diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CyberFx.astro b/frontend/src/components/CyberFx.astro
index 195e88c..3759fc1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CyberFx.astro
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CyberFx.astro
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 		if (!fx) return;
 
 		const reduced = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
-		const fine = window.matchMedia('(pointer: fine)').matches;
 
 		/* ─── Generated sigil growths in the four corners ─── */
 		/* One sigil per page load; the four corner transforms in global.css
@@ -80,22 +79,17 @@
 		}
 
 		/* ─── Ambient: entrance fade-in (opacity:0 → target via the CSS
-		 * transition on first apply), scroll-depth recede, scroll + pointer
-		 * parallax. Parallax is gated on fine pointers and reduced-motion;
-		 * the depth fade is just opacity tied to scroll position. ─── */
+		 * transition on first apply) + scroll-depth recede. Parallax is
+		 * disabled for now — the --cs-px/py/cx/cy vars default to 0px so the
+		 * wire/corner transforms stay put; re-enable by driving those vars
+		 * from scroll/pointer here again. ─── */
 		if (teardown) teardown();
 		const off: Array<() => void> = [];
-		let depth = 0, px = 0, py = 0, raf = 0;
+		let depth = 0, raf = 0;
 
 		const apply = () => {
 			raf = 0;
 			fx.style.opacity = String(1 - 0.5 * depth);
-			if (!reduced) {
-				fx.style.setProperty('--cs-px', px.toFixed(1) + 'px');
-				fx.style.setProperty('--cs-py', (py + depth * 24).toFixed(1) + 'px');
-				fx.style.setProperty('--cs-cx', (-px * 0.42).toFixed(1) + 'px');
-				fx.style.setProperty('--cs-cy', (-py * 0.42).toFixed(1) + 'px');
-			}
 		};
 		const schedule = () => { if (!raf) raf = requestAnimationFrame(apply); };
 
@@ -110,17 +104,6 @@
 		off.push(() => window.removeEventListener('resize', onScroll));
 		onScroll();
 
-		if (!reduced && fine) {
-			const onPointer = (e: PointerEvent | MouseEvent) => {
-				const w = window.innerWidth || 1, h = window.innerHeight || 1;
-				px = (e.clientX / w - 0.5) * 26;   // ≈ ±13px drift
-				py = (e.clientY / h - 0.5) * 26;
-				schedule();
-			};
-			window.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointer, { passive: true });
-			off.push(() => window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointer));
-		}
-
 		/* Freeze every loop while the tab is hidden — idle-battery win. */
 		const onVis = () => fx.classList.toggle('is-paused', document.hidden);
 		document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVis);