diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-v3.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-v3.yml
index 14b2fb5f4a2..82dfa8d1bf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-v3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-v3.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ on:
       - master
     paths:
       - 'v3/**'
-      - 'webview2/**'
-      - 'go.work'
-      - 'go.work.sum'
       - '.github/workflows/build-and-test-v3.yml'
   pull_request_review:
     types: [submitted]
@@ -126,8 +123,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: |
             v3/go.sum
-            webview2/go.sum
-            go.work.sum
 
       - name: Install Task
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
@@ -237,8 +232,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: |
             v3/go.sum
-            webview2/go.sum
-            go.work.sum
 
       - name: Install Task
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
@@ -274,9 +267,6 @@ jobs:
           # Replace @wailsio/runtime version with local tarball
           npm pkg set dependencies.@wailsio/runtime="file://$RUNTIME_TGZ"
           cd ..
-          # Register the generated project in the workspace so Go 1.25 workspace
-          # mode does not reject packages in a module not listed in go.work.
-          go work use .
           wails3 build
 
       # GTK3 legacy template builds are covered by the Go example compilation tests above.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-compile-test-v3.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-compile-test-v3.yml
index fd774bef49b..bd2c42a0a3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-compile-test-v3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-compile-test-v3.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ on:
       - master
     paths:
       - 'v3/**'
-      - 'webview2/**'
-      - 'go.work'
-      - 'go.work.sum'
       - '.github/workflows/cross-compile-test-v3.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -82,8 +79,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: |
             v3/go.sum
-            webview2/go.sum
-            go.work.sum
 
       - name: Install Task
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61efe756b07..c1b4664c5dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/testtemplates/
 
 # Ignore local iOS test app
 /v3/testiosapp/
+
+# Local Go workspaces are a per-developer concern, not part of the source
+go.work
+go.work.sum
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fbc5f094c4..00000000000
--- a/go.work
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-go 1.25.0
-
-use (
-	./v3
-)
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index 91461c0a1f5..00000000000
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
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-github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.24.4/go.mod h1:7hO7Gc7Pp1vODcmWvKMRA9BNmbv6a/7QIWpPxHddWR8=
-github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1/go.mod h1:6RYKKt7H4d4+iWqouImQ9R2FZql3VbhNgx27UK13J/0=
-github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
-github.com/caarlos0/go-version v0.2.2/go.mod h1:X+rI5VAtJDpcjCjeEIXpxGa5+rTcgur1FK66wS0/944=
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-github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
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diff --git a/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/Taskfile.yml b/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/Taskfile.yml
index bba79236acc..6a06761e83a 100644
--- a/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/Taskfile.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ includes:
 
 # This example is a standalone Go module (its own go.mod, with a `replace`
 # pointing at the local Wails checkout because MacWindowTabbingMode is not in a
-# published release yet). It physically lives under v3/, which is a member of
-# the repo's root go.work. An active workspace would shadow this module: binding
-# generation would find 0 services and `go mod tidy` would target v3 instead.
-# Force workspace mode off so the example always builds as itself. This is
-# inherited by the wails3 dev/build subprocess tree and is a harmless no-op
-# outside the monorepo, where there is no go.work.
+# published release yet). It physically lives under v3/, so any go.work that
+# covers v3 would shadow this module: binding generation would find 0 services
+# and `go mod tidy` would target v3 instead. The repo no longer ships a
+# workspace file, but contributors often create one locally, so force workspace
+# mode off and the example always builds as itself. This is inherited by the
+# wails3 dev/build subprocess tree and is a harmless no-op everywhere else.
 env:
   GOWORK: "off"
 
diff --git a/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/build/Taskfile.yml b/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/build/Taskfile.yml
index 9322dc9c3be..b09e92f7560 100644
--- a/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/build/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/v3/examples/mac-window-tabs/build/Taskfile.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 version: '3'
 
 # See the note in ../Taskfile.yml: this example is a standalone module nested
-# under v3/, so an active go.work would shadow it. Force workspace mode off here
-# too, so the Go-tooling tasks (go mod tidy, generate bindings, go build) behave
-# correctly even when invoked directly rather than via the root dev/build tasks.
+# under v3/, so a local go.work covering v3 would shadow it. Force workspace
+# mode off here too, so the Go-tooling tasks (go mod tidy, generate bindings,
+# go build) behave correctly even when invoked directly rather than via the
+# root dev/build tasks.
 env:
   GOWORK: "off"