diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b42e5e2..e695046 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
           args: release --clean
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          # Optional. Without it the release still publishes and the Homebrew
-          # cask is skipped — see the skip_upload guard in .goreleaser.yaml.
-          # Needs a PAT with write access to dsaad68/homebrew-tap.
-          HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}
+          # The Homebrew cask is commented out in .goreleaser.yaml until the tap
+          # has a write token. Restore this line alongside it:
+          # HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index aee622c..d2ae42f 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -47,39 +47,40 @@ changelog:
       - '^chore:'
       - Merge pull request
 
-# A cask, not a formula: goreleaser deprecated `brews`, and a cask also strips
-# the macOS quarantine attribute from the downloaded binary. `brew install
-# --cask` is macOS-only, which is where Kaku runs; Linux users have `go install`
-# and the tarballs above.
-homebrew_casks:
-  - name: kaku-tab
-    binaries: [kaku-tab]
-    repository:
-      owner: dsaad68
-      name: homebrew-tap
-      token: '{{ .Env.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}'
-    # Publishing needs the tap repo and a token with write access to it. Until
-    # both exist the release still succeeds and simply skips the cask, rather
-    # than failing after the archives are already uploaded.
-    skip_upload: '{{ if index .Env "HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN" }}false{{ else }}true{{ end }}'
-    homepage: https://github.com/dsaad68/kaku-tab
-    description: A tmux plugin that maps one tmux window to one terminal tab
-    caveats: |
-      This installs the binary only. tmux still needs the plugin entry point,
-      from TPM:
-
-        set -g @plugin 'dsaad68/kaku-tab'
-
-      or from a checkout:
-
-        run-shell '~/.tmux/plugins/kaku-tab/kaku-tab.tmux'
-
-      Either way it finds kaku-tab on PATH, so no build step runs.
+# Homebrew is off until the tap has a write token. The block below is kept
+# rather than deleted: re-enabling it is uncommenting this, adding
+# HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN as a repo secret, and restoring the env line in
+# .github/workflows/release.yml. A cask, not a formula — goreleaser deprecated
+# `brews`, and a cask also strips the macOS quarantine attribute from the
+# downloaded binary. `brew install --cask` is macOS-only, which is where Kaku
+# runs; Linux users have `go install` and the tarballs above.
+#
+# homebrew_casks:
+#   - name: kaku-tab
+#     binaries: [kaku-tab]
+#     repository:
+#       owner: dsaad68
+#       name: homebrew-tap
+#       token: '{{ .Env.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}'
+#     homepage: https://github.com/dsaad68/kaku-tab
+#     description: A tmux plugin that maps one tmux window to one terminal tab
+#     caveats: |
+#       This installs the binary only. tmux still needs the plugin entry point,
+#       from TPM:
+#
+#         set -g @plugin 'dsaad68/kaku-tab'
+#
+#       or from a checkout:
+#
+#         run-shell '~/.tmux/plugins/kaku-tab/kaku-tab.tmux'
+#
+#       Either way it finds kaku-tab on PATH, so no build step runs.
 
 release:
   draft: false
   prerelease: auto
   footer: |
     ---
-    Installing: `brew install dsaad68/tap/kaku-tab`, or unpack the archive for
-    your platform and put `kaku-tab` on your PATH.
+    Installing: unpack the archive for your platform and put `kaku-tab` on your
+    PATH, or `go install github.com/dsaad68/kaku-tab/cmd/kaku-tab@latest`. tmux
+    still needs the plugin entry point — see the README.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27357cd..e9dc518 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,16 +72,24 @@ set -g @plugin 'dsaad68/kaku-tab'
 Then <kbd>prefix</kbd>+<kbd>I</kbd>. The plugin builds its binary on first load
 if Go is available.
 
-### Homebrew
+### Prebuilt binary
+
+Grab the archive for your platform from the [releases
+page](https://github.com/dsaad68/kaku-tab/releases), unpack it, and put
+`kaku-tab` on your `PATH`:
 
 ```sh
-brew install --cask dsaad68/tap/kaku-tab
+tar xzf kaku-tab_<version>_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
+install kaku-tab /usr/local/bin/
 ```
 
 That installs the binary only; tmux still needs the plugin entry point, so pair
 it with the TPM line above or a checkout. Nothing gets built — the plugin finds
 `kaku-tab` on `PATH`.
 
+The binary is not notarized, so macOS quarantines it on first run. Clear the
+attribute with `xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /usr/local/bin/kaku-tab`.
+
 ### Manual
 
 ```sh