tracy = true` to `b.dependency("uhdk", ...)` (or `-Dtracy=true` when
 building the archive) and link its own Tracy 0.14.1 client configured with
 `TRACY_ENABLE` and `TRACY_ON_DEMAND`. UHDK never fetches or links Tracy itself.
-Shared instrumentation is unsupported. Run standalone unit tests with the default
+Shared instrumentation is unsupported. Run unit tests with the default
 configuration; enabled instrumentation requires the consumer's linked client.
-The full repository provides an example adapter under `examples/profiling`.
 
 The `UHDK` memory pool measures requested Zig backing allocations, including
 objects and arena blocks. Win32 explicit calloc/free blocks use a separate
-`UHDK native` pool. OS/framework allocations and GPU memory are excluded. On-demand capture omits allocations made before connection, so it is not
-a full live-heap snapshot. Failed allocations emit nothing; in-place resizes emit
+`UHDK native` pool. OS/framework allocations and GPU memory are excluded.
+On-demand capture omits allocations made before connection, so it is not a full
+live-heap snapshot. Failed allocations emit nothing; in-place resizes emit
 free + alloc. Moving reallocations use alloc/copy/free to preserve event ordering.
 Disabled builds use the original allocator directly.
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index e1d12d2..640faa7 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     public_module.linkLibrary(lib);
 }
 
-// The parent development build uses this to create a separate, uninstalled
-// instrumented archive. Standalone consumers may opt in and supply their client.
+// Create a library artifact without installing it. Instrumented static builds
+// require the consumer to link a matching Tracy client.
 pub fn createLibrary(b: *std.Build, target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget, optimize: std.builtin.OptimizeMode, shared: bool, instrumented: bool) *std.Build.Step.Compile {
     return createLibraryNamed(b, target, optimize, shared, instrumented, if (instrumented) "uhdk-instrumented" else "uhdk");
 }
diff --git a/src/Profile.zig b/src/Profile.zig
index 4c6f185..94398a5 100644
--- a/src/Profile.zig
+++ b/src/Profile.zig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-//! Private, compile-time instrumentation. Standalone UHDK builds disable it.
+//! Optional compile-time instrumentation, disabled by default.
 const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 pub const enabled = @import("profile_options").enabled;
 const verify_stack_order = builtin.mode == .Debug or builtin.mode == .ReleaseSafe;
 
-// Tracy 0.14.1 C ABI with TRACY_ON_DEMAND, linked only by the full repo's demos.
+// Tracy 0.14.1 C ABI with TRACY_ON_DEMAND; the consumer supplies the client.
 // No C header translation or references to Tracy symbols in disabled builds.
 const SourceLocation = extern struct {
     name: [*:0]const u8,