diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 8e5532615..9d103d406 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@
     "packages/natives": {
       "name": "@oh-my-pi/pi-natives",
       "version": "13.19.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils": "workspace:*",
-      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@napi-rs/cli": "3.6.0",
         "@types/bun": "^1.3",
diff --git a/packages/natives/native/index.js b/packages/natives/native/index.js
index 42bbb815b..e41da5123 100644
--- a/packages/natives/native/index.js
+++ b/packages/natives/native/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@ const fs = require("node:fs");
 const { createRequire } = require("node:module");
 const os = require("node:os");
 const path = require("node:path");
-const { getNativesDir, logger } = require("@oh-my-pi/pi-utils");
+// Inline the two pi-utils helpers this loader needs (getNativesDir, logger.time).
+// Pi-natives used to require('@oh-my-pi/pi-utils') at module top, but Bun's
+// static resolver rejects that import when pi-natives is installed via a
+// tarball where its workspace:* dep cannot be resolved next to this nested
+// CJS file. Inlining removes the hard dep.
+function getNativesDir() {
+	return path.join(os.homedir(), ".omp", "natives");
+}
+const logger = {
+	time(_label, fn, ...args) {
+		return fn(...args);
+	},
+};
 const packageJson = require("../package.json");
 const { embeddedAddon } = require("./embedded-addon");
 
diff --git a/packages/natives/package.json b/packages/natives/package.json
index 52908afd1..4b38f9eb8 100644
--- a/packages/natives/package.json
+++ b/packages/natives/package.json
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
 		"test": "bun run build:native && bun test",
 		"bench": "bun bench/grep.ts"
 	},
-	"dependencies": {
-		"@oh-my-pi/pi-utils": "workspace:*"
-	},
+
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@napi-rs/cli": "3.6.0",
 		"@types/bun": "^1.3"