diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 50e9926..04af576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -82,19 +82,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build docs
         run: cargo doc --workspace --no-deps
 
-  # WHY: Binary builds and runs correctly with default features.
-  # Catches link errors and missing runtime deps.
-  smoke:
-    name: Binary smoke test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@631a55b12751854ce901bb631d5902ceb48146f7 # stable
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@e18b497796c12c097a38f9edb9d0641fb99eee32 # v2
-      # PROJECT: replace BINARY_CRATE and BINARY_NAME with your project's values
-      - name: Build binary
-        run: cargo build --release -p BINARY_CRATE
-      - name: Verify binary runs
-        run: ./target/release/BINARY_NAME --version || ./target/release/BINARY_NAME --help || true
+  # NOTE: No "Binary smoke test" job — hamma is a library-only workspace
+  # (dictyon + hamma-core, no [[bin]] targets). Reintroduce when a CLI/daemon
+  # crate is added, pinning BINARY_CRATE/BINARY_NAME to real values.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 33f3b00..f3db848 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,31 +45,9 @@ disallowed_types = "deny"
 snafu = "0.8"
 
 # TLS
-rustls = {
-    version = "0.23",
-    default-features = false,
-    features = ["logging", "ring", "tls12"],
-}
 tokio-rustls = { version = "0.26", default-features = false }
 webpki-roots = "1"
 
-# Serialization
-serde = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
-    "derive",
-    "std",
-] }
-serde_json = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-
-# Async runtime
-tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
-    "rt-multi-thread",
-    "macros",
-    "net",
-    "time",
-    "sync",
-    "io-util",
-] }
-
 # Tracing
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
@@ -93,10 +71,40 @@ proptest = "1"
 # Local workspace crates
 hamma-core = { path = "crates/hamma-core", version = "0.1.0" }
 
+# Expanded forms (inline table exceeded 80 columns; MSRV 1.85 predates TOML 1.1
+# multi-line inline tables, so use [workspace.dependencies.X] blocks instead).
+
+[workspace.dependencies.rustls]
+version = "0.23"
+default-features = false
+features = ["logging", "ring", "tls12"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies.serde]
+version = "1"
+default-features = false
+features = ["derive", "std"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies.serde_json]
+version = "1"
+default-features = false
+features = ["std"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies.tokio]
+version = "1"
+default-features = false
+features = [
+    "rt-multi-thread",
+    "macros",
+    "net",
+    "time",
+    "sync",
+    "io-util",
+]
+
 [profile.dev.package."*"]
 opt-level = 2
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = "thin"
 codegen-units = 1
-strip = true
\ No newline at end of file
+strip = true