diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-drift.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-drift.yml
index e535673..235c7bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-drift.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-drift.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'docs/docs/reference/cli.md'
-      - 'docs/_data/cli-global-flags.yaml'
       - 'scripts/check-cli-drift.py'
       - '.github/workflows/cli-drift.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 28fcbb5..e6bbdc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: docs
         run: poetry run zensical build --strict
 
+      # zensical doesn't run Jinja (the macros plugin was silently ignored and
+      # the CLI page shipped a raw `{% for %}` loop), and --strict doesn't
+      # notice. Any template syntax left in a built page fails the build.
+      - name: No unrendered template syntax
+        working-directory: docs
+        run: |
+          if grep -rl --include='*.html' -e '{{ ' -e '{% ' site; then
+            echo "::error::the pages above contain unrendered {{ }} or {% %}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
       - name: Upload Pages artifact
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v5
diff --git a/docs/_data/cli-global-flags.yaml b/docs/_data/cli-global-flags.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d0b20d0..0000000
--- a/docs/_data/cli-global-flags.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-global_flags:
-  - flag: "`-p`, `--path <DIR>`"
-    effect: "Run against `<DIR>` instead of the current directory."
-  - flag: "`-v`, `--verbose` (repeatable: `-vv`, `-vvv`)"
-    effect: "Raise log verbosity (info / debug / trace) for `comline-core` diagnostics."
-  - flag: "`-q`, `--quiet`"
-    effect: "Only errors. Conflicts with `-v`."
-  - flag: "`--plain`"
-    effect: "No color, symbols, emoji or spinner — for logs and CI."
diff --git a/docs/docs/reference/cli.md b/docs/docs/reference/cli.md
index e8e6c24..de80806 100644
--- a/docs/docs/reference/cli.md
+++ b/docs/docs/reference/cli.md
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ and `lib` mode.
 
 | Flag | Effect |
 |---|---|
-{% for row in global_flags %}| {{ row.flag }} | {{ row.effect }} |
-{% endfor %}
+| `-p`, `--path <DIR>` | Run against `<DIR>` instead of the current directory. |
+| `-v`, `--verbose` (repeatable: `-vv`, `-vvv`) | Raise log verbosity (info / debug / trace) for `comline-core` diagnostics. |
+| `-q`, `--quiet` | Only errors. Conflicts with `-v`. |
+| `--plain` | No color, symbols, emoji or spinner — for logs and CI. |
 
 `RUST_LOG` overrides the verbosity flags. `NO_COLOR` strips color. stdout is
 reserved for machine output (`completions` and `targets` write there);
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs.yml b/docs/mkdocs.yml
index 8ea4d1b..3302169 100755
--- a/docs/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/docs/mkdocs.yml
@@ -180,12 +180,8 @@ theme:
 
 
 # TODO: The social plugin is disabled due to not Cairo lib not being available on Nix
-plugins:
+# plugins:
 #  - social
-  - macros:
-      include_yaml:
-        - _data/cli-global-flags.yaml
-      render_by_default: false
 
