diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 90b5045..f4412ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             nuget-${{ runner.os }}-
 
-      # Required by Playground.Wasm's Release AOT compilation.
-      - name: Install wasm-tools workload
-        run: dotnet workload install wasm-tools
-
       - name: Restore
         run: dotnet restore
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 644ad77..f1913a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             nuget-${{ runner.os }}-
 
-      # Required by Playground.Wasm's Release AOT compilation.
-      - name: Install wasm-tools workload
-        run: dotnet workload install wasm-tools
-
       - name: Restore
         run: dotnet restore
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index b7a8e2d..a4c9f51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 
-      # Required by Playground.Wasm's Release AOT compilation.
-      - name: Install wasm-tools workload
-        run: dotnet workload install wasm-tools
-
       - name: Publish ExpressiveSharp Playground (Blazor WASM)
         run: |
           dotnet publish src/Docs/Playground.Wasm/ExpressiveSharp.Docs.Playground.Wasm.csproj \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1bf88ec..642debb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "Publishing version: $VERSION"
 
-      # Required by Playground.Wasm's Release AOT compilation.
-      - name: Install wasm-tools workload
-        run: dotnet workload install wasm-tools
-
       - name: Restore
         run: dotnet restore
 
diff --git a/src/Docs/Playground.Wasm/ExpressiveSharp.Docs.Playground.Wasm.csproj b/src/Docs/Playground.Wasm/ExpressiveSharp.Docs.Playground.Wasm.csproj
index 693e848..55e4c24 100644
--- a/src/Docs/Playground.Wasm/ExpressiveSharp.Docs.Playground.Wasm.csproj
+++ b/src/Docs/Playground.Wasm/ExpressiveSharp.Docs.Playground.Wasm.csproj
@@ -14,16 +14,12 @@
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
 
-    <!-- Roslyn + EF Core trim incompatibly. -->
+    <!-- Roslyn + EF Core trim incompatibly, so PublishTrimmed stays off. .NET 10
+         wasm-tools requires trimming for AOT, so AOT is disabled too — the
+         playground runs interpreted, which trades Roslyn startup speed for a
+         working build. -->
     <PublishTrimmed>false</PublishTrimmed>
 
-    <!-- AOT compilation via wasm-tools workload — significantly faster Roslyn
-         execution at runtime. Only applied on Release publish. We can't strip
-         IL after AOT because PlaygroundReferences feeds the .dll files back
-         into Roslyn as MetadataReference instances for compile-time type
-         resolution — MetadataReference.CreateFromImage needs real PE bytes. -->
-    <RunAOTCompilation Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">true</RunAOTCompilation>
-
     <!-- WebCIL packaging + content-hashed asset names off so SnippetCompiler
          can fetch reference DLLs from /_framework/<name>.dll via HttpClient. -->
     <WasmEnableWebcil>false</WasmEnableWebcil>