diff --git a/resources/css/app.css b/resources/css/app.css
index c7a1ae905..154e1dcd4 100644
--- a/resources/css/app.css
+++ b/resources/css/app.css
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-/* Tailwind CSS v4 */
-@import "tailwindcss";
+/* Tailwind CSS v4 — disable auto-detection, scan only what matters */
+@import "tailwindcss" source(none);
+@source "../views";
+@source "../js";
 
 /* Tailwind v4 plugins */
 @plugin "@tailwindcss/forms";
diff --git a/resources/forum/blade-tailwind/css/forum.css b/resources/forum/blade-tailwind/css/forum.css
index dbfb5331e..f181b89b9 100644
--- a/resources/forum/blade-tailwind/css/forum.css
+++ b/resources/forum/blade-tailwind/css/forum.css
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:ital,wght@0,300..800;1,300..800&display=swap');
 
-@import "tailwindcss";
+@import "tailwindcss" source(none);
+@source "../views";
+@source "../js";
 
 @custom-variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));
 
diff --git a/resources/forum/livewire-tailwind/css/forum.css b/resources/forum/livewire-tailwind/css/forum.css
index b8ee949c6..0ff14585b 100644
--- a/resources/forum/livewire-tailwind/css/forum.css
+++ b/resources/forum/livewire-tailwind/css/forum.css
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Source+Sans+3:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,700;1,400&display=swap');
 
-@import "tailwindcss";
+@import "tailwindcss" source(none);
+@source "../views";
+@source "../js";
 
 @custom-variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));