 extra:
 #  social:
diff --git a/docs/poetry.lock b/docs/poetry.lock
index 2a3e7f1..8c58126 100755
--- a/docs/poetry.lock
+++ b/docs/poetry.lock
@@ -302,18 +302,6 @@ python-dateutil = ">=2.8.1"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["flake8", "markdown", "twine", "wheel"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hjson"
-version = "3.1.0"
-description = "Hjson, a user interface for JSON."
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-groups = ["main"]
-files = [
-    {file = "hjson-3.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:65713cdcf13214fb554eb8b4ef803419733f4f5e551047c9b711098ab7186b89"},
-    {file = "hjson-3.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:55af475a27cf83a7969c808399d7bccdec8fb836a07ddbd574587593b9cdcf75"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "3.19"
@@ -546,34 +534,6 @@ mergedeep = ">=1.3.4"
 platformdirs = ">=2.2.0"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mkdocs-macros-plugin"
-version = "1.5.0"
-description = "Unleash the power of MkDocs with macros and variables"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-groups = ["main"]
-files = [
-    {file = "mkdocs_macros_plugin-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c10fabd812bf50f9170609d0ed518e54f1f0e12c334ac29141723a83c881dd6f"},
-    {file = "mkdocs_macros_plugin-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:12aa45ce7ecb7a445c66b9f649f3dd05e9b92e8af6bc65e4acd91d26f878c01f"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-hjson = "*"
-jinja2 = "*"
-mkdocs = ">=0.17"
-packaging = "*"
-pathspec = "*"
-python-dateutil = "*"
-pyyaml = "*"
-requests = "*"
-super-collections = ">=0.6.2"
-termcolor = "*"
-
-[package.extras]
-doc = ["mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin"]
-test = ["mkdocs-d2-plugin", "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin", "mkdocs-macros-test", "mkdocs-material (>=6.2)", "mkdocs-test (>=0.6.0)", "pytest"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mkdocs-material"
 version = "9.7.7"
@@ -974,39 +934,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "six-1.17.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ff70335d468e7eb6ec65b95b99d3a2836546063f63acc5171de367e834932a81"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "super-collections"
-version = "0.6.2"
-description = "file: README.md"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-groups = ["main"]
-files = [
-    {file = "super_collections-0.6.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:291b74d26299e9051d69ad9d89e61b07b6646f86a57a2f5ab3063d206eee9c56"},
-    {file = "super_collections-0.6.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0c8d8abacd9fad2c7c1c715f036c29f5db213f8cac65f24d45ecba12b4da187a"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-hjson = "*"
-
-[package.extras]
-test = ["pytest (>=7.0)", "pyyaml", "rich"]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "3.3.0"
-description = "ANSI color formatting for output in terminal"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.10"
-groups = ["main"]
-files = [
-    {file = "termcolor-3.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cf642efadaf0a8ebbbf4bc7a31cec2f9b5f21a9f726f4ccbb08192c9c26f43a5"},
-    {file = "termcolor-3.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:348871ca648ec6a9a983a13ab626c0acce02f515b9e1983332b17af7979521c5"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-tests = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -1176,4 +1103,4 @@ tomli = ">=2.4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.14"
-content-hash = "5f9dcdc674ff05c34a6e2ec8207c38590b83940e8931e4cfad45ca4b756f51d6"
+content-hash = "c044feecea816c4ccfe369c5975a1fb097f901b65a335764c8c5d56eb66224d5"
diff --git a/docs/pyproject.toml b/docs/pyproject.toml
index 421aff0..31bfb1a 100755
--- a/docs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pillow = "^12.3.0"
 mike = "^2.2.0"
 zensical = ">=0.0.57,<0.1.0"
 comline-pygments = { path = "pygments-comline", develop = true }
-mkdocs-macros-plugin = "^1.5.0"
 
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/check-cli-drift.py b/scripts/check-cli-drift.py
index d985c0b..eb03476 100755
--- a/scripts/check-cli-drift.py
+++ b/scripts/check-cli-drift.py
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 DOCS_PAGE = ROOT / "docs/docs/reference/cli.md"
-# The page's tables may be assembled at build time from `_data/*.yaml` by the
-# macros extension, so the documented surface is the page *plus* that data.
-DATA_DIR = ROOT / "docs/_data"
 
 # Inherited by every subcommand; documented once under "Global flags".
 GLOBAL_FLAGS = {"--path", "--verbose", "--quiet", "--plain"}
@@ -130,12 +127,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     if not DOCS_PAGE.exists():
         sys.exit(f"error: {DOCS_PAGE} not found")
 
-    sources = [DOCS_PAGE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")]
-    if DATA_DIR.is_dir():
-        sources += [
-            f.read_text(encoding="utf-8") for f in sorted(DATA_DIR.glob("*.yaml"))
-        ]
-    doc_commands, doc_flags = documented("\n".join(sources))
+    doc_commands, doc_flags = documented(DOCS_PAGE.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
     root_help = run_help([])
     real_commands = parse_commands(root_help)