diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml
index f9773c5..d081882 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          build-args: |
-            TOOLS_CACHEBUST=${{ github.run_id }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          no-cache: true
           platforms: linux/amd64
 
   # Build routing proxy image for serverless features
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-unified.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-unified.yaml
index e1bdecb..f637efa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-unified.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-unified.yaml
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
             ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
             ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
-          build-args: |
-            TOOLS_CACHEBUST=${{ github.run_id }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          no-cache: true
           platforms: linux/amd64
 
       - name: Publish Helm Chart to GitHub Pages
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f10d9db..c31c50d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | bash - && \
 # Install Happy Coder globally via npm (stable, rarely changes)
 RUN npm install -g happy-coder
 
-# Cache-bust: tools below fetch "latest" at build time — a changing ARG
-# forces Docker to re-run these layers instead of serving stale cache.
-ARG TOOLS_CACHEBUST=0
-
 # Install Claude Code globally via npm
 RUN npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code