diff --git a/src-tauri/resources/windows/README.md b/src-tauri/resources/windows/README.md
index b60540c..b8febfe 100644
--- a/src-tauri/resources/windows/README.md
+++ b/src-tauri/resources/windows/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,28 @@
 
 Files in this directory ship side-by-side with `kon.exe` to avoid the
 DLL-hell failure modes reported in Whispering #840 / #829 and Buzz
-#1459. They are **not** committed to the repo — populate them from a
-trusted source before running `cargo tauri build --target
-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc`:
+#1459. They are **not** committed to the repo.
+
+## Release-engineer workflow
+
+Before a Windows release build, populate this directory from a trusted
+source (see table below), then pass `--resource` flags through to
+`tauri build`:
+
+```powershell
+cargo tauri build --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -- `
+  --resource src-tauri/resources/windows/vulkan-1.dll `
+  --resource src-tauri/resources/windows/libssl-3-x64.dll `
+  --resource src-tauri/resources/windows/libcrypto-3-x64.dll
+```
+
+These files are **not** declared in `tauri.conf.json` /
+`tauri.windows.conf.json` because `cargo check` (which runs in every
+CI job) evaluates `tauri-build` and fails if a listed resource path
+doesn't exist. Keeping the bundle flags at `tauri build` call time
+means `cargo check` stays green on vanilla checkouts while release
+builds still pick them up when the release engineer runs the
+populated command above.
 
 | File | Source | Why |
 |---|---|---|
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 40b7078..0000000
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
-  "_comment": "Windows-only bundle overrides. Brief item #12: ship the Vulkan loader + libssl side-by-side so whisper.cpp's Vulkan backend can initialise on a fresh Windows box without the user installing extra runtimes. If the loader is absent at runtime, emit_runtime_warnings() downgrades activeComputeDevice to CPU with a reason — the app still starts and transcribes, just slower.",
-  "bundle": {
-    "resources": [
-      "resources/windows/vulkan-1.dll",
-      "resources/windows/libssl-3-x64.dll",
-      "resources/windows/libcrypto-3-x64.dll"
-    ]
-  }
-}