diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yaml b/.github/workflows/links.yaml
index 88322da869..42a8941302 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: npm
           cache-dependency-path: package.json
 
-      - run: npm install --omit=optional
+      - run: npm run install:all
 
       - name: Install lychee
         env:
@@ -44,5 +44,11 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: npm run check:links
 
-      - name: Verify committed cache and generated files are unchanged
-        run: npm run check:generated
+      - name: Verify the committed cache is unchanged
+        run: |
+          npm run _diff:check || {
+            echo
+            echo 'ERROR: cache changed; regenerate locally (npm run check:links) and commit.'
+            echo
+            exit 1
+          }
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f990f9dd69..ecfc7f87e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ resources/
 node_modules/
 package-lock.json
 .hugo_build.lock
-# Volatile staleness marker from `hugo mod npm pack` (its hash churns on any
-# package.json change); the sibling package.json that npm needs stays committed.
-packages/hugoautogen/hugo_packagemeta.json
+packages/hugoautogen/
diff --git a/.lycheecache b/.lycheecache
index a7a1dba3f2..0a614b2ae7 100644
--- a/.lycheecache
+++ b/.lycheecache
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ https://example.docsy.dev/blog/,200,1782763743
 https://example.docsy.dev/blog/news/,200,1782763743
 https://example.docsy.dev/blog/releases/,200,1782763744
 https://example.docsy.dev/community/,200,1782763743
-https://example.docsy.dev/docs/,200,1782763743
+https://example.docsy.dev/docs/,200,1782926753
 https://example.docsy.dev/docs/getting-started/,200,1782763743
 https://example.docsy.dev/docs/reference/,200,1782763744
 https://example.docsy.dev/docs/tasks/,200,1782763744
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4de90855c9..dffb484ad1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ configuration settings do in the
 Once your settings are adjusted, you can edit your own versions of the site’s
 source files.
 
-If you want to do SCSS edits and want to publish these, you need to install
-`PostCSS`
-
-```bash
-npm install
-```
-
 ## Running the website locally
 
 Building and running the site locally requires a recent `extended` version of
@@ -68,7 +61,14 @@ your environment in our
 guide.
 
 Once you've made your working copy of the site repo, from the repo root folder,
-run:
+first install the npm dependencies, including the Bootstrap and Font Awesome
+assets that the theme sources as npm packages:
+
+```bash
+npm run install:all
+```
+
+Then run:
 
 ```bash
 hugo server
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 7898ef86a6..68ad5219ca 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # (https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-netlify/#configure-hugo-version-in-netlify)
 
 [build]
-command = "npm run build:preview"
+command = "npm run install:all && npm run build:preview"
 publish = "public"
 
 [build.environment]
 GO_VERSION = "1.22.2"
 
 [context.production]
-command = "npm run build:production"
+command = "npm run install:all && npm run build:production"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7bc7b1aec..cf15ce447b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "_check:links": "npx lychee-norm-cache",
     "_commit:public": "HASH=$(git rev-parse --short main); cd public && git add -A && git commit --allow-empty -m \"Site at $HASH\"",
     "_diff:check": "git diff --name-only --exit-code",
-    "_diff:fail": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'ERROR: committed files above changed during CI. Regenerate locally (npm run check:links; npm run update:docsy:pack) and commit.'; echo; exit 1)",
     "_fix:permissions": "chmod -R u+w public/* 2>/dev/null || true",
     "_get:docsy": "hugo mod get github.com/google/docsy/theme@v$npm_package_version",
     "_hugo-dev": "npm run _hugo -- -e dev --logLevel info -DFE",
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
     "build:preview": "npm run _hugo-dev -- --minify --baseURL \"${DEPLOY_PRIME_URL:-/}\"",
     "build:production": "npm run _hugo -- --minify",
     "build": "npm run _build -- ",
-    "check:generated": "hugo mod npm pack && npm run _diff:fail",
     "check:links:internal": "npm run _check:links -- --offline",
     "check:links": "npm run _check:links",
     "ci:prepare": "npm run _get:docsy && hugo mod graph && hugo mod tidy",
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@
     "fix:format:diff": "npm run fix:format",
     "fix:format": "npm run _check:format -- --write",
     "fix": "npm run fix:format",
+    "install:all": "echo 'INFO: first install is for hugo from hugo-extended' && npm install && hugo mod npm pack && npm install",
     "local": "npm run _local -- npm run",
     "make:public": "git init -b main public",
     "post_hugo": "npm run _fix:permissions",
diff --git a/packages/hugoautogen/package.json b/packages/hugoautogen/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7708b29db6..0000000000
--- a/packages/hugoautogen/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "6.7.2",
-    "bootstrap": "5.3.8"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {},
-  "name": "docsy-example",
-  "version": "0.1.0"
-}